[TowerTalk] Climbing is risky business

[Tower (K8RI)]

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> I work very hard to do things in kind of a slow-motion, by-the-numbers
way.
>
> I try to think through every action and what it's bad effects may be.
>
> For me, there are few, if any, room for errors and mistakes up there.
There
> are no shortcuts.
>
Amen to that!

Being a pilot which is a rehlm as unforgiving as climbing towers I think a
lot of the habits and preperation carry over.

I seldom climb much over a 100 to 150 feet any more, but even then I do not
take a casual approach.  Like flying, I check my equipment prior to a climb,
and I plan out the climb.  One thing I've learned, unless I'm only climbing
to do a specific job I know that most times the climb is going to take
longer than the original plan and I allow for that.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com
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> 73,
> dale, kg5u
>
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