[TowerTalk] Climbing is risky business

[ersmar at comcast.net]

TT:

     BOTTOM LINE:  On a tower, as in driving a car, there are no such things as an accidents.  

     Let's be careful out there!

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
> <snip>
> > 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
> >
> > 73,
> > dale, kg5u
> >
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