[TowerTalk] Climbing gear again

[Phil Camera]

Personally I use my chain rebar hook positioner all the time on both types of towers, which I have.  I will also bring up a simple strap with safety hooks on the ends for additional use, like standing on the tippy top and wanting to stay close to the mast.  I like being close to the tower and the rebar (gorilla) hooks make it easy to reposition it if I need to move around the perimeter of the tower.  Of course during all this, I'm also attached with my shock absorbing lanyard which is attached above my work level and to my D ring on the back of the full body harness.  Phil  KB9CRY

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> I like the idea of adjustability in the strap you mentioned, but it is 
> plainly intended for use on poles or trees, not for a metal structure 
> with potentially sharp edges (as could result from the galvanizing 
> process). I don't think I would be comfortable using such a thing. 
> 
> 73 
> 
> Alan NV8A 
> 
> 
> On 07/26/05 11:53 am ersmar at comcast.net tossed the following ingredients 
> into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: 
> 
> > That positioning chain assembly is too restrictive for use on a tower of 
> any kind, IMHO. You have limited ability to move around the tower members while 
> you are connected to the tower via this 24-inch long piece of chain. It also 
> looks heavy to take up a 100-foot tower with you. 
> > 
> > For use on my Trylon I have a positioning belt made by Buckingham 
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00636.html . It 
> provides the security I need while aloft. It easily slides through the steel 
> members of the tower as I reposition myself during a project. Plus I can adjust 
> its length very easily to keep me safe at any point up and down the tower's 
> tapering profile. 
> > 
> > As I wrote in the referenced TT post (above), I don't like the idea of a 
> rope lanyard on angle tower members. Too much risk that the rope will get cut 
> or nicked by a steel angle. I have a whole bunch of concrete in my tower's 
> foundation and it looks like it might hurt quite a bit if I were to fall onto it 
> from the rotator platform of my tower! 
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