[TowerTalk] WTB: Tower Safety Climbing Belt

K7LXC at aol.com K7LXC at aol.com
Sat Apr 28 09:14:32 EDT 2007


 
In a message dated 4/25/2007 3:07:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>>I am need of a safety belt for tower  climbing.

>  No, you do not need a safety belt for tower  climbing. Simply put, they 
will
kill you by destroying your pelvis as it  transfers all of the force of your
fall directly to your hip bone.  


Umm, that's not exactly the typical scenario.  With a safety belt around your 
waist, when you fall off the safety belt slides  from your waist to your 
rib-cage where it can immobilize your diaphragm and  you suffocate. 
 
    I really don't know how it's going to destroy  your pelvis. Safety belts 
or fall arrest harnesses are made out of soft  material - your pelvis would 
have to be hit by something really hard at a high  rate of speed in order to be 
"destroyed". I'm not saying that you couldn't  fall ON something sticking out 
on the tower that could do it; I'm just saying  that the other scenario is 
much more likely. 
 
    That's why fall arrest harnesses have suspenders  and leg loops - 1) so 
the belt doesn't slide up and 2) so that the fall arrest  lanyard between your 
shoulder blades will catch you in a natural position.  It's also a potential 
life threatening position but at least there's time to  launch a rescue effort 
before you expire. 
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC








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