[TowerTalk] Unsafe Climbing Practices

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Kirk,

Any trained tower climber will be very concerned about the lack of safe tower climbing practices evident in your photographs.

Here's an excellent reference for safe tower climbing practices:

http://www.blm.gov/nhp/efoia/wo/fy06/im2006-078attach1.pdf

A quick review of the manual will uncover multiple unsafe practices evident in your photographs, including (at least): unsafe climbing surface, unsafe anchorage and unsafe clothing.

These disturbing photos should be a call to all of us to better understand and practice safe climbing.

73
Frank
W3LPL


---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:27:46 -0600
>From: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro at darkstar.k4ro.net>  
>Subject: [TowerTalk] (no subject)  
>To: Mark Beckwith <n5ot at n5ot.com>
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KLM 4-element 40 question
>Reply-To: 
>In-Reply-To: <01b901c730e7$05cd0790$6401a8c0 at MARKHOME>
>
>Here are some photos of how K4JNY does it at 120 feet. 
>Yes, Jeff has no fear. I don't think I could do it.
>Thanks to W4NZ for taking the photos.
>
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0008.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0009.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0010.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0011.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0012.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0013.html
>http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/pix/W1AW_4/pages/IMG_0014.html
>
>73
>
>-Kirk  K4RO
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 10:31:24AM -0600, Mark Beckwith wrote:
>> TT:
>> 
>> I know the answer to this question is lurking here someplace.  I need to repair a guy's KLM 4-40 feedpoint.  Can you reach all of that from the tower/mast or am I going to have to be prepared to take the antenna down?  It's been over 10 years since I saw one of these up-close and I forget the answer :)
>> 
>> Mark, N5OT 
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