[TowerTalk] Roswell Tower Accident/double lanyard

[Jay Schwisow]

Kelly and all,

I work with a double "twin leg" shock absorbing lanyard.  These come in 
a variety of sizes but mine has 2" throat openings so I can easily 
operate with one hand and get them on a leg of the tower.     This way I 
am always connected to the tower.  Once I get where I need to work I 
have another smaller positioning lanyard to keep me close in.

You can see this and others at www.tessco.com   Elk River 35416.  This 
one is $300.00 but there are others with smaller openings for less ($150 
or so).  I urge all not to get in a hurry  with this sort of rig.  It 
takes a bit longer to go up and down a tower this way but there is a lot 
of added safety.

Jay - KT5E

Kelly Johnson wrote:
> My climbing experience is limited to heights of about 30 feet or so,
> but regardless I'd like to understand the proper way of climbing up a
> tower while remaining connected at all times.  When people start their
> climb at the ground, how do they attach to the tower while climbing?
> Do they have a safety cable permanently mounted to the tower or do
> they clip a cable as high as they can reach, climb beyond it, clip
> another as high as they can reach, and so forth or what?
>
> On 10/24/07, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
>   
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:08:48 +0000, n7ka at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> AT NO TIME SHOULD WE NOT BE ATTACHED SECURELY TO THE TOWER.
>>>       
>> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>>
>> I know you are right, but I have seen tower climbing professionals who
>> climb a tower with no safety line connected at all, and only hook up
>> when they are in place ready to work.
>>
>> If the professionals are so lacking in concern, what hope is there for
>> us amateurs? I guess after you climb a few hundred towers with no
>> accidents, you become immortal.
>>
>> My rule is to always have two connections to the tower: Either my
>> safety line plus one hand, or two safety lines. I never trust only one
>> safety connection, ever.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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