[TowerTalk] Roswell Tower Accident/double lanyard

[Kelly Johnson]

I'm surprised that few people mentioned the use of a permanently
mounted climbing rope (or whatever you call it).  Don't some
commercial towers have something like this with a mechanism on it that
won't let you slide quickly down the rope?  Is this just too
uneconomical for hams?


On 10/25/07, Jay Schwisow <jay at kt5e.us> wrote:
> 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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