[TowerTalk] Best climbing harnesses

[Pete Smith]

For those who asked what the heck I was talking about, pictures of the two 
kinds of safety hooks are at www.pvrc.org/n4zr/two_kinds.htm.  The awkward 
one is on a rope positioning lanyard - and you can be sure I'll be looking 
for the next one I buy to use the second type.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 11:35 AM 10/25/2007, Doug Renwick wrote:
>IMO the first double action hook is a hazard in itself.  If you are
>going to struggle to get the hook open then you are increasing your
>risk.  Equipment must be safe and at the same time easy to use.  If you
>are struggling with your equipment up the tower then you better change
>your equipment.
>
>Doug
>
>This is maybe a fine point, but I have run into two kinds of
>double-action
>hooks - in fact, my positioning lanyard has one type, while my
>fall-arrest
>lanyard has the other.  The difference - on the positioning lanyard, the
>
>placement of the safety latch is such that you have to work pretty hard
>to
>hold the latch while opening the hook with the same hand.  On the
>fall-arrest, the placement is natural for thumb and fingers, requiring
>much
>less hand strength.  As I recall I bought the latter before the former -
>is
>there some problem with the easier version that prompted OSHA to mandate
>a
>change?
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
>
>
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