[TowerTalk] What NOT to do when climbing

[BRENT BAUM]

Training develops habits and automatic responses to situtations. Obviously this ham was well trained, but when he elected to forego one element of his training the rest took over.
Semper Fi,
K7MEI
Brent



> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:57:32 -0400> From: nv8a at att.net> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] What NOT to do when climbing> > Talking to a fellow club member (and close neighbor) during Field Day, I > heard about a tower-climbing misfortune of his. On one occasion he > climbed his 30+ ft tower without a belt because it was such a quick and > easy job he had to do up there. Unfortunately, forgetting that this time > he was not wearing a belt, he let go. He is very thankful that he landed > on the grass rather than on the concrete, and no significant injuries > were suffered..> > 73> > Alan NV8A> _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk