[TowerTalk] TIC RING

[Doug Renwick]

I don't think you want to see the fall-arrest lanyard as a first line of
safety when manoeuvring over the ring.  I see the lanyard as the last
line of safety when every thing else has failed.  That sudden stop when
the lanyard reaches it's length, the pain and hanging there in the air
waiting for help should not be routine.  It will certainly give you
peace-of-mind though, but for me it adds another obstacle.

Doug 

"Those Island days are always on my mind,
Someday I'm going to leave it all behind."

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dick Green WC1M
Sent: October 15, 2008 10:32 PM
To: 'Doug Renwick'
Cc: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TIC RING


I probably didn't describe it very well -- it's not as scary as you
think. I may be hanging on with one hand, but there's always one side of
the fall-arrest Y-lanyard secured to the tower. Also, my tower being
Rohn 55, my body isn't bent all that far out. Yeah, the ring is sort of
poking me in the stomach, but that's not bad. Finally, whenever you move
one of your hands to a new position on the tower, you're hanging on with
just one hand. Happens all the time.

There's no way I'm going to climb on my tower without a fall-arrest
lanyard hooked to the tower. That complicates movement around the ring,
but it's a heck of a lot safer than free-climbing.

73, Dick WC1M