[TowerTalk] fall arrestor

[D Calder]

Exactly, the fall arrest is when you're up on a tower working. Then it
should be as high above you to make
the smallest drop if you slip. Or when you're moving around on a big face a
double on the back is nice to
move with clip and unclip.

Retractables are great for that too.

But climbing, the cable grab and a beaner as I said before works to 8" for
us and it's just enough to let it slip
coming down and grabs well if you need it.  Front D-ring only. I have 15
guys each day on towers for me and they
better not be using a lanyard on their back to climb.

Dave n4zkf






-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Jairam
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:18 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor

Unless there is a different model of the safety cable system available now,
the ascender is supposed to clip to the front, directly to the full body
harness and not to any fall arrest lanyard.  In fact the instructions say
specifically that you should NOT attach it to a lanyard.

The reasons for this:

1. To protect you from swing falls

2. To cause the brake to engage as quickly as possible in the event of a
fall.  The brake engages with rapid downward acceleration, and a lanyard
attached to it may delay or prevent that.  See point #1 about swing falls.



Ryan, N2RJ


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM, <towertalk-request at contesting.com> wrote:

>
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:04:20 -0600
> From: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Cc: petesias at yahoo.com
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> Is it just me, or does is seem counterintuitive to have the fall arrest
> point on the harness in the center of your back?  It seems like that would
> tend to pitch your head forward, making it more likely to smash your face
> into the tower bracing?  I've fallen lots of times rock climbing with the
> rope attached to the front of my harness at waist level.  That allows your
> arms and feet to stay in front of you so you can control (somewhat) how
you
> contact the rock, and regain footing/handholds quickly.
>
> Chris
> KF7P
>
>
>
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> From: <k6ufo at arrl.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Cc: <petesias at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor
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>
> > On my AN Wireless, the cable is about 4 inches out from the leg,
> > but since the one-way SALA ascender clips to a 6 ft fall
> > arrest lanyard that goes around to a D-ring point on the BACK of the
> > climber, that distance isn't critical. Just enough to keep it from
> rubbing
> > on the tower.  Mark K6UFO
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