[TowerTalk] gorilla hooks

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 8/15/2010 7:27 AM, D Calder wrote:
> All I can say is to watch the Mannequin drop test on this page. What you're
> using is fine for climbing, but when you get to where you're going
> to stay, you should use a shock pack. AND it's to be above you not beside
> you as I'm sure you know.
And the shock pack is to keep you from getting killed, not necessarily 
unhurt.
Even if the straps are almost tight to the pack you can still chin 
yourself on a cross brace 3 or 4 times before coming to a stop, but you 
have to leave enough slack to move around which is additional distance.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> 73 Dave
> n4zkf
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 5:38 PM
> To: Kenneth Goodwin
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks
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> I'm not sure why this is becoming so difficult ....
>
> I already stated that my gorilla hooks (three of them) are at the end of
> straps (heavy duty webbed ones) that attach to my full body harness.  My
> straps are relatively short, but long enough to easily reach the next cross
> member of the tower as I climb.  I own a couple of shock absorbing lanyards
> but don't use them because of their length .... by the time they brought me
> to a stop I would have fallen several feet (check the
> specs) and suffered lots of personal damage from the several climbing pegs I
> would have bounced off on the way down.  I'd rather be brought to an abrupt
> stop after just a couple of feet than be gored by a climbing peg or lose an
> eye to one.
>
> Dave   AB7E
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> On 8/14/2010 1:58 PM, Kenneth Goodwin wrote:
>> You want more than the gorilla hooks.  You want them as part of an
>> arrest system which includes two gorilla hooks, webbing and a shock
>> absorber.  Some sites I've bookmarked:
>> http://www.lhrservices.com/
>> http://www.conney.com/
>> http://www.pksafety.com/
>> http://www.ussafetyequipment.com/
>>
>> They will slow you down a little (especially when compared to 32
>> ft/sec**2) Ken K5RG
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