[TowerTalk] More Rohn - How?

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/6/2010 6:41:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  It was dumb how it happened. I was down to the last 4  sections, where 
the 
first set of guys were, and in a fit of sheer "stupid"  it seemed like a 
good 
idea, as long as I was up there, to unhook the guy  cable over the leg of 
that 
section, then climb down and initiate a sort of  controlled fall to speed 
up 
the process.
>  Thankfully the  tower had a concrete base that was lodged in muddy soil 
and 
did not fall  like a rock, but still pretty fast.
 
    I don't understand the failure mode. So you were  trying to do a 
controlled fall and it hit you? What's that got to do with  unhooking a guy cable? 
Did the base move in the ground and it fell? Please  clarify. Tnx.
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC