[TowerTalk] ladders

[Kevin Normoyle]

  my point is that a fixation on height having a correlation to risk is wrong.

There are many things that introduce risk when you're in a possible fall situation.
Height doesn't change the risk (once you're over 30').

So why fixate on height?

And using belts and assorted gear doesn't guarantee no accidents either. For instance: misuse or gear failure if no 
redundancy.

The riskiest point in that video was when the guy clipped onto a step with one hook and leaned back on it. He was 
actually safer (unless tired) with two hands and two feet on the 4 steps.

At that point, everything depended on the reliability of that one step.

Best to just understand the risks in everything one does and try to mitigate the ones you don't like.

And if you're older and in denial about why it's riskier for you, compared to a younger guy...well. Denial of changing 
risk factors is one of those example things that add risk.
And gear doesn't make it go away.

-kevin
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