[TowerTalk] Climbing

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:57:49 -0400
From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet at embarqmail.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Climbing

The video has certainly generated a lot of talk, some valuable.

Does anyone use a belay?  A competent groundie could keep a line snug as you 
go up and down, saving you the trouble of all that hooking.  Once at a 
worksite, you could hook on and relieve the groundie for other tasks.
Wlson
W4BOH 


##  I had the same thought a week ago.  Some kind of power winch would be cool,
then just lift the climber up the side of the tower.  He could still be hooked onto the
separate safety cable too, so if the winch cable broke, jammed, etc, the climber is
still restrained at all times.  0-300'  in  60 secs. 

later.. Jim  VE7RF