[TowerTalk] Climbing aid

Rroger (K8RI on TowerTalk) k8ri-on-towertalk at tm.net
Wed Feb 9 12:34:11 PST 2011


On 2/9/2011 9:32 AM, Glenn Thorne wrote:

Krylon lists the The Safety climb, but an e-mail for information to the 
"contact us" on their site bounded with the message "Illegal attempt to 
access server by unauthorized personnel".  It's apparently broke.

I'll have to try AN.

> I got the Safety LifeLine with my AN Wireless tower -
> http://www.anwireless.com/lifeline.html. The sleeve that attaches to the
> cable also attaches directly to the front of my harness - I use no lanyard.
> The sleeve slides right along the cable with me as I climb.
And hooks directly to the front D ring
> It really reduces the time it takes to climb the tower compared to hooking
> and unhooking two lanyards.  I feel much safer as the hooking and unhooking
> is eliminated and there is little slack to take up if something happens.
It reduced the movement to less than a quarter required for climbing 
with two lanyards using carabiners.
> 73, Glenn/KD0Q
73

Roger (K8RI)



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