[TowerTalk] short survey

[Earl Morse]

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:54:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] short survey
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My wife wants to know how may of us are still climbing our own tower 
after age 68. If you don't any longer, please tell when you stopped. 
(Now I gave my age away)


Best 73 de,


Hans - N2JFS


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Hans,

Regardless of age, thats a personal assessment that each of us has to make.

Age, health, mental state, and physical fitness are all parts of that decision.

I am only 51 but didn't dare climb my tower after I experienced seizures.  I wasn't allowed to drive either for that matter.  Now that the health issue is fixed up I am back to climbing when I need to and after being gone a couple of years, I need to get my antennas fixed back up.

People forget that you expend the same amount of energy taking the stairs on a 10 story building as you do climbing a 100 ft tower.  If you can't physically walk up the fire stairs on a 10 story building then you probably shouldn't be climbing your tower.

Earl
N8SS