[TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident

[Wayne Kline]

The story is a sad note for sure, and hopefully a learning   lesson for those who do climb.
 
I have been using a full body harness for a loooooog time . dual Lanyard's  fall arrest on the back D Ring
 
and a dual snap spreader  with a Gorilla hook   
 
I no longer FREE climb (  I would be hypocritical if  I claimed   I never DID .  I  normally step to the tower base   and adjust my strap lengths to the tower diameter lean back taunt  on them ... Un hook them and  free climb to the frist set of guys or side mount/tic ring.... )  
 
 And I no longer climb ALONE .........
 
 
My  .02   
 
Wayne   W3EA   

 
> From: ve5ra at sasktel.net
> To: towertalk at n4zkf.com; joe at k2uf.com; k6mr at outlook.com; towertalk at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:20:34 -0600
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident
> 
> Where I live, by the time a rescue team would reach me, I would be dead
> hanging from the tower.
> If I had to wait until a ground person was available ... I would still be
> waiting.  I usually caring my cell phone with me just in case.  
> I probably did 25 climbs this summer ranging from 70 to 110 feet and
> inbetween.
> Doug
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> That's why you don't climb ALONE. You have a ground man in case you get in
> trouble.
> 
> 73 Dave n4zkf
> 
> On 9/18/14 11:50 AM, "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net> wrote:
> 
> >What's the difference between dying falling to the ground, and dying
> >hanging
> >from the tower with a fall arrest harness?  You avoid the agony of a slow
> >death in a fall arrest harness.
> >Doug
> >
> 
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