[TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident
Jim Thomson
jim.thom at telus.net
Sat Sep 20 01:53:17 EDT 2014
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:18:09 -0400
From: Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com>
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident
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 FIRST set of guys or side mount/tic ring.... )
And I no longer climb ALONE .........
My .02
Wayne W3EA
## Lemme get this straight. You loop both lanyards around the entire tower... then climb up it ? Another fellow several posts back stated he looped the lanyard around the entire tower, climbed up to 1st set of guy wires, then
attached a 2nd lanyad above the 1st guy station assy.... then un hooked the 1st lanyard below the assy. A lottta good that does you...although I have seen it done by several folks here in town. IF you fall, you will simply slide down the side of the tower.... till you hit the ground..or one of several guy stations.
Jim VE7RF
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