[TowerTalk] Fwd: Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident

[Steve Baughn]

At one time AN Wireless had them on their site. Not sure if they still do or 
not.

Steve
WD8NPL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:54 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident

Interesting! Where do you get one of those?


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz>
To: towertalk at contesting.com reflector <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 12:14 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident


The slickest thing I've ever seen is a cable stretched tight from top to 
bottom
of the tower, and the climber has a device that goes on the cable that only
slides UP the cable.  It can't slide down, so if you fell it would hold 
fast.
This also gives both hands free for climbing.  I've never seen these on a 
ham
tower though.  Lots of them in my neck of the woods on ski lift towers.

Chris
KF7P






On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:03 AM, TexasRF--- via TowerTalk wrote:

> Please enlighten me: when climbing with a gorilla hook, is there only one
> hook/lanyard used or are there two hook/lanyards used?
>
> If two, wouldn't there always be one of the hooks attached to the  tower?
>
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
>
>
> In a message dated 9/18/2014 8:49:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:
>
>
> Yes,  you have indeed said that several times here before, and it was
> just as  ignorant a comment then as it is now.  Every time you unhook or
> hook  to the tower you only have one hand on the tower ... just exactly
> as you  only have one hand on the tower when you reach up while climbing
> ... the  difference being whether or not you are hooked in while that
> second hand  isn't on the tower.  How you can possibly believe that one
> hand on  the tower is safer than one hand on the tower PLUS one hook on
> the tower,  or that a free hand not on the tower is more reliable than a
> hook already  on the tower, is totally beyond me.
>
> Dave    AB7E
>
>
>
> On 9/17/2014 8:42 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
>> I have  said this many times before.  If you can't 'free climb' then you
>> SHOULD NOT be climbing at all.  The use of a gorilla hook has it's place
> -
>> for resting or at the work station.  But IMO it should not be  used to
> assist
>> the climb!  Every time you have to hook and unhook  the gorilla hook it
> means
>> you only have one hand left on the  tower.  That to me is unsafe.  With
> free
>> climbing, both  hands are available to grab the tower.  If you can't free
>> climb -  don't climb.
>> Doug
>>
>
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