[TowerTalk] Safety line on tower

[Steve Maki]

Actually the two scenarios are the same - the safety climb needs to be 
run inside the rings and you must bite the bullet at each ring and do a 
little hooking and unhooking. Still relatively easy to maintain 100% 
tie-off.

As someone once said: tie or fly.

-Steve K8LX

On 6/17/2016 3:51 PM, Steve Maki wrote:

> It shouldn't be a problem to install one on a rotating tower - the
> safety climb would rotate with the tower.
>
> If I wanted one on a tower with ring rotators, I'd probably run it
> THROUGH the rings (in the middle of a tower face of course). Yes one
> would have to do a little extra hooking and unhooking at each ring, but
> it would still be a lot easier than doing that all the way up and down.

>>> in our universe, it is not only rare but exceptionally rare, to see a
>>> safety line running the length of a tower.
>
>> While it may be rare to see a safety line, it should not be so.  I can
>> recall several unnecessary deaths (in one case a close friend and guest
>> operator at my own station) that would likely have been prevented by
>> proper safety equipment.
>>
>> As I plan a new set of towers, I fully intend to investigate built in
>> fall arrest (safety) systems to the extent that they are compatible
>> with rotating towers and/or ring rotators.