[TowerTalk] March QST cover

[jimlux]

On 2/27/17 8:12 AM, william radice wrote:
> Would you deny this group the opportunity to beat yet another dead horse having nothing to do with it's name....Tower Talk?? How dare you?
>
> Oo

I'd argue that since the picture in question is actually of someone 
climbing a tower, and whether the picture:
a) represents safe climbing practice
b) encourages safe climbing practice

  it's pretty on-topic.

My own thought is that the harness looks pretty loose, and it's 
obviously a staged photo.

But there's some interesting points that have been brought up - for 
instance, while the knot used to tie off isn't what *I* would use (a 
figure 8), the use of zip ties to hold the free end of the rope is 
something unusual, but seems to work - it's not a structural part of the 
system. I'd personally prefer something that doesn't require a tool to 
remove it, and realistically, I'd probably just leave the end flopping 
around, unless it were WAY too long.