[TowerTalk] Tower climbing- and the our great loss of W0AIH

[rlvz at aol.com]

Paul Bittner was an extremely well experienced tower climber.  Very few commercial tower climbers have as much experience as Paul did which is a rather scary thought.  We need to use great safety measures when climbing towers regardless how experienced we are.  I believe that experienced tower climbers, including myself, sometimes skimp on safety measures when we are working on antennas mounted close to ground, which I believe is what Paul was doing as the initial report said he was working on an antenna 60' above ground.  As most of you know, Paul had 35 towers and was used to standing on antenna booms at the 200' level.
 
This tremendous loss of Paul Bittner- W0AIH has me really re-thinking the tower safety measures and precautions I use, and that I better not skimp on tower safety.  
 
Let's do our best at being careful with antenna and tower work so we can enjoy our wonderful hobby.
 
73,
Dick- K9OM  
 
 
In a message dated 11/1/2018 3:27:04 PM Central Standard Time, xe2fl.kf5mn at gmail.com writes:

 
 The death of W0AIH and others,send us a flag that only experienced tower mounting men should do it! Saludos, Fernando José Muguerza,XE2FL Cel. 81.1589.2930 Email. Fernandojmuguerza at gmail.com Email. xe2fl.kf5mn at gmail.com Enviado desde mi iPhone _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk