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

[Dave Sublette]

We have NO information as to what went wrong with Paul's accident.  I doubt
that we ever will.  It is not right to speculate on what he may or may not
have been doing and I certainly wouldn't accuse him of skimping on safety
measures without the sure knowledge that that was what was happening.  I
NEVER set foot above ground without having my safety equipment fully
engaged. Paul was in his 80's.  He (and I have had over 60 years experience
climbing.  He deserves more respect than to speculate that he skimped on
safety.

K4TOP

On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 4:44 PM rlvz--- via TowerTalk <
towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:

> 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
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