I probably didn't describe it very well -- it's not as scary as you think. I
may be hanging on with one hand, but there's always one side of the
fall-arrest Y-lanyard secured to the tower. Also, my tower being Rohn 55, my
body isn't bent all that far out. Yeah, the ring is sort of poking me in the
stomach, but that's not bad. Finally, whenever you move one of your hands to
a new position on the tower, you're hanging on with just one hand. Happens
all the time.
There's no way I'm going to climb on my tower without a fall-arrest lanyard
hooked to the tower. That complicates movement around the ring, but it's a
heck of a lot safer than free-climbing.
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Renwick [mailto:ve5ra@sasktel.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:53 PM
> To: wc1m@msn.com
> Cc: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] TIC RING
>
> Dick,
>
> I have been using the method you describe for years, except the part
> about using the hooks. If I visualize the method correctly, you are
> hanging on with one hand and then clipping and unclipping with the
> other
> hand, with your body bent around that ring. I shudder at that method.
> In my opinion forget about the fiddling with those hooks. Try and
> keep
> both hands attached to the tower as long as possible or at the very
> least release your hand grip and grasp the next level as quickly as
> possible. You want to move around that ring as fast as reasonable,
> and
> not fiddle with anything else. The longer you have to hang on with
> one
> hand, the more susceptible you become to fatigue and failure.
>
> Doug
>
> "Those Island days are always on my mind,
> Someday I'm going to leave it all behind."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dick Green WC1M
> Sent: October 15, 2008 5:38 PM
> To: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TIC RING
>
>
> It's a little hard to describe, but basically I climb the tower like
> it's a ladder, but bend deeply at the waist around the ring. First, I
> clip one of the hooks on my fall-arrest Y-lanyard to the tower
> cross-brace directly above the ring. Then I grab the next cross-brace
> up
> with both hands, bend at the waist, and move my feet up one cross-
> brace.
> At this point, I'm bent around the ring at the waist. I hold on to the
> cross-brace with one hand, clip the other hook of my Y-lanyard to a
> cross-brace above my head, then release the other hook. Then I re-grab
> the cross-brace with both hands, bend at the waist, bring one foot up
> to
> the ring, then bring the other foot up to the ring. As this is
> happening, I grab the next higher cross-brace with one hand, then the
> other. Again, it's the same hand-over hand movement you'd use to climb
> a
> ladder. At that point, I'm standing on the ring and all is well.
> Pushing
> your butt way out from the tower is a little unnerving the first time
> you do it, but you can get used to it.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
>
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