At 09:09 AM 10/10/01 -0400, Bill Coleman wrote:
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>On 10/9/01 7:48 PM, Dan Levin at djl@andlev.com wrote:
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>>Most towers that I have seen and/or climbed have no
>>fall protection system installed. The climber uses a
>>fall protection lanyard, either with a single clip or
>>a forked lanyard with two clips. In either case, you
>>either have to climb unprotected (efficient, but very
>>dangerous), or clip and unclip every couple of steps
>>up and down the tower. With a single lanyard, every
>>unclip to move your protection is risky. With a
>>double lanyard you don't have the risk, but you still
>>have the hassle of moving your protection every
>>couple of steps.
I use a 6-foot fall-protection strap attached in the middle of the back and
my 3-foot positioning lanyard. By reaching as high above me as I can
before clipping on, and then climbing till that one is at my feet before
clipping on the second one, I can reduce the number of changes to about 1
every 7-8 feet or so -- which I find an acceptable amount of overhead to
exchange for always being positively anchored to the tower (mine's 100 ft)
73, Pete N4ZR
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