Yep.
I can't believe I climbed K2BPP's 180' R-45G with a belt that wouldn't go
all the way around the tower, so I just climbed it with the belt around my
waist, and around nothing else...twice.
I did clip it onto a tower brace once I got to the top...twice.
Climbed my own 50-60' towers hundreds of times where the only belt I had was
the one holding my pants up. And then, at the top, would hold on with one
hand while tightening rotor clamps, replacing baluns or whatever with the
other.
Geesh.
Don't do this at home, kids. -WB2WIK/6
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark [SMTP:aa6dx@arrl.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:01 PM
> To: Steve Katz; TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Double protection - climbing
>
> Boy howdy! I did that for years, too .. guess that comes from being
> behind
> "The Redwood Curtain", and not knowing better... put up many many beams,
> etc. on tower tops by simply using "3hree hanger-ons" ..
> shhheeeeeeessssshhhh!
> Mark .. AA6DX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
> To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:41 AM
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Double protection - climbing
>
>
> > All one needs to do to be completely safe when climbing any type tower
> of
> > any height is to be young. The young are immortal. I must have been,
> since
> > in my teens I climbed lots of 100+ foot towers without even a belt, let
> > alone a harness....
> >
> > Can't believe I'm still here. -WB2WIK/6
> >
>
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