I recall that the Los Angeles Times published a photo of W6AM standing
at the top of his tower (at his house, not the rhombic farm) when he
was well into his 80s, but then Don was one of a kind.
Bob, N7XY
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:36:26PM +0200, on4kj wrote:
>
> Only 13 years to go before I can climb ... I am nearby 70.
>
> I climbed for the last time when I was fifty five, I guess thats about the
> age we should stop climbing. Serious compagnies wont insure climbers after
> fifty-five, at least in Belgium. Believe me they dont care that much about
> climbers, they only care about money.....
> Jos on4kj
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
> To: "'Larry L Lindblom'" <llindblom@juno.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Tower Tale
>
>
> > I didn't see it, but that's hilarious...and hilariously stupid. An 83
> > year-old climbing a tower solo? -WB2WIK/6
> >
> > "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> > enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Larry L Lindblom [SMTP:llindblom@juno.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:50 PM
> > > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Tower Tale
> > >
> > > Tonight I grabbed a can of tuna and some crackers for my evening meal.
> I
> > > turned on the TV and lo and behold there was a piece about a ham radio
> > > operator on "Stupid Human Behavior Caught on Tape".
> > >
> > > It seemed thing were not working well and a ham radio operator climbed
> > > his tower ( 50 or 60 ft) to check out his "huge" antenna (a 3 element
> tri
> > > bander). He slipped and was hanging with one leg in the tower and his
> > > head aimed at the ground. The fire department got him down and the
> > > announcer pointed out he was 83 years old. His wifes comment in a
> rather
> > > crotchety voice was "I've been telling him to take that stupid tower
> down
> > > for years!"
> > >
> > > Given his wife, I'll bet the only thing this ham has to live for is his
> > > radio which gets him away from her!
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
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