TT:
I believe I posted the last time this link was discussed that the
climber would have about ten seconds of free fall to contemplate his fate.
(y = 1/2gt^2, solve for t with g = 32 and y = 1760.)
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Breaking all the tower climbing rules at
anamazingheight...
> Watching them go up the last 50 feet or so made me wonder just what would
> happen if one of those climbing pegs snapped off. Be a LONG way down. At
> that height seems like they would get kinda rusty. 73
> Tom W7WHY
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>
> Seems to be a commercial operation. I guess the OSHA inspector
> couldn't (wouldn't) make an on-site inspection. Also, note the
> porcupine dissipators on the way up.
>
> http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player.swf?config=http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player_config.php?token=f2d_1284588370%26embed=1
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> 73, Joe
> K2XX
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