I got the Safety LifeLine with my AN Wireless tower -
http://www.anwireless.com/lifeline.html. The sleeve that attaches to the
cable also attaches directly to the front of my harness - I use no lanyard.
The sleeve slides right along the cable with me as I climb.
It really reduces the time it takes to climb the tower compared to hooking
and unhooking two lanyards. I feel much safer as the hooking and unhooking
is eliminated and there is little slack to take up if something happens.
73, Glenn/KD0Q
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rroger (K8RI on TowerTalk)" <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing aid
> On 2/9/2011 12:21 AM, Gary K9GS wrote:
>> Fall Arrest
> The fall arrest gear on my harness is quite different than this system
> although they do serve similar goals.
> The fall arrest gear hooks in back while the safety climb hooks in front
> with a very short lanyard.
> The Safety climb type of equipment also aids in making climbing much
> easier although it does not eliminate the need for fall arrest gear.
> However with the safety climb I can use (not approved) open hooks on the
> tag lines. These lines hook to the back of the harness. This would
> enable me to climb 100 or 200 feet in a quarter of the time with less
> effort than it takes to climb 100 at present.
>
>
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