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Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 128, Issue 13

To: towertalk@contesting.com, n5ge@n5ge.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 128, Issue 13
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 12:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
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>  At around the first of July I went to another ham's home  to help him
with some antenna work on his 40 ft crank-up, which was cranked  down
to 20 ft.

>  I belted up around the outside-side of the  tower with a waist belt
harness.  With the tower being difficult to  climb due to very little
to stand on, I made it up to height where the top of  my head was even
with the top of the tower.  As I tried to get a footing  to get my
head above the top of the tower both of my feet slipped from  the
toe-hold I had.

>  I slid down the face of the tower with  the rope holding me against
the tower, landed on a seven foot step ladder  with my but, bounced
off of that and landed at the base of the tower standing  up.

>  I was not seriously injured, but had a lot of scratches  and cuts
caused by my chest, elbows, hands and one knee (the leg that  slipped
first) contacting the tower on the way down .  If I had been  leaning
forward with my head over the top of the tower, the fall would  have
probably beheaded me or broken my neck.
 
    This unfortunate encounter may have been  minimized by using a Fall 
Arrest Harness. 
 
    Glad it wasn't worse. I've heard much worse  stories involving 
crank-ups - none of which included a FAH. 
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH 

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