No ... he doesn't climb with safety gear. He works on the tower with
safety gear ... i.e., he clips his hooks in only after he has gotten
where he is going. He CLIMBS without safety gear.
Dave AB7E
On 9/18/2014 11:11 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Thu,9/18/2014 9:46 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
One of my short lanyards had locking mechanisms on the hook. What I
found
with experience is the locking mechanisms were more of a hazard than
without. I found them so difficult to unhook with one hand.
My practice is to pay attention to your hooks to make sure you are
locked in
and always, always test your belt to make sure it is going to hold
before
you let your hands go.
Note what Doug is saying -- he DOES climb with safety gear. What he
said about free climbing was for shock value (I hope). :)
None of us is Superman, we're all getting older, our bodies fail us. A
few years ago, I was standing in my kitchen, felt faint, and collapsed
onto the floor. K4XS has described a similar event when he was on a
tower. He was hooked up, so he's alive to tell the tail, and I was too
close to the floor to get hurt.
Free climbing is for fools.
73, Jim K9YC
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