When I was doing a lot of tower work in the late mid-80's thru 1994, I
regularly climbed 180ft 2-way towers in one run carrying my test equipment
and/or rope and pulley. If I was going higher I normally stopped at
40-50ft intervals for a couple of minutes. 180ft in one stretch required
an extended rest but it usually took my ground man 10-15 minutes to hook up
so I had time to rest.
I was also about 30 years old, raced motorcycles and 4 wheelers, rode at
least 10 miles per day on a mountain bike AND weighed 250 lbs.
Later,
Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
AM Ground Systems Company - WD4RAT
kkidd@kkbc.com -- 866-22-RADIO -- 866-227-2346
www.amgroundsystems.com
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net> wrote:
> What a view. It appears that he free climbed the entire mast without
> stopping for a rest ... amazing.
> Those who can't, criticise those who can.
>
> Doug
> I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.
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> Happened across this and thought the group would enjoy this Russian
> freeclimb.
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> http://gcaptain.com/watch-heres-what-it-looks-like-to-climb-the-58-meter-mas
> t-of-a-tall-ship/
>
> Don W7WLL
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