I was on the ground once in a situation like that. The tower would start hissing, then a nearby strike would hit and it would go quiet. I could literally hear a strike building up. My co workers had left me at the site with no rig. So tower inside a chain link fence or field. I balanced my whole body on my playmate lunch box and rode it out. Storm passed directly overhead with strikes a quarter mile away.
From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG]Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy wire down I was on a 500 foot tower when I was 18. Thunderstorm came up quick and I could see the lightening getting closer. I contemplated riding the guy down as I had a block pulley with me. I figured I was more sure to die that way and set my excess equipment down instead so I could move faster. I made it about half way down, belted onto the tower and leaned back and rode it out. The tower wad humming like a substation with high power lines. Every time lightening would strike it world studder. Scary 10 minutes. On Sun, Jul 9, 2017, 11:40 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: Until you hit an egg strain insulator... From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 9:48 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG]Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy wire down Ok..let's say you had to get off tower in a hurry. You could tie your work and safety lanyards to guyed wire. So now you are sliding down it...guess you could wrap legs around it and come down slower with hopefully gloved hands. Or wrap lanyard around guyed wire several times as braking system? Yikes..still sounds spooky...as a kid we had two of those military type rope things that we would used to slide down one inch rope from tree to tree... about 30 ft down to 20..ah youth!!! How would some of you daring young bucks do it? Jaime Solorza On Jul 9, 2017 9:35 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]> wrote: "began to descend due to rain and lightning" - that could be a reason.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Weekley To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 9:30 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy wire down Tech’s condition is stable after he allegedly rode guy wire down from an ATC Texas tower "A tower tech is reported to be in stable condition and is expected to be released from a hospital tomorrow after reportedly using a guy wire to descend from his work station on an American Tower Corp. 300-foot guyed tower off of Highway 183 in Cuero, Tex." http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2017/techs-condition-is-stable-after-he-fell-from-atc-tower-in-texas/ I assume this is a case of "hey y'all....watch this!"
