I have found that when I go near such a climb I should always wear a Safety Fall Harness, with a 20 ft rope staked to the ground 100 ft away from the climb.... the 20 ft fall rope keeps me from making the climb and I keep safe with both feet firmly on the ground..
Just saying.. ;)) [former base jumper who willingly jumped off of tall buildings and radio towers and got good at "hop and pop" chute opening] On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have scaled/climbed some of the tallest masts in the CONUS, and been on > the top of many a tall building, but if I don’t have a solid surface under > me I’m not going. There’s a 1600’ TV transmitter mast about a mile south > of me I climbed back in the late 90s in my former career, and whenever I > drive past it I marvel at the fact that I did it. That’s nearly 10 minutes > going up in the little open man lift in the middle, than another 100’ or so > climb up a ladder. > > I did this one outside of Fargo back in the early 90s when I was a much > younger//fitter man: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVLY-TV_mast > > I will say the view was spectacular. > > -D > > > > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I'm kind of like that too...I'm not afraid of heights as long as I can > keep one foot on the ground. > > > > I had a tough time of it when I worked as a steamfitter-rigger on a > powerhouse in the Hudson Valley across the river from West Point. As a > member of the "bull gang" I often had to climb ladders like that with a > chain fall over my shoulders to hook up to a beam...crawling out on the > beam to get it in the right spot. I did become somewhat desensitized, but > never liked it. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:17 AM > > To: Okie Benz > > Cc: Dan Penoff > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday > > > > Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a > solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. > > > > You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a > ladder to that height. > > > > -D > > > > > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the > chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water > was dripping onto the fire box. > >> -- > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> '87 300TD > >> '95 E300<IMAG1127_small.jpg>_______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
