What is this wood? Is it like primitive steel? =) Did the pole have hooks like a gen pole? What did the person hold on to when climbing?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@beehive.net> wrote: > Back in the day, we climbed wooden poles with nothing other than our hooks > and hands. Once you got up, then you would throw the one single belt > around > the pole. Most of the time the drop was between 20 and 30 feet. Enough to > hurt you pretty bad but probably not kill you. I "burned" one pole one > time. Torn shirt, splinters in my arms. Funny how quick you can hug a > pole > when you hook hits a knot in the pole. (The reason it happened was I was > talking to and showing off for a former girlfriend). In any event, it was > the preferred way of climbing. Much quicker and easier, and actually, if > the pole was nice and soft, was very safe. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Rogato" <wi...@oregonfast.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident > > > > When you climb, do you only use one lanyard to tie off with? > > Does this mean every time you unclip your lanyard to move it that you > > are then not tied off at all? > > > > > > 3-dB Networks wrote: > >> Well I don't tie off in two places when I'm climbing... but when I am in > >> a > >> position I am going to be working at I tie off in two different places > >> just > >> in case... because you never know what might happen. > >> > >> Daniel White > >> 3-dB Networks > >> http://www.3dbnetworks.com > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:52 AM > >> To: dmburg...@linktechs.net; WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident > >> > >> When climbing how many think "let's tie off in two places because this > >> first piece of angle iron is going to fall off"? > >> > >> On 1/6/09, Dennis Burgess - Linktechs.net <dmburg...@linktechs.net> > >> wrote: > >>> Not to say thats not right. The whole point of the Darwin awards was > >>> that the people who died have died in the most stupidest way, that they > >>> did the entire human population a favor by eliminating themselves from > >>> the gene pool. There is a movie even on it. Like the guy who > >>> strapped a Jato Rocket to his Chevy, the guy who was so cheap, he got > >>> his hand stuck in the soda machine and while trying to free it, it feel > >>> over on him. ETC. 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