And 15 years ago most people climbed towers freestyle... all this safety
gear is still relatively new isn't it
Daniel White
3-dB Networks
http://www.3dbnetworks.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:50 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower accident
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. Its on netflix instant streaming.
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WISPA Board Member - wispa.org <http://www.wispa.org/>
Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services*
*Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net
<http://www.linktechs.net/>
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George Rogato wrote:
Very sad indeed.
I don't think they should be giving awards away for incidents when
people die at work. Even if the person made a mistake like that.
It was not funny to me at all.
But some have a weird sense of humor.
Me, I see no humor in a death or falling off a tower
Blair Davis wrote:
Tower accident...
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008-20.html
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