[SixClub] Tower Climbing Video

[Donald Dubuque W4DJD]

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Don Dubuque-W4DJD
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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 19:18, Roger (K8RI) <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 9/15/2010 6:26 PM, KA2AEV at aol.com wrote:
> > Okay for those of you who think you have balls,
> > Check this out
> >
> >
> > _
> http://gizmodo.com/5638576/helmet-cam-footage-shows-what-its-like-to-repair
> > -a-broadcast-tower_
> > (
> http://gizmodo.com/5638576/helmet-cam-footage-shows-what-its-like-to-repair-a-broadcast-tower
> )
>
> I'm too old for that now, but I have a problem with the people who say
> it made them sick, or scared just watching it.
> I can understand the vertigo bit as that is due to a conflict between
> your vision and sense of balance, although it didn't bother me.
> I've had vertigo flying in a bad storm. (Now that was a treat). I just
> can't identify with what ever happens to someone in a video.
>
> OTOH when climbing it makes little difference if you are climbing 60
> feet, 200 feet, or 1700 feet...except psychologically. OTOH the hardest
> climb I ever had was getting a guy down from a tower who found out he
> was not suited for climbing (after he made it part way up). I had to
> climb up, move a hand, climb down, move a foot, climb back up move the
> other hand, climb back down and move the other foot, then repeat ad
> ennauseum (sp?) for far longer than I cared (bout an hour) and he wasn't
> all that high.  However it was a relief that he hadn't made it to the
> top before he looked down. <:-))
>
> BTW, I was in town when they called me on the 2-meter repeater.  I had
> to go home, get my gear, and then drive about 50 miles to the tower.
> It's a wonder his fingers hadn't grown to the tower.  It's not a large
> tower, only about 250' tall and 2' across each of the 4 faces. (square
> tower)
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
> >
> >
> >
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