antenna fall protection

[guest]

Well, I broke down and ordered a cable grab for use in climbing towers equipped with a 3/8" fall arrest cable. $182 from American Safety Supply. 800-472-3892. I also ordered a couple of 5" quickdraws, the intention being to clip in to the thing from the tersh loop on each shoulder strap. Should be able to jump the assembly down in my fanny pack.

Seems pricey, but I figure I can climb a lot faster if I'm not so worried about taking breaks to rest my forearms. And my biggest nightmare would be to fall off the thing at 50' and die and have everybody think I went in during a jump. Odd how my largest concern is what people would think rather than the fact that I'd be dead...

So I guess $182 isn't that much.

I'll let the board know how I like it once I've used it.

[guest]

DBI/Sala part# 6116500 "Lad-Saf Sleeve w/o carabiner"

They want $30 for a freaking carabiner, so I got it without.

[guest]

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I also ordered a couple of 5" quickdraws, the intention being to clip in to the thing from the tersh loop on each shoulder strap. Should be able to jump the assembly down in my fanny pack.
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You're better off to simply girth hitch (larkshead, to the non-climbers among us) slings to your tersh loops (assuming that they are metal).

In the climbing world, it's a generally accepted axiom that webbing attaches to metal, and metal to webbing. Avoiding hooking like to like (i.e. metal to metal and webbing to webbing--especially the former) is necessary to avoid both wear and weird stress in the event of a fall.

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@ucdavis.edu

[guest]

The loops I'm describing are loops of webbing just below edge of the mud flaps on a Perigee II. So that interface will be 'biner to webbing. I don't think the connection on the cable grab will accomodate two hitches, so I'd have to use at least a single 'biner with it. Probably figure 8 it with athletic tape so it doesn't clink around while climbing.

I understand the danger of a roll-out or loading the gate when using two carbiners hooked in series or a carabiner with a hook, etc.

However, it is odd that in the world of industrial fall protection, everthing uses metal-metal connections, typically a locking hook or 'biner to a sewn-in D-ring