[BC] Tower Climbing

[Cowboy]

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 06:43 pm, JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote:

>    Most intelligent comment I'd ever been told by the experienced folks 
> was - If you're afraid of doing it, you'll get yourself hurt.... or worse 
> yet, you'll get somebody else hurt, or killed.  So if you're "afraid"... as 
> opposed to " reasonably minful"...  it's time to quit climbing.

 One of the hardest things I've ever done, is talk down a rookie who
 froze at about 150 feet.
 Once fear, then panic, takes over, the original purpose for climbing
 at all becomes very secondary.
 Suddenly, EVERYBODY, including ground crew, is at much greater risk.

 If you're not comfortable climbing, then don't do it !
 Too comfortable can be just as bad.

 Saving your station a couple bucks may be noble, but don't be foolish.
 Call one of us who does it.

-- 
Cowboy