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4/28/2025, 3:31:16 AM
>>2816062
Other times I'll set a working and backup line and work off those.
ASAP on my backup (red) rope is my fall protection. That device trolleys up and down the rope as I move, and locks onto the rope in a fall like a seatbelt. Shock pack (between ASAP on the rope and my dorsal D-ring) blows stitches out reducing the forces in a fall, since all the ropes I work on are static ropes and don't stretch (~2-3% stretch on it, vs. the 30% or so of a dynamic rock-climbing rope).
Green rope is my working line, and the device i'm working on is an "ID". Looks and functions like a grigri or rig, just bigger and has a few more safeties built in.
Sometimes I'll set the vertical lifeline and ride an ASAP all day, just moving on and off my positioning. ASAP keeps me tied off, but as I move up and down the tower in the work area, I don't have to constantly move hooks around.
Couple other techniques I'll use in rare circumstances. Retrieveable lifelines, double-belting, working on cowstails, or renting a manlift instead of climbing.
Pulling coax off a tower; customer was moving off that site to another adjacent site they owned. Landlord wanted all the mounts, hardware, cable, etc pulled. Set that backup and working line, started at the top and I'd descend down to the next snapstack, pull that and zip the coax off with a grinder, airmail that section down to the ground. >Picrel is looking-up from >>2816015 looking-down. Grinder on a tool lanyard on my side, wrenches/level/visegrips/sharpies/knife/tape/phone pouch next to it.
Other times I'll set a working and backup line and work off those.
ASAP on my backup (red) rope is my fall protection. That device trolleys up and down the rope as I move, and locks onto the rope in a fall like a seatbelt. Shock pack (between ASAP on the rope and my dorsal D-ring) blows stitches out reducing the forces in a fall, since all the ropes I work on are static ropes and don't stretch (~2-3% stretch on it, vs. the 30% or so of a dynamic rock-climbing rope).
Green rope is my working line, and the device i'm working on is an "ID". Looks and functions like a grigri or rig, just bigger and has a few more safeties built in.
Sometimes I'll set the vertical lifeline and ride an ASAP all day, just moving on and off my positioning. ASAP keeps me tied off, but as I move up and down the tower in the work area, I don't have to constantly move hooks around.
Couple other techniques I'll use in rare circumstances. Retrieveable lifelines, double-belting, working on cowstails, or renting a manlift instead of climbing.
Pulling coax off a tower; customer was moving off that site to another adjacent site they owned. Landlord wanted all the mounts, hardware, cable, etc pulled. Set that backup and working line, started at the top and I'd descend down to the next snapstack, pull that and zip the coax off with a grinder, airmail that section down to the ground. >Picrel is looking-up from >>2816015 looking-down. Grinder on a tool lanyard on my side, wrenches/level/visegrips/sharpies/knife/tape/phone pouch next to it.
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