Shortwave Sportfishing wrote in message
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And I have climbed a 1,300' TV tower - that is an experience.

Yes it is. While in the Navy at a transmitter site in Annapolis, I climbed
a 1,200 ft ELF antenna. Metal ladder, all the way up. I did it because we
were horsing around with the civilian antenna maintenance people and the
subject came up about replacing the aircraft warning light. The civilians
were betting that none of us "swabbies" could climb the antenna and one
thing led to another and I got official permission to attempt it.

I found the problem was not so much going up - it was climbing back down
because you are supporting your weight more with your arms than your legs.

I made the top but halfway down I was not sure I could make it the rest of
the way. I did, but the arms were sore for a week.

Eisboch