Well, I have you by one year but you have been in ham radio much longer than 
me.  I am 77 years old and I am in my 18th year of ham radio.  I am still 
learning.  Not many sighted hams in my area climb towers.  A sighted friend 
recently asked me about climbing his tower and I told him no but offered to 
loan him my belt.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] Climbing towers


> Fred, I have climbed my towers for almost fifty years and still do at 76. 
> I have put up many towers for my friends who did not like climbing also. 
> One thing fred is that when your on your
> tower you know exactly where you are, not lost hi.Ed K7UC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 5:13 PM
> Subject: Climbing towers
>
>
>>  I climb my towers all of the time as I put up my own antennas.  When I 
>> go
>> up the tower, I know exactly what is up there and how everything is
>> arranged.  Being blind, I would never climb anyone else's towers as I 
>> would
>> know anything about what is up there.  I climb my towers because of cost 
>> of
>> paying someone else.  The last time I payed someone else to climb, it 
>> cost
>> me fifty dollars every time the guy climbed the tower, I couldn't afford 
>> it.
>> I do not suggest that other blind hams start climbing towers,  It is just
>> something I do myself.  I have a very good climbing belt and have learned 
>> to
>> carry the proper tools up the tower with me and this saves me lots of
>> climbs..
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> FRED ADAMS W4HC
>> FIGHT TRUTH DECAY
>>