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Old 11-25-2013, 07:22 AM
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The storm we had the last 3 days dumped 4 inches on us and caused a leak in the older part of the house. I have to get up there today and attend to it. It's a 15 foot climb but fortunately that part of the house has a very gentle slope and a nice parapet. Once I'm up there it's safe.

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Old 11-25-2013, 04:38 PM
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Once I'm up there it's safe.
It's the getting down part that kills you.
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Old 11-25-2013, 05:05 PM
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It's the getting down part that kills you.
I didn't want to say that outloud in advance of the doing. Words become things.

Now that I've been up it and down it three times today, you're absolutely right. In my case I had to back up to the parapet, straddle it swinging my right leg out into thin air reaching for the ladder. Then, right foot on the leftward side of the ladder step and left leg/foot still inside the parapet, weasel my right foot over on the step to give my left foot a stable place to land, then begin the climb down. Shaky-legs: check.
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Old 11-25-2013, 05:08 PM
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'course then the wife comes home and says "why didn't you put the ladder against the porch on the other side of the house? You could just climb up on the porch and step over the parapet and walk over to the part you needed to see.

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Old 11-25-2013, 05:55 PM
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Not afraid of heights, but edges always make me... well... edgy.
Still, I go up the ladder when I have to and clean the gutters without a harness.
Harnesses are for places with OSHA inspectors, and IMHO are more dangerous than going without. Unless you are really high up.
What I really dislike is tree work... I have a set of spikes and a harness that I use when one of the multitude of trees (otherwise known at this time of year as those damn leaf growers...) needs some trimming.
Topping a big tree and having that sum***** lean way over as the top falls, then suddenly shift back the other way is enough to make a rational person cut every GD sapling he can find...
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Old 11-25-2013, 08:57 PM
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David, no need to worry about height. Worry about falling and the sudden impact at the bottom.

I'm ok with heights but not a fan of working on ladders of any decent length. I don't have any issues once I'm on the roof, just don't ask me to do anything more than change a lightbulb over 15' or so. Lucky for me my longer ladders (inherited from my late grandfather who started out as a lineman for the power co.) all max out at 225 lbs.

A safety harness does wonders for a feeling of security but your fastening points on a shed roof are quite limited.

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