On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:46:48 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

What in the UK?...


Well they say it was a "fire" but they can't agree quite where the fire
was. Some reports say it was 80 metres up the mast, others say it was at
the base.

I don't buy the 80 metres up the mast, but the bottom of the mast maybe.
It seems a feeder cable caught light, or so they say.....
--
Tony Sayer

Not the UK - much worse. I was up a 70 metre guyed mast in Kuwait -
the guy ropes were all loose and it was blowing a gale. Every time the
wind blew from another direction the mast would topple that way and
jerk to a stop as the guy rope came taut.

I don't have a climbing ticket any more, so that is my excuse over
here.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com