This week our team will do a two part special on ladder safety.
How a fat person climb roof.
Safely climbing roof is not as easy as it sounds.
This is weekly dose of aviation 16 links to sources.
Here is part i of our two part special.
Safety gear is harder to find.
We have been hearing a lot about accidents.
This is something our team here at american standard roofing agrees upon.
Either both hands and one foot or both feet and one hand.
I m fat and i climb.
I m talking about honest to god fat guys who somehow went against the grain to climb harder than most of us ever will.
It s a much better workout than a treadmill.
Always keep three points of contact on the ladder.
The first time you climb the ladder secure it with a rope or cord to an anchor point on the roof.
Ask a helper to hold the ladder while you climb.
We specifically hear horror stories about people climbing roof.
I m not talking about trees like jim bridwell or brick shit houses like john long circa 79.
Climbing s yesteryear has a couple great examples of big dudes who crushed.
You should always face the ladder holding onto the rungs while you climb.
Also i climb for fun.
Now to be fair i climb indoors and not up the side of a mountain but some of the problems i face would tend to be the same.