We have been hearing a lot about accidents.
How a fat person climb roof.
We specifically hear horror stories about people climbing roof.
This is something our team here at american standard roofing agrees upon.
Safety gear is harder to find.
Climbing s yesteryear has a couple great examples of big dudes who crushed.
Also i climb for fun.
I m not talking about trees like jim bridwell or brick shit houses like john long circa 79.
The first time you climb the ladder secure it with a rope or cord to an anchor point on the roof.
This week our team will do a two part special on ladder safety.
I am a big dude not just fat though i am that too.
Here is part i of our two part special.
I m talking about honest to god fat guys who somehow went against the grain to climb harder than most of us ever will.
Ask a helper to hold the ladder while you climb.
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.
Either both hands and one foot or both feet and one hand.
But i am by no means a serious climber.
Safely climbing roof is not as easy as it sounds.
I m fat and i climb.
My friends and i climb on my neighbors roof then go to the lake.
It s a much better workout than a treadmill.