not for the faint of heart.. or those with vertigo

[heavenlyboy34]

Sure.

I can sense your snarkiness through the interwebz.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

What about these people...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3gMztVVIn_U

 

[TaftFan]

This scares me also:

 

[bunklocoempire]

If the fall doesn't kill you, the RF radiation will!

Subelement G0
G0A12

Q. What precaution should you take whenever you make adjustments or repairs to an antenna?

A. Turn off the transmitter and disconnect the feed line.

Guess who just tested for their 'General Amateur Radio License'? lol

I've seen that OP vid before. I get cotton mouth and sweaty palms watching it. I don't care much for heights.

Tallest thing I've climbed has been a coconut palm maybe 40-50 feet w/spikes and a belt. I guess the climbing part isn't so bad, but when I stop it gets a little freaky. Definitely helps me to be active up there trimming/gathering -and to have a belt that fits. Only belt I've got is Tongan size. I'm big but not Tongan big. Nerve wracking having your safety belt too big. lol

 

[green73]

This should make your butt pucker.



eta:
It's not really 6 minutes long, only about 3.

 

[helmuth_hubener]

See post 13.

The point is, for 99% of the climb, if he fell, he would die. For 99% of the climb, the hook is not in at all. It is not connected to anything but his self. Seraphim, the poster you seemed to be agreeing with, had said that 'Oh, well, it's dangerous, but it's not as if he'd fall all the way to the ground. His rope would catch him.'

No. No, it wouldn't.

That's part of the fun of it!

Anyone else been to the Sears Tower and stood in the glass boxes jutting out? That's fun!

 

[kcchiefs6465]

This should make your butt pucker.



eta:
It's not really 6 minutes long, only about 3.

He's tethered.

 

[mad cow]

This scares me also:

It was dangerous back then,they didn't wear safety helmets.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

It was dangerous back then,they didn't wear safety helmets.

That's actually the first thing I noticed about the video. Why and the hell is OSHA requiring him to wear a safety helmet when he is climbing 1,500 feet off the ground not tied off?

 

[helmuth_hubener]

It was dangerous back then,they didn't wear safety helmets.

Good thing OSHA is saving us now, so we're not all deaded.

100% helmets, for 100% of your life! Helmets: they're not just for work any more. Zero tolerance for non-helmeted humans!

 

[green73]

That's actually the first thing I noticed about the video. Why and the hell is OSHA requiring him to wear a safety helmet when he is climbing 1,500 feet off the ground not tied off?

In case he bangs his head. They would do it even without OSHA.

 

[georgiaboy]

I've always found that climbing back down is worse than climbing up. Really can't see where you're going, and the balance is all different.

That was terrifying. I can't believe he had a 30 pound bag of tools hanging from a rope tied to his belt a good 15 feet below him the whole way up.

I assume before attempting that, each section with the different twists & stuff is set at ground level at a training facility for them to rehearse over and over again, with fans blowing on them. Not to mention training how to stop a fall, etc.

Amazes me the stuff regular folks do to make everything we take for granted just hum right along. Real heroes.

 

[mad cow]

That's actually the first thing I noticed about the video. Why and the hell is OSHA requiring him to wear a safety helmet when he is climbing 1,500 feet off the ground not tied off?

The first thing I noticed was that he was wearing a watch.I never wore a watch while working because it is just one more thing to get caught up in moving machinery.Or in his case,to be snagged on a step at 1500 feet and throw you off balance.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I've always found that climbing back down is worse than climbing up. Really can't see where you're going, and the balance is all different.

That was terrifying. I can't believe he had a 30 pound bag of tools hanging from a rope tied to his belt a good 15 feet below him the whole way up.

I assume before attempting that, each section with the different twists & stuff is set at ground level at a training facility for them to rehearse over and over again, with fans blowing on them. Not to mention training how to stop a fall, etc.

I'd think they could come up with a better way to get people up there than that.

A winch controlled by him to slowly lift him up. Would be a hell of a lot safer and doesn't seem like too big a job to add.

You'd have to have a cut piece of metal to where the cable couldn't sway too far and get caught on something. Does anyone know how much these guys are making by the way?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Good thing OSHA is saving us now, so we're not all deaded.

100% helmets, for 100% of your life! Helmets: they're not just for work any more. Zero tolerance for non-helmeted humans!

Fear not: one day the nannys will succeed in their quest to danger-proof the entire world with all manner of cushioning and such.

 

[Original_Intent]

"How bad could it be?" I said. "It's just video, I am safe her in my chair in front of my computer. I can handle it!" I said.

#feeling_queasy

 

[CaptUSA]

Think that's cool? Check out this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjC7DjoVe8

I'd love to do this stuff!

 

[opal]

"How bad could it be?" I said. "It's just video, I am safe her in my chair in front of my computer. I can handle it!" I said.

#feeling_queasy

right there with ya my friend and I started to watch that Russian guy too.. got to the part where he had to change his shirt for some reason.. got that creepy feeling all over.. had to stop

Think that's cool? Check out this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjC7DjoVe8

I'd love to do this stuff!

and I'm not even clicking your link.. still quivering from that crane

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Amazes me the stuff regular folks do to make everything we take for granted just hum right along. Real heroes.

They just don't have fear for the same things you do. Some people are really scared of mice, I don't see the big problem.
It's not that much more dangerous than working on most other roofs or scaffolding. After a 30ft drop your chances of surviving a fall go down rapidly.
Although there are always examples of people that survive falls from MUCH higher...

Vesna Vulović (Serbian: Весна Вуловић; born 3 January 1950) is a Serbian former flight attendant. She holds the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres (33,330 ft).[1][2]
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Vulović fell approximately 10,160 metres (33,330 ft).[1][2] She suffered a fractured skull, three broken vertebrae (one crushed completely) that left her temporarily paralyzed from the waist down, and two broken legs. She was in a coma for 27 days. In an interview, she commented that according to the man who found her, "...I was in the middle part of the plane. I was found with my head down and my colleague on top of me. One part of my body with my leg was in the plane and my head was out of the plane. A catering trolley was pinned against my spine and kept me in the plane. The man who found me, says I was very lucky. He was in the German Army as a medic during World War II. He knew how to treat me at the site of the accident."[4]

 

[JK/SEA]

looks like 2 guys passing a joint, and a couple others hitting the moon shine...ahhh..the good ol days.

btw...anything over 30-40 feet is possible death...depending on how hard the concrete is.