Hoser
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child of the sixties VRCC 17899
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« on: March 07, 2012, 07:46:09 AM » |
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THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WHOLE WORLD FOR ME TO HAVE THIS JOB! Light bulb changer He totally doesn't get paid enough! I broke out in a sweat watching this! Hang on to your lunch while watching this.... Yikes!!! I wonder what they pay this guy per hour. 1768 feet straight up ... wait until you see this! It is incredible what people do for a living!!!!!!!!!! Just wait for the cartoon intro to finish, then hold on to your seat. Hoser 
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« Last Edit: March 07, 2012, 07:48:24 AM by Hoser »
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kybigmac
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 07:59:02 AM » |
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U wont ever catch this fat boy doing that!
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Hef
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 08:03:19 AM » |
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Wonder why they couldn't do this by helicopter and a drop line? Climbing seems to be a very dangerous option. I don't care what the pay, I would have to say thanks, but I believe I will pass!
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Spirited-6
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 08:57:49 AM » |
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I had seen before but did not like it any better the second time.  I`m glad he is wareing his watch so he can see the time when he "died".  |
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 10:00:27 AM » |
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my brother and i climed a microwave tower in Jim Falls Wisconsin once, we were young, no way in the world could do it now (harder to carry the extra 70#'s) i would guess it's about 300' high, don't know for sure, just know that i froze about half way up, there's a saying, never look down, well i did!! had to stop, catch my nerve, then continued to the top. had to keep going, had to pee something awful!!  if you watch that video, pay attention to how many times he's NOT hooked up with the safety harness!! |
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2012, 10:03:58 AM » |
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i wonder if they get hazard pay?.................but that is nothing i would do and i have done some stupid things in the past |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2012, 10:07:52 AM » |
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I was out here one day and saw them doing the helicopter thing on the powerline. I took a picture, but it was just a picture of some far-off powerlines with a barely discernible dot hovering nearby...  -Mike |
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« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2012, 10:11:21 AM » |
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Um....
Hummmm...
F that noise... both of 'em.
p.s. I got queasy just watching that first video!
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« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2012, 10:12:28 AM » |
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Cripes, only way I am gonna get that high is an aircraft. not enough money in the world to make me climb that.
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« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2012, 10:30:15 AM » |
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when I saw "liveleak" in the web address, I thought maybe he was gonna pee up there.
I know I woulda done that at least three times getting to the top!
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KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2012, 10:55:22 AM » |
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2012, 11:28:48 AM » |
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I watched the helicopter video before I looked at some of the tower climbing video. I've been climbing five "whole" layers of scaffolding lately, and that's plenty for me These guys who climb cliffs solo with no ropes seem like a whole level beyond even the ladder climber in the video...  -Mike |
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« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2012, 02:07:29 PM » |
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WOW!, I'm tight on a 20' latter NO WAY !!
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« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2012, 02:25:30 PM » |
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I was ok with that climb, then he went outside the tower, for the free climb. I will wait for him on the inside part of the tower. Then he had to go and stand on the very top, NOPE no way.
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« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2012, 02:32:48 PM » |
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I always thought the tower dude shoule base jump back down.
I did a few HALO in the Navy. That was high. What was I thinkin???????????
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« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2012, 03:07:13 PM » |
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My college roommate's Dad had a job doing that kind of work.....he made the big bucks.....he bought his Son(us) a big TV for the dorm room.....big $$ at that time.....but he wouldn't give him any $$ for school stuff.....maybe because he wasn't a college grad.......  Dohhhh, WHO took the screwdriver out of the toolbag??!!........  |
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« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2012, 04:32:05 PM » |
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Our high angle/ rigging instructor at the FD at the mill was from DBI Sala, and did that for 20 years before becoming an instructor. Saw him set up some scenarios on I beams that he could free climb straight up like a damn monkey. He said the worst is when you get up there and you decide that you have to take a crap, and that 1500 ft is breezy with your pants down...
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Yea though I ride through the valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear no evil. For I ride the Baddest Mother F$#^er In that valley!
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Skinhead
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« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2012, 05:36:28 PM » |
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Our high angle/ rigging instructor at the FD at the mill was from DBI Sala, and did that for 20 years before becoming an instructor. Saw him set up some scenarios on I beams that he could free climb straight up like a damn monkey. He said the worst is when you get up there and you decide that you have to take a crap, and that 1500 ft is breezy with your pants down...
Even worse would be releaving yourself at the top (emergency scenario here) and watching your "deuce" hit every rung and hand hold on the way down. You'd want to have on of those crab leg/chicken wing wet naps in the tool bag when you got down. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2012, 06:27:38 PM » |
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Climbed all over steel mills for 10 summers (roofs, blast furnaces, elevated gas lines, ore docks, open structural steel, scaffolds and bosuns' chair); 4-500', not 1500', but after 35 feet you're not gonna be right again (or alive) anyway. Do it every day, and it's just another job.... and it was the cleanest air available in the mill. Peeing on the (then-new) safety guy was a regular hobby. It's just a mist by that time, so they always put out their hands and look up for rain. Simple pleasures for simple minds. LOL
We went higher, but I never worked the smoke stacks.
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KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)
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« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2012, 04:34:14 AM » |
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This was my first thought. I think you'd have to check many times to be sure you have everything..... |
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