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imagine your office is 1768 feet off the ground  (no thanks)
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'in the tunnels uptown, the Rats own dream guns him down. the shots echo down them hallways in the night' - the Boss
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FLAVALK
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 06:42:52 PM » |
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I've seen that before and it still makes my butt pucker.... |
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salty1
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 06:55:20 PM » |
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Glad it's them and not me.   |
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 06:56:46 PM » |
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That would be a cool job.....when you were done, you could just parachute down  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 07:26:34 PM » |
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I was fine with that, until he went on the outside of the tower for the rest of the climb. Nope not gonna apply for his job.
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Steve K (IA)
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2012, 07:33:30 PM » |
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I get dizzy standing on the third rung of a 5 ft. step ladder. I made it to the 2 minute mark and stopped watching, thought I was going to get sick. There isn't enough money that would get me up there.  |
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jer0177
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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2012, 07:38:24 PM » |
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I'm not all that afraid of heights, but holy hell...I will have to second the youtube comment - how does he climb with steel balls that huge??  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2012, 07:47:37 PM » |
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You couldn't drive a 10 penny nail up my arse with a sledge hammer while watching that. No way I would ever do it. Hay  Jimmyt |
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2012, 08:14:30 PM » |
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yeah, free climbing. no safety equipment attached. um, yeah, I will pass.
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2012, 09:41:42 PM » |
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Not only no but hell no!!!
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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2012, 04:40:16 AM » |
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There's a very interesting episode on "Frontline" out now on PBS that is called "Cell Tower Deaths". Some of these guys do this for as low as $10.00 per hour. Also, the big companies, ATT, Verizon and the like, can't be held accountable due to using many layers of contractors, even though they set the deadlines that cause the climbers to shortcut and free climb.
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MacDragon
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2012, 07:08:30 AM » |
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I saw that a couple of years ago... no fricken way you'd get me up there, even with a chute. With my luck... I'd fall, open my chute and it would rip on the tower with me plunging to my death. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2012, 08:00:10 AM » |
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Wonder how far that thing sways from side to side?
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R J
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2012, 08:10:22 AM » |
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Wonder how far that thing sways from side to side?
With NO wind.......................... The Golden Gate Bridge sways about 28 ft. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2012, 08:22:27 AM » |
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Well if that one didn't do it , this one will. T.P.
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« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2012, 08:28:02 AM » |
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I'm not all that afraid of heights, but holy hell...I will have to second the youtube comment - how does he climb with steel balls that huge?? That's what the bag is for he carries with him...they say it's a tool bag... but it's got to be to carry those huge steel balls with him...  Dave |
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« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2012, 09:24:36 AM » |
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Do they have that MUCH MONEY ? I don`t think so.  |
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musclehead
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 01:26:21 PM » |
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I was fine with that, until he went on the outside of the tower for the rest of the climb. Nope not gonna apply for his job.
me too, that last bit outside is way too much for me |
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« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2012, 01:32:22 PM » |
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Do they have that MUCH MONEY ? I don`t think so. I was looking around for jobs before I became a trucker and there was an ad from the same employment agency for 3 jobs. one ; recepctionist $9.00 and hour two; mechanic must have own tools $9.00 an hour three; tower hand $9.00 an hour NO SIR!!! |
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« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2012, 01:45:55 PM » |
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I used to climb high steel (not 1400 feet) for a living. If you're in good shape it's no big deal when you do it every day. Once over 50 feet or so, you won't survive the fall anyway. However, climbing in high, gusty winds is another story, and forget rain, ice or snow.
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MarkT
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« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2012, 02:18:19 PM » |
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Heights used to bother me. I cured that by taking up hang gliding. It's a major rush to run off the top of a mountain with a wing on your back! As Jess said - once you get to 70 ft or so - a fall has the same result. Except you have more time to contemplate the sudden stop, the higher you are. Hang gliding - with height is safety as you have more time and space to do something about a problem. Or throw / deploy the chute - nowadays most fly with a ballistic chute. Rocket deployed, it's open in 2-3 seconds from firing it.
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musclehead
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« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2012, 04:06:15 PM » |
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those guys aren't as calm as they portray! look at the death grip they have when crawling out on the crane  |
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