Members Mediterranean Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Do you text message? Now you know the man to thank..Brb, changing my diapers. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdXFNJwOa9Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdXFNJwOa9I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Yeah, saw that yesterday....I could only hack about a minute and a half of that without freaking out...and I'm not particularly afraid of heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members afmunderback Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 You couldnt pay me enough to do that... O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 I couldn't do it if I wanted to. Heights aren't kind to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by ChristianRock I couldn't do it if I wanted to. Heights aren't kind to me. This. Scares the crap out of me! Why no safety gear, that's beyond me. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 You would have to get me really drunk to climb in a tower like that XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carbon111 Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by evildragon This. Scares the crap out of me! Why no safety gear, that's beyond me. :/ There is safety gear - the helmet, special gloves, special boots and the clipline. That's it.Tough job. Much respect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted September 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Can't wait to see the video of him going back down.Already bought much thicker diapers for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 what got me was why the base of the antenna wasn't better designed to climb over. that and what the hell is there fix on the mast?yea, but im spinnin in my seat here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Holy bat-{censored} insane. I can't believe that OSHA rules allow for what the narrator called free climbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members afmunderback Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by Gribs Holy bat-{censored} insane. I can't believe that OSHA rules allow for what the narrator called free climbing. As much of a pain in the @$$ that OSHA is, Im surprised they even ALLOW this OCCUPATION.... God, they wont let ya put a a roof on a three story building without a strap, but theyll let ya do this???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted September 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by Gribs Holy bat-{censored} insane. I can't believe that OSHA rules allow for what the narrator called free climbing. I was kinda shocked too when I heard him say that. My guess: a safety harness would probably put him at more risk [ironic, I know] because he can easily get entangled in it. I mean he's already in deep chit as is. See the toolbox attached to him and dangling below his azz? That's problematic enough.The man was literally on top of the world at the end of the vid. For those who don't have the notion of what half a kilometer up is, that lamp he reached at the very top is to warn airplanes.According to the uploader, his monthly salary is around $10,000. Assuming he does that every weekday, that's approximately 500 bucks per climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Would love to do this for the huge adrenaline rush Then again, don't have as much to live for as you guys, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members murch33 Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by Mediterranean According to the uploader, his monthly salary is around $10,000. That right there would cure any fear of heights I might have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by evildragon Why no safety gear, that's beyond me. :/ The "no safety gear OMG" part is *slightly* misleading. You can clearly see the rope in parts of the video. They are probably doing a form of two-person rock climbing technique (eg lead climbing).Not that this changes the factor much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by Mediterranean According to the uploader, his monthly salary is around $10,000. Assuming he does that every weekday, that's approximately 500 bucks per climb. I'll do it for $8,000. Now hire me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 A mid-level industrial researcher with a PhD earns more than that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moog man Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Holy Crap I got sweaty palms just from watching that. $120K a year would make it a bit easier though! Still no way I could ever do that. I would need at least a caged ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Originally Posted by Mediterranean that lamp he reached at the very top is to warn airplanes.According to the uploader, his monthly salary is around $10,000. Assuming he does that every weekday, that's approximately 500 bucks per climb. That's an awesome lot of money just to change a light bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 I've worked on antennas and masts before, so I'd take that job. I think that the only scary part would be getting in shape for the climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Couldn't they at least have build a cage around the stairs? Seems a lot safer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 Ok, that was bloody scary, and those guys have got balls of steel I wonder if they take a bottle and bag up there with them, as crane drivers are reputed to, or if they just go off into space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DawdlePuss Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 That was unreal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crawling Wind Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 VV - Virtual Vertigo. I felt that in my stomach and I only saw it part way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moogasaur Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 When I was in high school (many thousands of years ago, it seems), a friend and I climbed 3/4 of the way up a radio tower. It wasn't as high as the one in the video, but it was high enough to make you check your underwear. Anyway, the next night, we coaxed two friends to join us in a climb to the top (they didn't believe that we climbed at all). We were almost to the top when a car came into the parking lot flashing the headlights and honking the horn. People got out and were yelling at us, but we were to high too hear what they were saying. We decided to cancel our quest to the top and climb down, because we figured the people were going to call the police. Once we made it down, the two women that were in the car were swearing at us and asking if we were planning on jumping to end it all. Sure enough, they went inside the building to call the police, so we decided to leave right about then. As we walked past the driver, (a male, who was calmly leaning against his car smoking his cigarette), he asked us "Hey, how high did you get?" We all laughed and said pretty freakin high! He knew we were just out for jollies... and we got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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