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An Exclusive Club - Tower Climbers
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:12 pm
There isn't enough money on the planet that could make me do this job. Essentially you're an electrician who climbs antennas, some of them 2,000 feet above the ground, to inspect or change a light bulb.
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Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:18 pm to RollTide1987
At least they don't have to clean an anchor up there 
Nothing is more terrifying than the first time you ever clean an anchor at a height that will kill you.
Nothing is more terrifying than the first time you ever clean an anchor at a height that will kill you.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:23 pm to Jcorye1
quote:
clean an anchor
Is that code for jacking off?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:23 pm to RollTide1987
I don’t get the fear of heights thing.
You can fall from 100 feet and die just as easy as 3000 feet.
Makes no difference to me.
Actually I’d rather fall from 500’ than 50’ if I had a choice. At least one I know I’ll die instead of the chance to end up like OweO
You can fall from 100 feet and die just as easy as 3000 feet.
Makes no difference to me.
Actually I’d rather fall from 500’ than 50’ if I had a choice. At least one I know I’ll die instead of the chance to end up like OweO
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:24 pm to OysterPoBoy
No, it's going from a top rope anchor you created using your own items, to just the rope through the chains on the top or other items. When you climb, you don't want to leave your stuff at the top if you can help it (climbing shite is expensive), so you literally have to get off your rope, slide it through or around something, get back on it, and rappel down.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:25 pm to SuperSaint
quote:That's why I fear both. And it's more of a fear of landing.
I don’t get the fear of heights thing.
You can fall from 100 feet and die just as easy as 3000 feet.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:34 pm to RollTide1987
Here’s another good tower climb video. Most of these tower climbers partake in gratuitous amounts of illicit substances in their off time.
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Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:34 pm to Jcorye1
That’s an odd description of cleaning an anchor, but OK. It’s never fun to untie your knot.
I had to clean an anchor and start simulclimbing a couple times going up this route:
Leader wanted the 60m rope anchors, but we didn’t have a 60m rope.
I led that 5.6 pitch. It was terrifying.
I had to clean an anchor and start simulclimbing a couple times going up this route:
Leader wanted the 60m rope anchors, but we didn’t have a 60m rope.
I led that 5.6 pitch. It was terrifying.
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:34 pm to SuperSaint
I have a sister in law whose son from her first marriage does that work out west. I'm not scared of heights when on a structure or column but those towers scare the crap out of me.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:36 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
I don’t get the fear of heights thing.
You can fall from 100 feet and die just as easy as 3000 feet.
That's why I fear falling from high places. Once I get above 25-30 feet the pulse of my heart starts to quicken. You should see me while I'm climbing up the stairs on the Longstreet Tower at Gettysburg. It's a 75-foot-tall observation tower overlooking the southern end of the battlefield.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:38 pm to RollTide1987
quote:Weren't you stationed in HI? The Pali overlook almost made me shite my pants.
You should see me while I'm climbing up the stairs on the Longstreet Tower at Gettysburg.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:48 pm to northshorebamaman
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Weren't you stationed in HI? The Pali overlook almost made me shite my pants.
Yes and I very rarely went on hikes where heights were involved. I didn't mind climbing up Diamond Head or even Koko Head, but that was about the extent of my hikes in Hawaii. Anything with a sheer vertical drop I kinda stayed away from.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:53 pm to RollTide1987
I wonder if those towers move at all in the wind?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:53 pm to RollTide1987
Make it about a football field’s length up and that bitch starts swaying. Worst shite is getting all the way up and realizing you forgot your screwdriver in the truck.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 3:57 pm to Gaston
I haven't done a multi-pitch yet, just sport climbing single pitches or hiking to the top and building the anchors. That's the goal for this year, and there's some easy multi-pitches in CO.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 4:10 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
I don’t get the fear of heights thing.
You can fall from 100 feet and die just as easy as 3000 feet.
And I'm afraid of both.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 4:13 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
Actually I’d rather fall from 500’ than 50’ if I had a choice. At least one I know I’ll die instead of the chance to end up like OweO
Dude ain’t even here and can’t catch a break
Or is he back?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 4:13 pm to RollTide1987
I would climb that tower for fun knowing that I had a harness and that the tower itself was designed to be climbed as safely as possible.
Zero chance I would ever attempt what Gaston has pictured. Nope, nope, nope.
Zero chance I would ever attempt what Gaston has pictured. Nope, nope, nope.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 4:14 pm to Pandy Fackler
Yeah. frick that shite. Give me a beach and a beer.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 4:17 pm to RollTide1987
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 4:18 pm
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