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Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:38 am to MorbidTheClown
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wonder what that pays?
Not enough
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:38 am to The Mick
I love it up there at 1500 feet from the ground.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:38 am to The Mick
Always tied off, safety first. Not sure what would happen if you passed out, how would they get you down.
I used to do work similar to this, but never on this scale. The highest tower I was on was only about 250 feet in the air.
My worst experience was changing bulbs and ballasts out on a light pole, and a sudden storm came up. No quick exit, and so I had to ride it out for a while, and the pole was about 200 feet in the air, and with the wind blowing, it would sway as much as 10 feet in either direction. Was a pretty helpless feeling.
I used to do work similar to this, but never on this scale. The highest tower I was on was only about 250 feet in the air.
My worst experience was changing bulbs and ballasts out on a light pole, and a sudden storm came up. No quick exit, and so I had to ride it out for a while, and the pole was about 200 feet in the air, and with the wind blowing, it would sway as much as 10 feet in either direction. Was a pretty helpless feeling.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:39 am to The Mick
have a cousin that does this, he is an engineer and periodically goes up and measures the beams, etc. He says the hardest part is the tiredness in the legs. Said they lean back on the harness to rest the legs. once he went up about 600 feet without the type of harness to lean back in. Said he thought he was going to die from his legs hurting. Quote: "as for as the height, what does it matter after 40 feet, you are gonna die anyways". yeah right, nope.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:39 am to The Mick
Tied off, what's the big deal?
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:41 am to The Mick
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I was thinking the same about the hard hat.
maybe there's a helicopter blade that springs out
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:51 am to fightin tigers
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OSHA crushed them because of the climbing techniques.
I have OSHA certs and it looks like safe practice to me
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:54 am to PapaPogey
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I have OSHA certs and it looks like safe practice to me
What was shown on that video was fine to me. No OSHA violations by the climber that I saw.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:55 am to The Mick
There was a time, back in my prime...
Hell no.
Hell no.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:57 am to RidiculousHype
I think he was referring to these psychotic Russians.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:05 pm to The Mick
I'm willing to bet most people couldn't do this even if they weren't scared out of there mind. Imagine the fatigue of basically climbing a 1500' ladder.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:07 pm to fightin tigers
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These guys were fired when this video made it out there. Forgot the whole story, but the narrator was friends with them and put the video together. OSHA crushed them because of the climbing techniques.
There was nothing wrong with the climbing techniques that I could see.
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This is the video you might be referring to, they free climb to the top, then tie off. I never heard they were fired.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:07 pm to UpToPar
Those dudes biceps are HUGE. I worked on a site that had a 150' tower crane and climbed to the top once. My arms were on fire. The crane operator had arms that would give hulk hogan a run for his money.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:10 pm to UpToPar
wow!!! all of these images/vids make my hands sweat and knots up my stomach just trying to visualize what it would be like that high. :eek: :eek: :eek:
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:22 pm to PapaPogey
quote:This article says it wasn't the climber, but the drone operator who got in trouble - with the FAA.
I have OSHA certs and it looks like safe practice to me
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:38 pm to Statestreet
I rather the ancient german stairway to heaven video of the radio tower light bulb change. These frickers go a lot not tied off in this vid.
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Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:42 pm to The Mick
Wonder how much that guys life insurance policy is.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 12:44 pm to Phil A Sheo
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What fricking good is that hook and rope gonna do??
It will hold him if he falls.
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