For the most part I can handle heights.
Not this though.
No way Id take this job.
SWTH.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=player_embedded#normal)
:o :o
Holy cow!!!
I couldn't even watch the whole thing. He didn't even look like he was "clipped in" for parts.
I guess if you did it all the time you would get desensitized to the height.
Not for me.
Ha saw this on my clubs site.. shits crazy.. yea he free climbs at the top cuz it'll take too long to clamp every other step.. osha approved too lol..
good thing they have helmets on... ;D
Ya...I'll pass on that. :o
There was a great video (I think it was on an old thread) about guys who work off helicopters and climb onto very high power lines then they crawl on the lines while working on them hundreds of feet in the air. Oh yeah, the fun part was the gazillion volts of electricity passing through the lines and yet the workers did not get electrocuted. I forget the reason they don't get zapped but the narrator explains it. Anyone remember that vid or thread?
Never saw that one but it probably has something to do with touching only one wire.
Like how birds can sit up there and not cook.
Check out this free climbing nut ball
Awesome Dan Osman Fast Climbing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uXRIgWlwx8&feature=player_embedded#normal)
Pretty cool, but scary
I used to skydive alot, that vid made me very uneasy though
and now off to torment people i know with it ;D
Quote from: Monsterlowsider on September 15, 2010, 11:43:10 AM
For the most part I can handle heights.
Not this though.
No way Id take this job.
SWTH.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=player_embedded#normal)
buddy of mine in tx used to do this.. he wasn't right in the head. ;D
Quote from: Monsterlowsider on September 15, 2010, 12:28:16 PM
Never saw that one but it probably has something to do with touching only one wire.
Like how birds can sit up there and not cook.
Check out this free climbing nut ball
Awesome Dan Osman Fast Climbing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uXRIgWlwx8&feature=player_embedded#normal)
Pretty cool, but scary
he's kinda dead, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Osman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Osman)
I found the video on youtube but I can't make it work as a link. [bang] Look for the High Voltage Cable Inspection vid on youtube. Interesting explanation in the video regarding the worker not being zapped. You're some what right about the bird on the wire comment.
Quote from: rc51 on September 15, 2010, 12:45:52 PM
I found the video on youtube but I can't make it work as a link. [bang] Look for the High Voltage Cable Inspection vid on youtube. Interesting explanation in the video regarding the worker not being zapped. You're some what right about the bird on the wire comment.
That was posted a while ago on here...
it's a good thing some people aren't quite...right...eh? ;D
Quote from: derby on September 15, 2010, 12:41:31 PM
he's kinda dead, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Osman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Osman)
Kinda ironic that a freeclimber died due to a rope failure. :P
OT, ummm....no, I'd not like that job.
No heights for me.
I tell ppl that I'm not afraid of heights.
Now that I see this, I'll rephrase that I'm not afraid of heights that I've been on.
But I noticed that my palms were getting sweaty with apprehension when I viewed this video.
I would worry most about my 1) endurance, 2) the structural integrity of the object that I was climbing, 3) birds, and lastly 4) the wind.
I am not afraid of the video that was removed. [cheeky]
I'm pretty ok with heights having stood on the railings of a 90ft lift to reach something while it swayed back and forth.
I'm also regularly of the top of hi rises, often going up a bit higher if the top of a cooling tower isn't recessed into the roof a bit.
I was recently on top of a high rise, working on a bid, think it was 320'. Also work at cell towers, but on the ground, not sure I could climb some of the taller ones.
This was one of my first jobs when I was an apprentice.....
(http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad320/Super_TIB/Harbour_Control_Tower_Bridge1.jpg)
There is a cage that goes around the outside that a cleaner gets into to clean the windows. The tradesman & I had to change the bearings in the trolley that holds the cage onto the 'I' beam. The cage was being held up with some rope while we took the trolleys off. I don't really mind working at height, it's working kilometres underground that would scare the shit out of me. :o
I remember it was pretty windy up there. With all the safety procedures we have to go through these days, there is no way we would have done it the way we did. :P
any one know why don't they have at least a parachute like base jumpers do.. quicker way down at least lol..
I can't stand even looking at the preview of the video (since it was removed).
I love skydiving, but I hate going up on ladders and roofs.
Radio Tower Worker - You Think Your Job Is Tough? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuzrIN_x2M&feature=player_embedded#normal)
that one is still up.. for now.. heres why it was taken down..
Quote
First off I want to thank everyone for the great response I got on the video “Stairway to Heavenâ€, it was really much more than I could have hoped for. Now, having said that I am also very sorry that I could not keep the video up for you to share with your friends and family. I truly am sorry, I can see from the comments how popular it was and that’s why I want to explain what happened.
The footage of the climb came from a friend of mine that does this type of work, I have know him for several years and he has helped me many times in the past. Recently he gave me this video he shot on one of his jobs. I showed him the edited video and he approved it and I put it up on TheOnLineEngineer.Org and You Tube over the weekend. On Monday he was getting calls from colleagues telling him that they were concerned about what the video showed. His world is a very small one, and you don’t want to bite the hand that feeds you! Some facility owners are pretty uptight about liability and such and may not hire him if they think he does not take safety seriously.
So he asked me to take it down, and I did. That was Monday morning (Sep 13, 2010). Today (Sep 15) he told me it was up on You Tube, by the time I looked at it it had over 77,000 views. It was on more than a dozen websites. The chance that someone important would see it was increasing rapidly. So the video most of you saw was one that had been ripped off from my website before I took it down. I wrote asking the guy who put it up to take it down but got no response so I contacted You Tube.
Once again I am sorry about pulling the video, I know that every time I looked at it my legs got weak, there’s no way I could do that type of work. AND THATS MY POINT â€" I need this guy who made the video, we plan to do more of them, but it won’t happen if he can’t get work because he’s been black listed by the industry. He’s also my friend and I don’t want to see him get hurt because of some video I put up on the internet.
We have had two offers to broadcast this video, a request to submit it to a film festival in France, over 118,000 views on You Tube. This was all much more than we had ever planned for or thought would happen.
AS SOON AS WE CAN WE WILL HAVE MORE VIDEOS ABOUT TOWER CLIMBING, in the mean time please be patient.
And once again thank you for all the comments.
Russ
I am a short dude. Anything above 6 feet is too high for me.
Heights have NEVER - EVER phased me,
Hitting the ground from said height is what scares the s**t out of me.
Not a big fan of heights. A big part of why I don't enjoy flying much.
Speaking of which, I was in Chicago most of the week and in the airport yesterday waiting for the return flight I saw a woman with a parachute around her neck on the front of her body. I thought, "wow, and I thought I hated to fly!" More than likely it was just easier for her to lug around (had a backpack on also) but it was amusing.....
Swinging a hammer or a paintbrush at the upper end of a 36' extension ladder is my limit as long as the perch is steady and not flexing...
I prefer scaffolding beyond that
however standing at the edge of a roof or cliff and looking down is NOT something I am comfortable with beyond maybe 3 feet of altitude...or less
I missed both of the video clips :-\
I never had a problem with heights until '03 when I went to the top of the Stratosphere in Vegas and rode the Bigshot ride and that d*mn rollercoaster that always seemed to go off the tracks. I paid extra too for an unlimited pass but I couldn't get down from that tower fast enough..especially when it started it sway! It made things tough trying to get me on the small gondal rides in northern Italy soon after that. Those things move all over if it's windy!! I dont particulaly care for being out on highrise balconies either now. Although, I didn't have much of a problem at Stella's place in Denver.
I actually think this fear all stems from watching people jump from the twin towers.
:-[
I have a mild phobia about tall bridges. I'm working on it. I took up rock climbing once and didn't like it, something about hundreds of feet up hanging by my finger tips and lots of time to think about what to do next.
I DLd the vid if anyone wants it pm me ya email.. I haven't set up the server I want to do yet so can't. Host it..
This one's still working for now...
Stairway to Heaven -- Worker climbs up a 1786 ft Tower [Helmet Cam] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRIbo7cvmQs#normal)
I was getting ill just wayching it. make the beast with two backs that.
Quote from: duccarlos on September 17, 2010, 07:53:29 AM
I was getting ill just wayching it. make the beast with two backs that.
Yup.
My nuts are gonna tingle the rest of the day thinking bout that!
You know. Climbing that inside the tower wouldn't bother me in the least, but once he stepped outside
and was climbing up the rest of the way without a safety line is freaking crazy!
And the helmet mounted cam almost made me sick, he's got the balls of solid rock
that was awesome
mitt
I'm too slow, I didn't get to see either of them
Quote from: 1KDS on September 17, 2010, 02:10:02 PM
I'm too slow, I didn't get to see either of them
Here ya go...
wspinaczka na wieże radio tower worker HARDKOR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyilT_xdp8k&translated=1#normal)
also keep in mind, that damn thing probably sways in the breeze too.
Undoubtedly
it's also probably cold.
Imagine climbing back down.
In the rain.
;D
Quote from: lethe on September 17, 2010, 03:59:20 PM
also keep in mind, that damn thing probably sways in the breeze too.
How much.. a few feet either way or several??
F___ that! :-[
That video was comparable to this oldie..
Morons on the top of a crane in Paris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxjDWWpYfNI&feature=related#normal)
OK, that's the world's scariest make the beast with two backsing job! I won't even be able to sleep tonight because of that video! I'm a flat lander and I'm proud of it! [thumbsup]
Quote from: Rameses on September 17, 2010, 03:24:57 PM
Here ya go...
I take back anything I said about being cool with heights, that is make the beast with two backsin crazy
The hardest part of that job is probably lugging 80 lbs worth of testicles up that effing ladder.
This was a comment on youtube.
"i surrender my man card... compared to these guys i'm officially a pussy and i don't even care as long as nobody ever forces me to do that."
I agree. :o
Many people do things that seem to most of us to be ...................insanely scary.
To attempt to climb Mt. Everest , to dive and swim through underwater caves, jumping out of Airplanes, riding the Isle of Man TT.
The thing is those people have conquered their fear and to them it's more of a thrill.......an adrenaline rush.
About the heights ......count me out !
I'll Road Race a super bike on public roads ,........... call me stupid, call me crazy.
Dolph :)
I'm pretty ok with heights, once I get off the ground.
However, after seeing that, I'll need a shot of tequila just to get off my chair.
JM
Quote from: DoubleEagle on September 17, 2010, 07:17:01 PMto dive and swim through underwater caves
That, I'll happily do. Heck, my son did with my wife and me when he was 13.
(https://lh5.ggpht.com/_keb9Kczo6oU/S4r_2ZphAxI/AAAAAAAAHis/ftFSi0Qlue0/s400/Dos%20Ojos%20-Feb-26-08%20174.jpg)
Just thinking about some of those heights videos gives me a painful cremaster response.
Holy shitballs!! And all that to change a freakin light bulb??!! I kinda think coming down would be even scarier. You think this guy rock climbs in his spare time too? He's gotta do something to stay in shape.
To keep his edge he probably throws the only chute out of the plane and then jumps out after it.
ok that is pretty crazy, wow you can't be too afraid of heights to do that job but someone has to do it, i likethe part where its the last ladder and they say that is the bottom of the antenna and its still 60ft to the top with the smallest ladder.
Quote from: sbrguy on September 19, 2010, 06:14:04 AM
i like the part where its the last ladder and they say that is the bottom of the antenna and its still 60ft to the top with the smallest ladder.
Yeah, the s/o and I were both saying WTF?! :-[