Afraid of Heights ??

gdb
gdb Posts: 6,012
edited December 2010 in The Clubhouse
NO WAY IN HELL !!:eek:


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  • swegyptian
    swegyptian Posts: 316
    edited December 2010
    Yeah, um, not for me. Couldn't do it. Literally couldn't get muscles to move in that scenario.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,955
    edited December 2010
    A few things, those little "L" shaped steel ladder rungs, they rust, wouldn't trust them at all. Had a few break myself on me. Secondly and most important, the dark clouds rolling in. Hello,lightning ? Takes alot longer to go down than up.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited December 2010
    I was thinking maybe as long as I was safetied off all the time, but that guy wasn't. No way could I go up after he got out of the ladder cage. Besides, I've done some utility pole climbing, and climbing anything is a young guys game...... I'm not young aymore.
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited December 2010
    Yep, once off of ladder and onto the rungs I'd be done, plus the shear height of that tower!!
    Some years back did some work on stacks just under 500' and also on the Walt Whitman bridge about 420' over the delaware river. After you look around and get working, and getting used to the sway things settle for me.

    The guy in that video has more balls than brains I think while at the top.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2010
    I saw this before and had to stop watching!:eek::eek::eek:
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  • mudwrx
    mudwrx Posts: 367
    edited December 2010
    This was posted before. When I watched it I was literally scared.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited December 2010
    I might be able to do it if I was given a parachute. Otherwise, no way.

    Can't they keep their tools in a toolboxes every 50 feet or so?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2010
    3rd or 4th time this has been posted here.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2010
    Holy dangz. I was a lot less comfortable watching that than I expected.
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  • jamesguthrie
    jamesguthrie Posts: 39
    edited December 2010
    If this was my job, that toolbox would need to contain a couple pairs of clean underwear.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    I have no problems with heights and enjoy hiking in the mountains where 6,000' + with tremendous vistas are common...but I prefer something more substantial under my feet.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2010
    Face wrote: »
    3rd or 4th time this has been posted here.

    fourth or fifth time is the charm !:wink:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2010
    A fall from 4 feet can kill somebody under the right/wrong circumstances, it's just that from the tower, you've got a lot of time to be terrified and scream before you reunite with Mother Earth!:eek:
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited December 2010
    jamesguthrie wrote: »
    If this was my job, that toolbox would need to contain a couple pairs of clean underwear.

    Nah, use no underwear to begin with. Just shake the pant-leg to remove the unecessaries.
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  • jamesguthrie
    jamesguthrie Posts: 39
    edited December 2010
    Amherst wrote: »
    Nah, use no underwear to begin with. Just shake the pant-leg to remove the unecessaries.

    That's all fine and good unless you're the guy's climbing partner!
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2010
    Insane--My arms were getting weak just watching that.

    I would think it would be a better idea to take a helicopter up for that.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited December 2010
    jamesguthrie wrote: »
    That's all fine and good unless you're the guy's climbing partner!

    LOL, that reminds me of the "monkeys-in-the-tree" corporate structure!!

    Cool video, though... wondering to myself how much those guys get paid??
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2010
    Amherst wrote: »
    Nah, use no underwear to begin with. Just shake the pant-leg to remove the unecessaries.

    I can only imagine they wear undergarments similar to those that astronaughts wear. Can you imagine getting up there and realizing that you have to pee? :eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    mmadden28 wrote:
    Insane--My arms were getting weak just watching that.

    As if the going up wasn't bad enough...the goinG DOWN is what would really get me. That would be some scary ****!
    mmadden28 wrote:
    I would think it would be a better idea to take a helicopter up for that.

    I was thinking the exact same thing. Get one of those rigs they use for high voltage power line repair.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,145
    edited December 2010
    Peeing is no problem, it's the other that would be a bummer.

    I could not do that either. That safety line might help but I did kindof freeze on top of a 40' ladder. But I had no safety line and concrete was below me. Very nerve racking!!!!

    I knew a guy that did that exact job in the military and then contract work after he got out.
    His legs are as big as my body. His forearms are as big as my legs. Huge man but kind and compassionate as can be. Jake is his name. I'll always remember his mindset. Cool dude!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited December 2010
    Oh hell no! I was getting dizzy just watching that. :eek:
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited December 2010
    WOW, that's a pucker factor beyond anything I've ever experienced. Those guys are insane...
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2010
    polrbehr wrote: »
    wondering to myself how much those guys get paid??
    Whatever amount, I'm sure it ain't enough !:smile:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2010
    Face wrote: »
    3rd or 4th time this has been posted here.

    To be fair, the video kept geting pulled from YouTube every time.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited December 2010
    I have done that before but not them type of towers

    Its not really that bad

    Once your up there then its all fun and games
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  • ysss
    ysss Posts: 213
    edited December 2010
    Geez, i got cold sweat in my hands and feet just by watching that video...

    We need 1080p high def version of that clip!
    And they need to employ monkeys for that job!
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