I just freaked myself out watching this:
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=22920
Will
hecho a mano matón
Climbing Transmission Towers
I just freaked myself out watching this:
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=22920
Will
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
Uncle Tupelo
Prestige Worldwide
F that. The 20 foot poles I climbed as a cable tech are as high as I'd ever like to go. I give huge credit to those tower climbers. That takes some set of balls to free climb that high up.
sittin' in the back room
There isn't enough money in the world to make that worth it to me.
not a whippersnapper.
Nice view.
Three words: No F***ing Way
Did the narrator say “free climbing” the last 100 feet? Whatever his salary is, it is too little.
Senior Member
Holy crap.
I kept forgetting to breath watching this. I can't imagine doing it. Climbing inside was scary enough. That free climbing shit outside is CRAZY!!!!
Big Meanie
To change a light bulb? Get the f@^k out of here...
Sign me up!
The Other White Meat
Showed this to my son, and even he started cringing. No chance, no way, not happening, nada.
Prestige Worldwide
Its not 1700 feat up, but you can come clean out the gutters on my house if you want...Originally Posted by Eville
Cigars? Yes please!
How about I am not even going to watch the video again! ugh no way!!@@
Tornado of Teeth
So Ive climbed and rappelled cell towers. Those are 130-200 feet max. No tying in to anything because, well, of course i shouldn't be up on them, and I don't have the gear to tie in to their stuff.
As scary as hell as climbing up was, the worst part was at the end, going up to untie the rope when we were done rappelling for the night, because climbing down is about 100 times scarier because your body is in the way of your vision that is looking for the next hold and you're looking down the whole time. IOW, going up looked scary as hell in the video, but the feeling going back down would be worse.
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Senior Member
Going down could be a lot WORSEsplat.
snapping whippers
+1
Oh yeah, I'd do it. I might cry a little, but they'd be man tears.
-Buzz
Blame it on the wind
It's Madness I tell you!
Hell I nearly peed myself watching that! NO WAY, NO NO WAY!!!
Just another day at the office!
GhostRidin the GhostShip
I want to know how long it took them to climb.....and why are they are even climbing it? Seriously....isn't that a little too high for humans to be climbing?
Yay! Cigars!
hecho a mano matón
However long the video is, is how long they were climbing. It said that they take an elevator up 1600ft.
I think it's too high, but then again, we fly in planes. I'm not all BA Baracus about it, but whenever I'm in a plane anymore, I just get that feeling that it's not natural.
Will
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
Uncle Tupelo
GhostRidin the GhostShip
Ahh, missed that part. I watched it at work and did not turn the sound up too loud. Makes alot more sense now.
Yay! Cigars!
Senior Member
I hope they wear parachutes.
"some people are like slinkies, they're not really good for anything but they can bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." –Unknown
"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." -Cecil Adams
GhostRidin the GhostShip
I hope they wear parachutes.
The hell with that; JETPACKS are where it's at!
Yay! Cigars!
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