Scared of heights anyone ?

sober · 02-01-2011, 07:00 PM

Scared of heights anyone ? First time ever i had to turn a video off .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4IFYWkmwfk

Fullscreen is much worse .

GoldenRivet · 02-01-2011, 07:06 PM

been posted before...

still a heck of a job those guys have to do.

Dowly · 02-01-2011, 07:06 PM

Hehe, I remember that one. Someone posted it here few months back.

krashkart · 02-01-2011, 07:11 PM

I remember this one. Gets the palms a little sweaty.

August · 02-01-2011, 07:16 PM

If I were younger and healthier I'd do it. Those guys make some really good coin.

Takeda Shingen · 02-01-2011, 07:20 PM

Still makes my palms sweat.

krashkart · 02-01-2011, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

If I were younger and healthier I'd do it. Those guys make some really good coin.

Indeed they do. $1 per foot IIRC.

Platapus · 02-01-2011, 07:31 PM

I am surprised at the apparent lack of wind or tower movement at that height.

I guess when you are that high it really does not make much difference whether you are 200 feet up or 1000 feet up. One false step and it is good night.

Can you imagine doing this in the rain?

Geno_Mariner · 02-01-2011, 07:32 PM

I nearly threw up

I would never want to go up that tower if there's nothing around me. If it had a cage of some sort, I'd be ok... somewhat

But no way, I'd ever climb that tower.

Task Force · 02-01-2011, 07:33 PM

Im not scared of heights, but I definantly wouldnt do that job. Climbing on the side of a radio tower is my idea of a good job. lol

UnderseaLcpl · 02-01-2011, 07:54 PM

I was good right up until he got to the very top. I've fallen off way too many high things to trust my balance and grip with so little purchase to be found.

Ducimus · 02-01-2011, 08:30 PM

Required equipment to do this job:

August · 02-01-2011, 09:04 PM

If you know what you're doing and you have the right equipment it's no more dangerous than any other adventurous job. A lot more electricians have been killed on the job than tower climbers.

Growler · 02-01-2011, 10:38 PM

August, you're just saying that because you've jumped from airplanes at lower altitudes than the top of that tower.

Krauter · 02-01-2011, 10:52 PM

I started yelling at him to use the safety harness more when he started free climbing

02-01-2011, 07:00 PM	#1
sober Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 7,133 Downloads: 620 Uploads: 36	Scared of heights anyone ? Scared of heights anyone ? First time ever i had to turn a video off . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4IFYWkmwfk Fullscreen is much worse . __________________ sobers modlist http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=192374 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP30s5QF0pw We would like you to experience all the frustrations a uboat captain had , and thats just installing the game and mods .

02-01-2011, 07:06 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 7,636 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	been posted before... still a heck of a job those guys have to do. __________________

02-01-2011, 07:06 PM	#3
Dowly Boobmeister Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. PERKELE! Posts: 21,114 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Hehe, I remember that one. Someone posted it here few months back. __________________

02-01-2011, 07:16 PM	#5
August Ugly American Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 15,143 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I were younger and healthier I'd do it. Those guys make some really good coin. __________________ “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

02-01-2011, 07:31 PM	#8
Platapus Rear Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11,165 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I am surprised at the apparent lack of wind or tower movement at that height. I guess when you are that high it really does not make much difference whether you are 200 feet up or 1000 feet up. One false step and it is good night. Can you imagine doing this in the rain? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-01-2011, 07:11 PM	#4
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Patrolling near the Marshall Islands Posts: 5,304 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	I remember this one. Gets the palms a little sweaty.

02-01-2011, 07:20 PM	#6
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,683 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Still makes my palms sweat.

02-01-2011, 07:32 PM	#9
Geno_Mariner Weps Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 368 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I nearly threw up I would never want to go up that tower if there's nothing around me. If it had a cage of some sort, I'd be ok... somewhat But no way, I'd ever climb that tower.

02-01-2011, 07:33 PM	#10
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,128 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Im not scared of heights, but I definantly wouldnt do that job. Climbing on the side of a radio tower is my idea of a good job. lol __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

02-01-2011, 07:54 PM	#11
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,266 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was good right up until he got to the very top. I've fallen off way too many high things to trust my balance and grip with so little purchase to be found. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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02-01-2011, 09:04 PM	#13
August Ugly American Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 15,143 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you know what you're doing and you have the right equipment it's no more dangerous than any other adventurous job. A lot more electricians have been killed on the job than tower climbers. __________________ “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

02-01-2011, 10:38 PM	#14
Growler Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Zed Zed 9 Plural Zed Alpha Posts: 1,985 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	August, you're just saying that because you've jumped from airplanes at lower altitudes than the top of that tower. __________________ Xaheli manëtuwàk tëntalawsineyo èkwpiyink.

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