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Frigate School "ARA Libertad" - Argentine Navy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hp_A6up2Oo

Just watching that gave me a nose bleed :o

Ohh I had to scroll down fast and click on "Post a Reply" I got dizzy when I saw the picture. Yes I'm suffering from Vertigo.

Markus

Great video - I could never have got up there physically, never mind about the vertigo

You need to watch the second part where they dive into the sea blindfold :)

Great video. You’re a braver soul than I. :salute::up:


I lived on a sailboat with a mast height of only 63 feet above water. I hated going up that damn thing to change the anchor light bulb.

the younger me would have said hell yes let do it but the older me would probly say screw that

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward :D

Yes, great video.

How high was that mast? 10,000 feet :o:o:o Yikes!!



I can't imagine old time sailors climbing this in rough weather with no safety straps.

I’m scared to death of heights compounded by trust issues with anyone who was controlling the end of the rope hoisting me up to the top. Didn’t take long that I discovered what a ratchet block was and rigged a self raise & lower bosun chair. It was work getting up there but it helped with the anxiety. :yep:

Eh you want a sense of height try climbing out on the wing of an aircraft in flight during a parachute jump.

You can always go up through the Lubbers Hole and avoid that outward lean.