http://video.yahoo.com/watch/8244494?fr=yvmtf
Wow just wow!
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http://video.yahoo.com/watch/8244494?fr=yvmtf
Wow just wow!
I earped a little.
"Now we've reached the base of the antenna. From here it's just another 60 feet to the top!"
Really? Only 60 more feet till we get to see Jesus?
For f**k's sake... that's just scaridiculous... ::Blink::
You couldn't pay me enough.
Can't see it at work, but based on the comments, I'm guessing this is the guy changing the light on the radio tower?
No way in HELL
Welcome to last week ;-)
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread...ht=tower+climb
You still lurk at Miata.net!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpie
Talk about last week! ::Paul::
;)
EF THAT!!! i hate it when my friends lift me all the way up on car lifts while working on cars, i wouldnt do this if you could give me 50 billion dollars everytime i went up there
With threads like this how can you stay away?Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
That was giving me vertigo just watching it. Bet they are in half way decent shape though. And also think that tower is swaying back a forth A LOT. It isn't always sitting still.
I get tired climbing my 72 ft. tower. No way could I, or would I, climb that tower without a place to stop, have lunch and take a nap. And, I don't even free climb my little tower.
I painted lift towers for Copper Mountain Ski Area over the summers, and standing on swaying towers at 80 ft is still hair raising. I could not imagine at that height. No thanks...
:pukel:
My hands are all sweaty, my heart is in my throat, I'm dizzy...................REALLY!!!!!
That is fricken nuts. However, I wonder how crazy the guys that had to climb up to build it were. yikes.
I agree, totally nuts. I would have to be tethered AT ALL TIMES to do that. Even then...sheesh!Quote:
Originally Posted by CarCar
As for the builders, don't you suppose they built it in sections and either stood it up or lifted it into place? Not that I *actually* have a clue, mind you.
Ahh...it has finally landed here...I started this going around my office last week. So far only one person has said it wouldn't be an issue...but is totally against proving he wouldn't have any issues by getting permission to climb the ones in Duncanville. Go figure.
We pay a mint to the guys that climb our Cedar Hill towers... some 1600+ feet.
I still haven't come up with the figure I would demand....I don't think Bill Gates has enough money to get me up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
I watched the video again and it says something at the start about them riding an elevator for the first 1600 feet. They only climb the last 168 feet or so.
Yeah but the last 168 feet are 1600 feet off the ground and mostly free climbing on the outside of the tower. No thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepinbanditrider
I am definatly not saying its not hardcore lol. I was under the impression though they huffed it up 1768 feet worth of radio tower.
The usual method is built in sections on the ground and then helicopter crane is used to assemble. Now the real crazy effer is the guy who has to be up there and take the static charge out of the sections while they are lowering for connection. We paid upwards to $700 an hour for helicopter crane at Copper Mountain, and that was 10 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by cwisenheimer