ken555
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 08:21 PM |
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Now here's a job !
Changing the bulb 1768 feet up a transmitter mast !
Youtube video
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 08:56 PM |
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Made my stomach turn keep looking down. There's high and there's high!
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NigeEss
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 10:48 PM |
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There's more chance of Beckham becoming Prime Minister than there is of me
going up there 
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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Liam
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 11:02 PM |
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I feel sick! I'm going to bed... and tying myself on for safety.
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violentblue
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 11:55 PM |
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I used to be a tower jockey, heights don't scare me, just unsettling scenarios.
I've climbed 1000+ ft tall towers , they dont scare me, but a 200ft tower with a 50ft broadcast antenna (no securing guy-wires on the antenna)
had to change the light at the top in moderate winds.
the way they bugger was swaying, I swore I'd never go up it again.
mind you I've hung upside down off a 20 ft outrigger (extends out from the tower by 20 ft) 500 ft in the air, to waterseal a connector, nothing
below me except the ground, completely upside down, and have felt completely safe and confident.
a few pics of my other projects
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violentblue
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| posted on 15/9/10 at 11:59 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPWkbLVw04
watching this video gave me the shivers.
working on towers as I have, you never ever ever let go with your hands, unless you have both legs wrapped around it.
[Edited on 16/9/10 by violentblue]
a few pics of my other projects
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Guinness
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 06:55 AM |
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Did you see http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tv973/Climbing_Great_Buildings_St_Pauls_Cathedral/ the other night.
The body language of the presenter was enough to make me feel a bit uneasy. Almost exactly the same feeling as when I abseiled off the Tyne
Bridge......
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 08:29 AM |
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I watched that and it made my feet itch 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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balidey
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 08:47 AM |
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link in first post reads....
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by TheOnLineEngineer.org.
anyone got another link to it?
Dutch bears have terrible skin due to their clogged paws
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Nash
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 12:42 PM |
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What about the other way. Confined spaces. I used to inspect tube bundles inside boilers. 2ft thick steel walls, 18" manhole inlet, extremely
cramped dark and SILENT.
Top Tip, take the manhole cover nuts in the boiler with you 
..............Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
Southern Kit Car Club
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 01:18 PM |
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Just search for the title in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQv-o5Kgbko
Once it's on the internet, it's staying there!
quote:
What about the other way. Confined spaces. I used to inspect tube bundles inside boilers. 2ft thick steel walls, 18" manhole inlet,
extremely cramped dark and SILENT.
That would do my head in I have to admit. I can't stand the feeling of being trapped. I once climbed through the mouth of a kiddies playground
thing in the IoW and got stuck with my arms next to my body and unable to breath properly. This turned into mild hyperventilation and me going
absolutely loopy until my mates pulled me out by my legs.
[Edited on 16/9/10 by coyoteboy]
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balidey
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 01:49 PM |
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watching that made my bits shrink
Dutch bears have terrible skin due to their clogged paws
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 04:01 PM |
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Makes me want to step off, which is why I don't do heights
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 16/9/10 at 08:51 PM |
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BASE anyone???
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Breaker
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| posted on 18/9/10 at 10:25 AM |
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Working linky:
http://www.flabber.nl/linkdump/video/stairway-to-heaven-6180
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The Shootist
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| posted on 20/9/10 at 04:35 PM |
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My brother-in-law does this...
Cody is in the US Army stationed in a southeast asian country. On a typical day in the field. he will leave base in a chopper, fly several hours to
the base of a mountain, hike a couple hours to the top of the mountain, gear up, and climb hundreds of feet up a radio tower changing the collision
lights. He then climbs back down, hikes back to the chopper, and fly's back to base.
He doesn't go out every day, but he has sent some amazing photos back.
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steve m
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| posted on 20/9/10 at 08:01 PM |
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That was cool !! but i do actually feel quite queasy
Climbing up although hard on the body is easy, climbing down is HARD
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 20/9/10 at 09:42 PM |
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Jesus H Christ that gave me the willies
I can't believe any country with an over-developed rabid legal industry still allows free climbing, and even if it did, some of those free
transitions onto the antenna itself and then right at the top over the light were just lunacy.
I've worked off the top of a 900ft structure before and that moved a fair bit in the wind, a tower like like will shift a hell of a lot. He only
has to be unlucky once and he's a 50ft wide stain
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/9/10 at 08:52 AM |
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what he said!
I happily rock climb, but last week i went up a church in Barcelona (on a tour, inside the church, on proper stairs) and looking over the side gave me
dizzy spells! That would have me clinging to the mast for dear life and investing in a parachute!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 2/10/10 at 11:35 AM |
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Perfect job for a base jumper
That way they could do some useful work before they jump
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