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holy cow!! those guys are something! i see that when i posted this, i left no comments. must be cuz my hands were shaking too badhahahaha. sure was something watching the free climb the last few feet, eh?
Had a buddy who installed and painted towers. He had just installed a much shorter one than this on a ridge near Rome NY. Installed it before the FAA charts were updated. While he was up there an air Force jet came over the ridge and saw the tower at the last minute. The pilot put the jet on edge and missed the tower. My friend said that if he weren't so scared he could have read the name tag on the pilot.
If you told me there was a cashier's check for $10,000,000 in my name, at the top of that tower, I'd run away as fast as I could. Holy crap! I'm feeling brave just making it through the video.
If you told me there was a cashier's check for $10,000,000 in my name, at the top of that tower, I'd run away as fast as I could. Holy crap! I'm feeling brave just making it through the video.
If they're in the IBEW they're probaly making 30-40 an hour I'd say. Hey at that height why not pack a parachute, they're only a few pounds? Who's to say when the climbing bolts are too rusty or fatigued and need to be replaced, the guy who uses his parachute :lol:
thanks for posting this . i did wonder how they got up theyre. years ago i worked as a high rise glazier, on 30 to 54 floor buildings. we climbed over the edge into a swing stage scaffold. didnt like it when it got windy. i retired permanently from that type of work . still have friends doing it . after a few days everything higher than 15 ft seemed the same. i admired the steel fixers as they would walk around without harnesses. watching this video keeps me 2 feet on the ground. these days a ski lift and cleaning gutters are the only daring adventures i do. great respect for the ones who work truly hard core. pete
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