Pigeon mode. Time to shit on someone you don’t like
I had to do this once. Once. I don’t give a damn that the harness is good and totally will support my weight; I can still dangle around and smack into the damn tower I am tethered to. 😬
Shit’s crazy that it can be totally windless at the base, but once you’re up halfway or so, it gets real windy. The only fun thing about the job that day was the tower we were installing equipment to was part of an old radio station, and inside the radio station building had all this super old ass radio equipment and we were fucking around with it pretending to be on the air.
That’s one hell of a spot to put the shitter.
Noice.
Could not handle tower climbing. My hands are getting sweaty just looking at this picture.
I watched a video yesterday of someone climbing down a high rise on a tether to work on an A/C unit. Even seeing all the steps in protection and redundant safety measures. Nope. Not me.
Then there was one long ago I saw of a guy doing maintenance on a radio tower. Climbed up the interior ladder most of the way, then got on the outside to get to the part he was checking. At one point he had to disconnect and reconnect his safety line because of stuff in the way. NOPE.
At one point he had to disconnect and reconnect his safety line because of stuff in the way.
This is why you need to wear two lines.
Urgh the pinned comment on that video. “Feminist : We don’t need Men”
So annoying that cool videos like this are ruined by the rampant sexism on youtube.
Parachute might from that height…
I’ve always said I’m not afraid of heights, but a climb like that might challenge my stance on that I think.
Edit: spelling
Watch this video of Britain’s most famous steeplejack, Fred Dibnah, erecting a scaffold on a 200ft chimney without any kind of safety line, in 1982:
And they tell me I’m nuts.
That was a TV tower on the Midwest plains and truly horrifying… The bit about the weather…
I believe This is the video you saw.
Not that video, but I remember another one from a little more than a decade ago where the guy was talking the entire time, explaining the process (and joking at one point about how only the new guys constantly used both safety hooks because it doubled or tripled the time of the work). Then you realize that there was another fella climbing with him when they get up on the little platform.
Maybe. Thank you. Nightmares now unlocked again.
They’re our nightmares now
I thought this would be about the 2022 movie “Fall.” Quite haunting, that one…
Didn’t even realize mine were too until you said something.
I love heights. I’d be all over this.
All of a sudden there is a strong need to pee
That’s not a problem for you.
For those on the ground however…
You poopin?
Big pigeon energy.
As a tree climber this looks nice. I’d love to scale a tower.
Gosh, I’ll bet the breeze up there after climbing feels heavenly. Utter bliss
I love the breeze on muh balls after climbing 1000 meters.
Oh hell no…
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
That is some clean zip tie work
Did you forget your PIM blanket!? I told you we had PIM!
I fucking hate PIM!
I love tower climbing. I do it as a hobby, not for work. But I considered a career in climbing when I was younger.
Can I have your stereo when - I mean, if - anything happens?
