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Old 09-25-2010, 04:18 PM
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hell with that!
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Holy crap, just watching that made my stomach turn....



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I will have to pass....my favorite was when they say now he will take a break and look around. I don't think I would want to be looking around at 1700 ft.
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WTF!!?? **** that ****! Those guys better be getting paid a **** load of money! There was practically nothing to hang on to at the very top!! One false step or slip of grip and your on your way down 1600+ft!
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That looks like fun and scary at the same time. I figured OSHA would have a came up with a safer way to climb those towers without slowing down the climbers.
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that is nuts
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i need to go change my pants after seeing that ..............not no but hell no
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Really not to bad, only part I say **** that at is when they skimp on using the harness and I better be wearing a chute over my harness cause I sure as hell aint climbing down that thing.
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I use to paint billboards in my younger days....yea screw that, I called it quits after climbing a billboard the height of a 8 story building on a windy day and said F this. I cant imagine climbing that tower in windy conditions! I know that thing would sway a little bit.
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Wonder if they can base jump to get down
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Originally Posted by Ravenous T\A
I use to paint billboards in my younger days....yea screw that, I called it quits after climbing a billboard the height of a 8 story building on a windy day and said F this. I cant imagine climbing that tower in windy conditions! I know that thing would sway a little bit.
I'm pretty sure they sway alot. I know someone that climbed the tower of the america's antenna here in San Antonio and told me that it swayed 6 feet each way, that's 12 feet total.
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Wow..... im glad not to be that guy
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Originally Posted by zamora7
That looks like fun and scary at the same time. I figured OSHA would have a came up with a safer way to climb those towers without slowing down the climbers.
I am going to say that is not in the US. Here you have two lanyards and you alternate as you go up so you are tied off 100% of the time. If that is here those guys are dumb because that is no different than committing a crime and taping it.
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Billy your not gonna wanna hear this but I just dropped my 9/16ths
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Originally Posted by 8urls1
Billy your not gonna wanna hear this but I just dropped my 9/16ths
LMAO.
i would hate to hear this half way up this pole lmao!
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guess im different.. i would love that.. i think..
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Yeah oh **** watch out i just dropped my wrench
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Originally Posted by sleepersilverado
I am going to say that is not in the US. Here you have two lanyards and you alternate as you go up so you are tied off 100% of the time. If that is here those guys are dumb because that is no different than committing a crime and taping it.
It said OSHA does allow for free climbing so I am going to say this is in the US ha ha ha.
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Originally Posted by Ravenous T\A
Wonder if they can base jump to get down
I was telling my wife the same thing as we finished watching it. That is the only way I'd do it.



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