Climbing a giant antenna tower.... holy... ffffffffffffff

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Posted by Joss Weatherby on Sep-15-2010 22:02:

Climbing a giant antenna tower.... holy... ffffffffffffff

I love radios and antennas... but damn. I'll stick to the ones you can carry around on your back.

*video should be available now*

Posted by Simon_N on Sep-15-2010 22:58:

No longer available!

Posted by OkiDokie on Sep-15-2010 23:21:

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Originally posted by Simon_N
No longer available!

Fuck

Posted by shaw on Sep-15-2010 23:29:

A friend of mine tried to get a job doing this. Apparently, it doesn't pay too badly, as far as low-skill gigs go. They started the stopwatch & told him if he could make it up & down in some set period of time, he had the job. Didn't take him long to start thinking about what else he could do that summer.

Posted by bas on Sep-15-2010 23:45:

I watched that earlier today, totally gave me anxiety. What a fucking crazy job that is! How has that not been replaced by a robot yet?

Posted by shaw on Sep-15-2010 23:54:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
I watched that earlier today, totally gave me anxiety. What a fucking crazy job that is! How has that not been replaced by a robot yet?

You have to actually do some wiring/maintenance work up there. I said it doesn't pay too badly--not that it can buy you your very own, specialized, ultra-complex robot.

Posted by srussell0018 on Sep-15-2010 23:56:

I wonder if they wear parachutes.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Sep-16-2010 00:03:

quote:
Originally posted by srussell0018
I wonder if they wear parachutes.

harness and carabiners, no need for chutes

i would love this job, the only thing that would scare me is excessive wind. other then that, as long as I'm in the harness and my biner is clipped in with a proper knot, you should be good.

Posted by IL Duce on Sep-16-2010 00:06:

quote:
Originally posted by shaw
You have to actually do some wiring/maintenance work up there. I said it doesn't pay too badly--not that it can buy you your very own, specialized, ultra-complex robot.

humans are probably cheaper than robots...just like the "bots" on TA are not bots but actual Chinese people.

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Sep-16-2010 00:15:

Updated frist piss with new embed, should work now...

Posted by dayl1ght on Sep-16-2010 01:11:

quote:
Originally posted by get nyce
harness and carabiners, no need for chutes

i would love this job, the only thing that would scare me is excessive wind. other then that, as long as I'm in the harness and my biner is clipped in with a proper knot, you should be good.

how could you say that when there are clearly no harnesses or anything?? the guy said most climbers climb free climb

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Sep-16-2010 01:13:

didn't see the video but i got the idea of what the op was sayin

Posted by dayl1ght on Sep-16-2010 01:18:

quote:
Originally posted by get nyce
didn't see the video but i got the idea of what the op was sayin

yeah dude most workers just climb free

Posted by Banora on Sep-16-2010 01:24:

Just watching that freaked me out

Posted by gmilf on Sep-16-2010 01:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Banora
Just watching that freaked me out

You're afraid of a piggy back ride.

Posted by nefardec on Sep-16-2010 02:31:

i am not afraid of heights generally, but that video made me queasy

Posted by fbgdavidson on Sep-16-2010 03:14:

...and just when you thought he couldn't find a skinnier bit to climb up...I almost didn't believe he reached the top!

If I had that job I'd certainly learn to BASE jump

Posted by Watts on Sep-16-2010 03:47:

quote:
Originally posted by fbgdavidson
...and just when you thought he couldn't find a skinnier bit to climb up...I almost didn't believe he reached the top!

If I had that job I'd certainly learn to BASE jump

That's definitely what I was thinking. Looks like fun, but I bet my arms would tire out before I could get far.

Posted by Capitalizt on Sep-16-2010 03:59:

I wanna know how they built that frakking thing in the first place.

Posted by MSZ on Sep-16-2010 04:27:

is this how frenchie was mounted?

Posted by igottaknow on Sep-16-2010 04:33:

JESUS MOTHER FUKCING CHRIST ALMIGHTY IS THAT HIGH

Posted by Lilith on Sep-16-2010 04:36:

That actually looks like lots of fun, except for the effort of climbing which would pull your arms out of your sockets

Posted by r5a on Sep-16-2010 05:34:

"I'm surprised the tower doesn't bend from the weight of this guys balls"

Posted by fbgdavidson on Sep-16-2010 05:52:

quote:
Originally posted by r5a
"I'm surprised the tower doesn't bend from the weight of this guys balls"

Posted by geroin on Sep-16-2010 06:02:

quote:
Originally posted by r5a
"I'm surprised the tower doesn't bend from the weight of this guys balls"

LOL

i'm all seriousness though my fucking palms started sweating watching this

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