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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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Originally posted by dayl1ght yeah dude most workers just climb free

They're harnessed up until a certain point then there's just no room. Unfortunately the part with no room for a harness is the highest part that requires the repairs

Add to that they have to lug a 30 pound pack of tools, shit man.

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fuck that was tough to watch...my hands got sweaty lol. but i think it was the camera being kinda floppy and a wide-angel lense on it. i mean, when you're that high up on a tiny little ladder, i'm sure it's menacing....plus the wind added to everything....but i'm curious to what it woud have looked like w/ a regular camera.

also, if it took a crane to put that thing up on the top of the antennea to begin with, you can use a crane to go up there and do maintenance on it. fuck climbinglol

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Originally posted by tubularbills also, if it took a crane to put that thing up on the top of the antennea to begin with, you can use a crane to go up there and do maintenance on it. fuck climbinglol

You realize they build these with helicopters right? There are no 1700+ foot tall cranes.

BASS JUMPING

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby You realize they build these with helicopters right? There are no 1700+ foot tall cranes.

They don't use helicopters, anyone with more than a few minutes of flight experience will know this is a fundamentally retarded idea on a number of levels.

They do use a crane, it moves up the side of the tower while its being built. Lifts and puts the pre built segments in position, they move the crane up a bit more, more bits, move it up, more bits etc etc until its done.

That video frightened me so much I almost cried and stopped it around 1:50.

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How bad would it suck if you were up there and that thing started collapsing?

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Originally posted by Lilith They don't use helicopters, anyone with more than a few minutes of flight experience will know this is a fundamentally retarded idea on a number of levels. They do use a crane, it moves up the side of the tower while its being built. Lifts and puts the pre built segments in position, they move the crane up a bit more, more bits, move it up, more bits etc etc until its done.

I know they can do it that way as well, but I would think a tower like this would not be able to support a lift system like that.

I have seen some towers like this constructed by helicopter though...

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ok now that i saw the clip, i want to do this. that shit looks epic, all you have to do is breathe properly and pay attention to your grips.

The part of the clip where the orange tube starts, is tricky. There is no horizontal grips outside of the base where the orange tube starts.

In this case, yes I would love to have a chute, that's make for an epic base jump if you ask me.

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