If anyone wants to apply for a job doing that I found this one in Chicago. $20K-$40K per year.
sweet......
cell towers arent quite as high as that bad boy though, so I imagine climbing 1700 foot towers pays a little more then maybe 100 foot tall cell towers?
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The narrator mentioned that they did not in fact use a safety rope.
if you watch the video you can see him clip in at certain intervals when he rests, but when climbing no they don't as it would slow them down. they also clip in when they finally get to the top to do the work
I guess they took the video down. Too bad I would have enjoyed it. I worked for 30 or so years as an Ironworker, so I'm pretty used to heights. I enjoyed it in fact, gives you a real rush when a gust of wind surprises you while walking on a 6" beam. We never used to tie off in the old days unless I was hanging on a bosun chair or swing stage. Yeah, I was a little scared and some times nervous (not good), it's human nature but I got use to it. Highest beam I've walked on was the top of the Petro Canada building.
If you want a good rush, youtube up Dean Potter slackline. Probably the craziest extreme sports guy thats living right now. Tons of stuff for slacklineing between peaks, free solo climbing and basejumping.
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Thats probably class 2-3, but I did something just as scary as El Camino del Ray last weekend. It was the North Ridge of Mt Conness (Tuolomene, California). Same type of exposure, class 3-4 with a few low class 5 moves.
That electrician vid had my palms sweating the whole time, that's crazy! On a side note, could there possibly be a worse side effect for hights(especially if you're climbing) as your palms becoming wet and slippery?
That electrician vid had my palms sweating the whole time, that's crazy! On a side note, could there possibly be a worse side effect for hights(especially if you're climbing) as your palms becoming wet and slippery?
For easy climbing, you usually have giant holds that your hands won't slip off. For difficult stuff, thats why you have chalk!
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Damnit, I watched half of it and had to do some other stuff now the video is down.
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I sent out an email this weekend advertising a new video about tower climbing. It was a great video and I wish I could show it to you but the person I got it from expressed some concerns about how it reflected on the tower industry and ask me to take it down. So I did. But not to worry, we have agreed to work on more videos in the near future and I am sure they will be as good or better than the one I had to take down.
Sorry if you feel mislead or cheated but it was the only thing I could do.
I will let you all know when we have more videos on tower climbing, hopefully in the very near future. Thanks for tuning in. Russ
Its an amazing video. Really crazy that people out there do this. In addition to the risk of falling to your death, you'd get a massive workout climbing all the way up (and down) something like that.
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I have a weird thing with heights. I'm not a fan of rollercoasters and rides but I'm completely willing to skydive. In fact, I'm going skydiving next week!
I really wanted to see this!
