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OP - September 17, 2010, 10:43 AM

Look at this video and dont tell me you dont get a friable feeling just looking at it. Goddamit these guys are some tough SOB's.

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Reply #1 - September 17, 2010, 11:33 AM

Wow, on top of the world!

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Reply #2 - September 17, 2010, 12:17 PM

I could never ever do anything like that.

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Reply #3 - September 17, 2010, 12:31 PM

I wonder what'd happen to puke if it falls from up there.
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Reply #4 - September 17, 2010, 12:44 PM

I dunno, but if you sent me up there you'd soon find out.

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Reply #5 - September 17, 2010, 01:15 PM

Not for all the money or love in the world.

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Reply #6 - September 17, 2010, 07:02 PM

CAnt view it, laptop wont be repaired until Tuesday. Will come back to view it, sound like height & fun?

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Reply #7 - September 17, 2010, 07:27 PM

There's height, yes, but it doesn't look fun at all.

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Reply #8 - September 18, 2010, 03:27 PM

Blimey! Yes that did look scary. I'd do it for the money ... perhaps ... because apart from the lightening strikes it is fairly safe in terms of climbing up, taking a rest, attaching yourself every so often. It would take a lot of practice but the risk would lower as one gets over the initial fear and knows how long their muscles can be used for before needing to rest them. And to keep things in percpective, just look at how skillful professional climbers are in knowing how long their muscles can be used for and the types of risk taken with grabbing onto something:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0P9aPu51A

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Reply #9 - September 18, 2010, 03:29 PM

I'd do it for a £1M easily ... £500k sure ... £100k yeah guess so ... £50k hmm, yes ... £10k ... perhaps £5k ... ah not worth the unnecessary risk!

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Reply #10 - September 18, 2010, 03:31 PM

I'd do it with a safety harness. It's not the height that would worry me, that would be the only reason I'd do it actually, the thrill of the height. I'd be more concered about a sudden gust of wind though, or a stupid slip.

Imagine the views though!

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Reply #11 - September 18, 2010, 03:35 PM

Yes, it would be pretty cool, definitely!

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Reply #12 - September 18, 2010, 03:56 PM

Quote from: HighOctane on September 18, 2010, 03:27 PM
Blimey! Yes that did look scary. I'd do it for the money ... perhaps ... because apart from the lightening strikes it is fairly safe in terms of climbing up, taking a rest, attaching yourself every so often. It would take a lot of practice but the risk would lower as one gets over the initial fear and knows how long their muscles can be used for before needing to rest them. And to keep things in percpective, just look at how skillful professional climbers are in knowing how long their muscles can be used for and the types of risk taken with grabbing onto something:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0P9aPu51A

Yeah, and that dude in the video died at 35 during one of his stunts.

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Reply #13 - September 18, 2010, 04:02 PM

I almost fell down the Grand Canyon once. Came tumbling down and was saved by a boulder that was in the way. Didn't see any white light, though. Or my life flashing by me. It was a mediocre near-death experience.
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Reply #14 - September 18, 2010, 04:36 PM

I would do it for the thrill -- as a one off, not as a job.

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Reply #15 - September 18, 2010, 09:05 PM

wow that is scary D: eeeek
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Reply #16 - September 19, 2010, 04:22 AM

Quote from: Q-Man on September 18, 2010, 03:56 PM
Yeah, and that dude in the video died at 35 during one of his stunts.

Heard this. Shame. :(

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Reply #17 - September 19, 2010, 04:31 AM

Climbing towers is what my brother and best friend do. As soon as I get my project management certification Ill be planning projects that involve this.

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Reply #18 - September 19, 2010, 09:16 AM

Quote from: Abood on September 17, 2010, 12:31 PM
I wonder what'd happen to puke if it falls from up there.

I have some experience of that. It sort of fragments and rapidly disappears into fresh air. Some of it goes up and away in the updraught.
When I was younger I worked a shutdown once as a mech-fitter on an ICI tower that overlooked Blackpool tower (it's just outside Blackpool). It was billed as the tallest Chemical plant tower in Europe at the time. Me and my mate Moose were given the job because we were the fittest in our firm: I was running 6 miles per day after work and doing 200 push-ups, pull-ups and leg presses, before we went out for a beer.
Our main dread was either forgetting to take up a spanner (wrench) of the right size or else dropping a tool onto anyone working below on any of the many levels, in the plant, below the reactor mast. The wind up there made the mast sway and motion sickness was a definite problem. So was having to use both hands at once to hold tools, say a hammer and a spanner. We worked out a system whereby one of us used one of the tools and the other the other tool. It helped that I'm left-handed and Moose was right-handed. Any unlashed tools slid from side to side across the small platform we perched on.
We wore a full set of waterproofs, safety helmet and gloves, and lashed our toolbags to our backs. We sweltered all the way up and , in those days, had no clip-on safety harness, just a rope to wind your leg around when you wanted a breather, run down the inside of the ladder guide.
Like the guy in the pix, we never thought it anything unusual and looked forward to the stunning views from the top.

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Reply #19 - September 19, 2010, 09:20 AM

Quote from: Abood on September 18, 2010, 04:02 PM
I almost fell down the Grand Canyon once. Came tumbling down and was saved by a boulder that was in the way. Didn't see any white light, though. Or my life flashing by me. It was a mediocre near-death experience.

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Reply #20 - September 19, 2010, 10:27 AM

That's cool. Bit hairy on the transitions on some of it, and I'd defo be wanting a better harness setup, but otherwise would be fine on a calm day. No way would I do it in a wind though. Awesome view.

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Reply #21 - September 19, 2010, 10:30 AM

I was just thinking, he probably had a safety prachute in his backpack. If so, its not certain death if he slips/rungs break/get startled by lightning..

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