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This video is for all you who are afraid of heights!

Postby Xtrophic » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:41 pm

I promise ... you'll feel the height ... even those of you who normally are not afrais of heights....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=player_embedded
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Postby Dasubervixen » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:10 pm

You were right. I did feel the height and I'm terrified by heights. That was one of the scariest videos I've ever seen in my life. Thanks for posting it though.

The people who climb towers for a living must be fearless. I envy them.
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Postby Phaetonix » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:06 am

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by TheOnLineEngineer.org.

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Postby Shigy » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:17 am

Pulled for copyright reasons :(
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Postby Xtrophic » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:36 am

Found an alternative link. Not sure how long it might be up though:

http://www.artifacting.com/blog/2010/09/15/climbing-a-1768-foot-transmission-tower
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Postby Shigy » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:44 am

I just couldn't do that.

I'd be taking a parachute with me for that height.
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Postby Klinical » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:19 am

**** me!
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Postby Tastyvixen » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:01 pm

:O That would be awesome!

I agree though that they should just take along parachutes and take the easy way back down. hehe
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Postby audrima » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:48 pm

no thanks... lol
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Postby Jezebelle » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:21 pm

Jezebelle whimpers, but can't take her eyes off it.

I used to say I liked heights. I'm going to have to amend that now. That's Too High! And a parachute won't help you until you dive/glide far enough away from the tower to open it. Good luck getting far enough away while you still have time for the chute to open and do its job. It would have to be a small chute, like for basejumping. Do not want!
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Postby Twisty » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:24 pm

Suddenly the one hour drive to office does not feel so bad.

I knew a guy who did the same job. The regular days weren't so bad, he did not like it when they needed to change the transmission dishes. They had to be brought up the same way as the tool bag
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