My track record at age 8 : http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/21604512.jpg
(cost me my choir boy membership and the vicar chased me.
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(cost me my choir boy membership and the vicar chased me.
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Oops, i dropped my dikes.
after the climb down to the truck, and back up, I bet you would only forget a tool once!
after the climb down to the truck, and back up, I bet you would only forget a tool once!
Now i see how you ended up with an XXL fly zipper.
You should try to get hired on an ocean racing yacht, they can always use a good monkey.
Climbing a 140ft mast while sailing at 15 to 20 knot wind is quite a thrill, wonna see armpit scars when you sorta missed the rope ?
A while back there was an accident during the construction of a 2000ft tower in Texas that killed several workers. Absolutely terrifying.
YouTube - Seven die in TV Tower Collapse
John
YouTube - Seven die in TV Tower Collapse
John
My friend's son does wire preheating at heights, for welding, heli squad type of job.
Sometimes has to stay up there for a couple of hours, got into it after he torched a bus stop on NY's eve and got caught, he looks 100% as dumb as he is. (also pays for Bob's 2 motorcycles, 2 cars, and a quad)
Sometimes has to stay up there for a couple of hours, got into it after he torched a bus stop on NY's eve and got caught, he looks 100% as dumb as he is. (also pays for Bob's 2 motorcycles, 2 cars, and a quad)
I used to work on bridges before OSHA mandated fall protection procedures. I admire what those tower climbers do.
A vivid memory is of walking the beams before any formwork had been placed. This was necessary to collect elevations every ~8' from which to set the form work. Every elevation point required walking to it and turning around so that the grade rod could be seen by the instrument person collecting the data. Some of the top flanges were only ~12" wide...pretty dicey.
Another favorite was the bridge 120' above the water...which was moving...aka white water. The moving background was a little unsettling while maintaining focus on planting the feet.
A vivid memory is of walking the beams before any formwork had been placed. This was necessary to collect elevations every ~8' from which to set the form work. Every elevation point required walking to it and turning around so that the grade rod could be seen by the instrument person collecting the data. Some of the top flanges were only ~12" wide...pretty dicey.
Another favorite was the bridge 120' above the water...which was moving...aka white water. The moving background was a little unsettling while maintaining focus on planting the feet.
Yeah, that would be tough. Do not envy you that. Sometimes just being up high and looking at fast moving clouds gets to me.
Take a look again, do I look like a good monkey? I don't think they'll be interested in a badass giant gorilla.
jlsem's link has reminded me of a documentary about 9/11 that I shouldn't have watched. The images of people jumping from the Twin Towers should have been banned. Terrifying.
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