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Offline jesterapparel

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One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« on: January 30, 2012, 02:49:55 PM »
Wait for the cartoon beginning to be over with and then you will see what I mean.







Offline mk162

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 02:52:50 PM »
Yeah, and I imagine those things sway quite a bit in the wind.

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 02:54:33 PM »
that job is more than likely safer than you driving to work everyday...just sayin...

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 02:59:49 PM »
so you have to drive to work, then climb up that thing.  So there are 2 unsafe activities.

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 03:25:04 PM »
so you have to drive to work, then climb up that thing.  So there are 2 unsafe activities.

I guess if  I could take a parachute it might actually be kinda cool! Finish the job and do a BASE jump!

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 03:44:51 PM »
Here's something I did with a parachute when I was young and crazy. (No climbing...This was from a hot air balloon...LOL)
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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2012, 03:51:57 PM »
Just watching the video makes me want to hang on to my desk so I don't fall. No thank you.

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2012, 04:23:16 PM »
Oh hell no!

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2012, 04:41:29 PM »
I have climbed a few towers In my youth, I had the perfect build for it. Tho I never climbed any where near that height ugh! Mostly self supported towers and shorter guided towers. I can promise you it is swaying up there, also they at least got a partial ride up in the internal elevator not all guided towers have elevators.

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2012, 04:51:40 PM »
Makes me nauseous just watching it! 

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2012, 04:52:33 PM »
I've climbed up some comm towers near where I grew up but they were only 500 ft. or so.  I would be just fine until that last 60 feet, then I might start puckering up a little bit.  I'd much rather parachute off that thing rather than climb down it, getting down is the hard part.
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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2012, 05:12:54 PM »
freak THAT.
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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2012, 05:37:31 PM »
A friends son does this crap, he also is a linemen and is doing the helicopter thing with high lines.http://youtu.be/5Ix0Gz0ABaI Bump that itsh!

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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2012, 09:35:58 PM »
I worked at an MMDS video provider in the 90's, I put up a ton of 1-2 hundred foot towers all over northeast ohio the highest I climbed was 1250 feet in Parma Ohio. Its not all that bad unless its cold, then it really sucks. I came off once, I was only 15 feet up lost my footing while free climbing, ruptured 4 discs cracked 1 vertebra and blew out my knee I was just high enough to get hurt. When I first started I was on a small 11 inch face tower @ 75 feet when our guy wires fell into power, I woke up hanging from my belt arms killing me my mouth tasted like I ate a bunch of pennies and I had a couple burns on my hands and foot where the power blew through my boot. Those were the only two issues I ever had in 8 years of doing it. Most the stuff I did were the small 11-14 inch face towers 1-2 hundred feet, they were bad because you free climbed till you got to the equipment most the bigger stuff had the fall lines and cages. I dont think my knees or hands could handle it now I was pretty buff then lol.
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Re: One job I would never do no matter how much you paid me
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2012, 09:46:39 PM »
That is crazy stuff.  When that guy got to the top he was screwing around with his carabiner and wasn't hanging on to anything.  WTF????  No way in hell could I do that.