this is epic! give me a parachute, about 10 gz or so and ill go up 1768 ft to the sky… its better than being a miner and risking your life @ about 1000ft below ground level and being stuck underground… thats worst IMO
you could pay me a billion $ and I wouldn’t do it for the sole fact that I am terrified of highs and about 100 feet up my body would lock up. Rollercoasters don’t bother me at all, but being stationary high up, i HATE it
id be all over it at $500 per climb. most def.
and honestly, i think climbing down would be sooo much more intense. i hate climbing down.
Haha, I think it would be tense but a blast nonetheless. This really does sound like the Oxygen channel, good call.
Yeah, I read that last night. Obviously the guy doesn’t understand that once you release something this awesome onto the internet there is no “undo” button.
not for me… at first… i thought, thats no sweat… but the more i watched, the more “nahhhh , its not for me” haha.
Right about the time he started climbing the little L hook ladder steps I was 100% sure I’d never try that.
Holy Fuck!
InbeforeNewmanrappelsfromit.
I’d do it.
He’d get bored half way down and get back into cars
Wow.
As he is standing on the very top he actually lets go to fumble with his carabiner while the second guy keeps climbing/shaking/accidentlypusheshimoffbybumpinghim. Fuck.
base-jumping seems more extreme then climbing shit
This would be like climbing something to base jump it but forgetting the parachute.
Wingsuit.
Oh hell nah
all the work, none of the payoff
I actually used to do this job for Rogers/Fido towers all over Ontario… sometimes my guys would travel all over Canada/USA and sometimes Europe to calibrate these towers.
I and my crew however would NEVER free climb it is simply retarded. However with harnesses and tools you are looking at an additional 40+ lbs. a free climber has much less additional weight to carry.
Our regular setup we are carrying over 70lbs straight climbing. I remember my first day on the job my crew leader asked me if I wanted the small tower ( approx 175ft) or the big tower (600ish ft) I basically said if i’m gonna do the job might as well take the biggest challenges first.
The amount of resting I had to do with the tower was crazy its like non stop weighted pullups. I used to workout consistantly but that was BY FAR the most intense workout you’ll ever have you have to use your entire body. Especially when you are new and do not fully trust your harness/equipment you tend to grip and overuse your muscles.
Those 1000ft’ers are pretty rare in Ontario. The further you get from civilization though the biggest these towers get.
When I was working at Harris RF in Rochester I knew a few of the Field Service guys who did those towers all the time. They said it can be very intimidating the first few times up; but after that it’s not a big deal. Until you’re doing one out in the middle of no-where and the weather is -10°F and the wind is blowing 40mph at the ground… and you’re going up 1400’+… then it gets dicey.
Personally… my fear of heights would never let me do it… ef-ing eh.
after so far up, height doesn’t compute.
soooooo whats the going rate for the job and how does one get in?