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Me either... I'll take the 'ole Summit climber up to 35' without much issue but these guys have brass nuts!!!
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.... didn't see the video before I worte that. Was thinking they were hunting from the tower. Sorry if I pizzed off anyone that does this for a living.
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They don't have brass nutz...they're just dumb. LOL... Honestly, what's the helmet for? I mean, if you fall from that far your humpty dumpty ain't gonna get put back together again.
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the video wasn't working...
i do have a couple of friends who are tower jocks... one's retired now...
a bit on the whacko side, but in a good way...
i was in council bluffs iowa a while back when 3 tjs roped off together hit the ground from 1100... it didn't hurt for long...
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the video wasn't working...
i do have a couple of friends who are tower jocks... one's retired now...
a bit on the whacko side, but in a good way...
i was in council bluffs iowa a while back when 3 tjs roped off together hit the ground from 1100... it didn't hurt for long... Tried to fix it, here's the link again; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
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Nope, couldn't even watch the video when he got to the top and climbed out from inside.
I have heard the pay they get is higher than heck too.
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What was it that needed attention at the top? I'm sure they didn't climb it for the exercise.
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what's the helmet for? I mean, if you fall from that far it's to bounce the 1 1/4" spud wrench that the guy above you lets go of....
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Prolly changing a light bulb!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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I'd rather someone just shoot me than to climb that thing.
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I am a retired lineman, but I never liked heights. It was just something that I had to do. I never climbed a communication tower, but I am reminded of an old serviceman that was once asked to replace the bulbs in our tower. Sure, he said, just lay it down.
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1100 feet is a good, relatively safe jump altitude for paratroopers, you've got time to deploy your reserve if the main chute doesn't work.
It's a long way UP, and a long way DOWN.
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Well, at least no one has cuted it up by calling it a "tranny" tower. Geez, I hate that word. (End of rant.)
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Years ago I knew a guy who sold specialty lighting products, in particular, extra-long life light bulbs. Sold chitloads of them to the folks who run the transmission towers, as the going rate, IIRC, to have a monkey climb the tower back then, aprrox. 1980, was $250.
God, but my guts were churning and head spinning just watching that video!
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Damn good thing my family doesn't have to rely on me to do that job to feed them. They would be living hungry in a van down by the river!
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That made me sick to my stomach just watching it.
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Highest I have ever worked is 13 stories.
That kind of work is not for me.
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I may be crazy but I'm not that stupid. I don't know what that guy gets paid but he sure earns it.
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