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The thread where a guys climbs a really high tower (merge)

Blair · 2010-09-15 16:41:59

Could not pay me enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=player_embedded I’m not even afraid of heights but no freaking way would I do this. :eek: Fixed, taken down on youtube http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=07b_1284580365

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#122 29-12-2010 3:20am
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jeebahs, i can feel the legs go just watchin that. totally mental.
why dont they get on to the thing via a chopper and a rope, lowering them down? must take hours to climb

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#123 29-12-2010 4:22pm
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M three wrote: »

why dont they get on to the thing via a chopper and a rope, lowering them down? must take hours to climb

At that height there would be savage winds.

Climbing it would be safer in my opinion though I'm no expert

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#124 29-12-2010 4:34pm
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Merged with earlier threads

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#125 29-12-2010 6:39pm
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feelingstressed wrote: »

At that height there would be savage winds.

Climbing it would be safer in my opinion though I'm no expert

Didnt look windy in the vid, if it was he and his buddy woulda been blown off the thing. Get airwolf on the case and chopper in..........

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#126 29-12-2010 10:36pm
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Im going to go against the grain with this and say that its not as bad as it looks. These guys are so used to it that the height doesnt phase them. Its like when you climb a ladder at your house that isnt significantly high, it doesnt cause a problem, it is just one foot above the other, one hand above the other. This is the same, just that it is much higher up.

I do quite a bit of rock climbing and mountaineering, and you get used to the heights. It doesnt seem like a threat after a while, its all just a psychological thing in your head! Its all a head game!

Id want to be paid a lot for it though!

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#127 31-12-2010 1:50am
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feelingstressed wrote: »

At that height there would be savage winds.

Climbing it would be safer in my opinion though I'm no expert

1768Ft is nothing for a helicopter.

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#128 10-04-2012 12:43am
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Crazy way to make a living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a411J1PoD5g&feature=related

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#129 10-04-2012 12:45am
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Done to death.

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#130 10-04-2012 12:45am
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heard on the jungle drums his next job is collecting the HHC

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#131 10-04-2012 12:46am
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I used to be a bread man in ethiopia,, now that was dangerous

21/25

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#132 10-04-2012 12:55am
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upandcumming wrote: »

Done to death.

Nothing comes up when I search it :rolleyes:

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#133 10-04-2012 12:57am
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cruasder777 wrote: »

Nothing comes up when I search it :rolleyes:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72331031

8th post.

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#134 10-04-2012 1:04am
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upandcumming wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72331031

8th post.

So it was done in one post, 1 yr ago.

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#135 10-04-2012 1:20am
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As insane as that is, I'd still argue EOD in Afghanistan right now is also a very, very dangerous job. Those kevlar bomb suits can only protect against so much, many IED's can rip straight through them.

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#136 10-04-2012 1:23am
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uch wrote: »

I used to be a bread man in ethiopia,, now that was dangerous

Brennans Bread will kill you dead?

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#137 10-04-2012 1:34am
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Not a patch on this one.......

This does it for me.

He decides his harness is too slack while hanging of the very top/side of the worlds tallest building.:eek:

Very windy too.:eek:

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#138 10-04-2012 1:34am
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That's a long way to climb to change a light bulb.

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#139 10-04-2012 1:46am
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Pffffttt Pussys. Want to be a real man. You should try what I do for a living. IT

We call it the Widow Maker.

Dangers of Sitting:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sitting-unhealthy/#axzz1rarRcIVe

Dangers of using a keyboard:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury

Dangers of using a Monitor:
http://green-light.hubpages.com/hub/Dangers-of-Computer-Radiation

Not too much the possibility of heart disease from lack of exercise and eating junk at my desk. I am the real hero.

Every time I don't take a 10 minutes break after extensive use or my keyboard isn't just at the right angle I am in the DANGER ZONE. I live life on the edge baby :cool:

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#140 10-04-2012 1:47am
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RMD wrote: »

As insane as that is, I'd still argue EOD in Afghanistan right now is also a very, very dangerous job. Those kevlar bomb suits can only protect against so much, many IED's can rip straight through them.

Those bomb suits are of no use whatsoever when you are at or very close to any IED

They are only really of use if it goes off while you are walking to or from the bomb

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#141 10-04-2012 1:48am
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Chuck Stone wrote: »

That's a long way to climb to change a light bulb.

that maybe so but being that hi is fun :cool: why els would you do it if i had a wing suit thats how id get down :pac:

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#142 10-04-2012 1:54am
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Snowie wrote: »

that maybe so but being that hi is fun :cool: why els would you do it if i had a wing suit thats how id get down :pac:

Funny that you say that because I was thinking 'I would wear a parachute if I had to climb that thing' while watching the clip.

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#143 10-04-2012 1:55am
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Handjob, you never want a snapped banjo string.

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#144 10-04-2012 1:58am
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Bertie's accountant;)

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

Funny that you say that because I was thinking 'I would wear a parachute if I had to climb that thing' while watching the clip.

you couldn't parachutes get in the way of the harness's Im afraid :pac: its either one or the other, Id love to work industrial ropes access around the world the photos for my blog would be sick :cool:

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cruasder777 wrote: »

Crazy way to make a living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a411J1PoD5g&feature=related

First off, YOU COULD EMBED!! Makes a huge difference :P

Secondly, every time he looked down to pick up the red bag my heart sped up :P

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#147 10-04-2012 2:05am
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paddy147 wrote: »

Hey, what are those small things way down there?

Those things? Oh they're skyscrapers.

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#148 10-04-2012 3:25am
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Reactor Radiation Test Dummy

And

Suicide machine tester.

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#149 10-04-2012 3:31am
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most dangerous, maybe not, but try to tell me your balls didn't tingle with fear when you watched that video. you cant.

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#150 10-04-2012 3:32am
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This clip never fails to make my bollocks tingle

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#151 10-04-2012 3:33am
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Double post.

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