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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

15-09-2010 5:41pm

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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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#2 15-09-2010 5:44pm

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1768 FT WTF!!!!! I have a major fear of heights last April I went abseiling and climbing I was up 50ft and nearly died when I looked down. I was very proud of myself though afterwards. Scary stuff my stomach is now in bits after watching that video.

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#3 15-09-2010 5:45pm

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I puked all over my keyboard watching that.

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#4 15-09-2010 5:49pm

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Actually OP, this is just nuts:

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#5 15-09-2010 5:52pm

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I actually felt really nervous watching that! Friggin' hate heights...

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#6 15-09-2010 5:52pm

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:eek::eek:Those things they hook their clips onto really don't look all that secure! All it takes is one weak joint

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#7 15-09-2010 5:53pm

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Pretty cool.

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#8 15-09-2010 5:59pm

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Not even with a parachute

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#9 15-09-2010 6:02pm

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Ugh dizzy and nauseous ..

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#10 15-09-2010 6:04pm

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Stomach in knots now. And I'm shivering.

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#11 15-09-2010 6:05pm

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My hands are sweating and I feel a bit sick after watching that :eek:

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#12 15-09-2010 6:05pm

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I had to stop watching after about minute. Feck that.

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#13 15-09-2010 6:11pm

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what's the pay like - I'd chance it - sur what's the worst that could happen unless it was a windy day

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#14 15-09-2010 6:12pm

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Uriel. wrote: »

Actually OP, this is just nuts:

e for effort :rolleyes: :pac:

not that bad really heights are ok youle notice at points he becomes wearey at certain places... fair play any one who works at height, and im talking above 200 foot will no one thing theres a great view...:cool:

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#15 15-09-2010 6:13pm

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I got a headache and sweaty palms just watching that, very cool.:eek:

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#16 15-09-2010 6:14pm

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For the first half of the video I was thinking "Wow there is no way in hell I would do that, even with safety equipment or some sort of parachute.."
..and then he said "....with no safety equipment as it takes too long..."

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#17 15-09-2010 6:14pm

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awesome video

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#18 15-09-2010 6:17pm

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Feel a little ill after that. Thanks a bunch OP

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#19 15-09-2010 6:22pm

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Revolution9 wrote: »

Feel a little ill after that. Thanks a bunch OP

You're welcome, I think

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#20 15-09-2010 6:22pm

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i went poopy

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#21 15-09-2010 6:22pm

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wish they included a proper shot of the tower itself but that was amazing stuff.

Wonder what he had to do, change the light bulb?

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#22 15-09-2010 6:23pm

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Thats mad, sure even if he slipped with the harness tied to the mast, he has 15 mins max maybe less to get out of it, before he's brown bread

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#23 15-09-2010 6:23pm

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:eek:

IU just kept thinking "CLIP ON YOU IDIOT!!!"

I climbed this before and I was shítting myself before I for half way up.

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#24 15-09-2010 6:25pm

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I wasn't even there and I got chills just watching it!

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#25 15-09-2010 6:30pm

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4:10 onwards is just mental

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#26 15-09-2010 6:30pm

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I would if i had a parachute

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#27 15-09-2010 6:33pm

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:eek: That video is almost eight minutes long! What kind of attention-span do you think I have? Functional? Reasonable? Average? If it doesn't come in 5-minute easy-to-digest bites then it isn't worth paying attention.

I'm from the Internet Age.

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#28 15-09-2010 6:34pm

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Thought Stephen Hawking was wheelchair bound?

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#29 15-09-2010 6:35pm

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I made a film with a camera on the end of me helmet once. Came to a sticky end.

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#30 15-09-2010 6:41pm

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fml

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#31 15-09-2010 6:43pm

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Feet tingling, sweaty palms, feeling nauseus. And that was before I watched the video.

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#32 15-09-2010 6:46pm

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cool video

thought this was good too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nd1qtk1Go

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#33 15-09-2010 6:47pm

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What's he doing with a Tshirt, is it not fecking freezing that high up?

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#34 15-09-2010 6:53pm

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Sea Sharp wrote: »

What's he doing with a Tshirt, is it not fecking freezing that high up?

If you have the balls to climb up that high, at points without safety lines, I don't think the cold is going to bother you that much.

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#35 15-09-2010 6:55pm

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Awesome
I would so do that for free.

I'd want a base jumping rig just in case tho

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#36 15-09-2010 7:03pm

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Holy fucking crap!

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#37 15-09-2010 7:04pm

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Bloody awesome,

watched it twice, more, more....

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#38 15-09-2010 7:05pm

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The view up there is lovely!

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#39 15-09-2010 7:10pm

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He could push the other guy off and say he fell.

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#40 15-09-2010 7:10pm

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I think the way the camera moves suddenly at times, due to being on his head, make the whole thing even scarier

I actually feel a bit queasy.

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#41 15-09-2010 7:10pm

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Oh holy fuck!

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#42 15-09-2010 7:13pm

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Gary4279 wrote: »

He could push the other guy off and say he fell.

Is Gary4279 a prison tag by any chance?

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#43 15-09-2010 7:14pm

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That last 60m he climbs from the base of the antena, the pole he's climbing looks pretty thin and flimsy :eek: Looks like it would bend under the weight

Also when he clips that onto the pegs on the top, whats to stop it from sliding off the end of the peg? Doesnt look all that safe to be clipping onto if my life depended on it

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#44 15-09-2010 7:17pm

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#45 15-09-2010 7:17pm

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epic, amazing how calm the weather is though

what about 1000ft higher again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVLzVhnYE0

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#46 15-09-2010 7:19pm

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Looks exhilarating, I'd do it for minimum wage, no problem.

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Wouldn't bother me tbh...well maybe it might I don't know, never been in that situation before :P but watching it I think that would be pretty cool, would be so serene all the way up there with nothing, heights have never bothered me one bit. Althought wouldn't fancy it in the winds and rain!

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#48 15-09-2010 8:02pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5z03iwsEw

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#49 15-09-2010 8:16pm

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How many men died building that

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#50 15-09-2010 8:22pm

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Crosáidí wrote: »

How many men died building that

14.

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#51 15-09-2010 8:39pm

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I've sky dived and done paragliding and possess no fear of heights but i would and me hole be doing that shít.

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