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tk421

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Sep 16, 2010 2:42 AM
What about a dump? You just drop trow and let it fly? :p That would be awkward as hell, trying to hang on for dear life and take a dump without getting it all over you.
Sep 15, 2010 10:42pm
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Darkon

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Sep 16, 2010 2:50 AM
tk421;485486 wrote:What about a dump? You just drop trow and let it fly? :p That would be awkward as hell, trying to hang on for dear life and take a dump without getting it all over you.

Gatta play the wind. HAHA
Sep 15, 2010 10:50pm
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redfalcon

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Sep 16, 2010 3:05 AM
ccrunner609;485304 wrote:"In case of lightening, there is no quick way down"


Oh I beg to differ.
Lol, I thought the same exact thing.
Sep 15, 2010 11:05pm
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Glory Days

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Sep 16, 2010 11:38 AM
tk421;485486 wrote:What about a dump? You just drop trow and let it fly? :p That would be awkward as hell, trying to hang on for dear life and take a dump without getting it all over you.

haha hope there isnt a guy above you like in that video.
Sep 16, 2010 7:38am
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GoChiefs

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Sep 16, 2010 2:53 PM
2 words..fuck you.

That's not happening. Of course, I am definitely a pussy when it comes to heights. My big ass will stay right on the ground where it's supposed to! If I was supposed to be in the air..god would have given me wings!
Sep 16, 2010 10:53am
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fan_from_texas

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Sep 16, 2010 3:22 PM
Over my summers in college, I climbed power plants to do emissions testing. It's a little crazy to climb hundreds of feet up a straight ladder with a stack swaying hard in the wind, and then sitting up on a 2-ft wide metal grating with a flimsy handrail to hold you in. At first I was terrified--it's scary to drop something and watch it fall hundreds of feet to the ground below. But after awhile, you adjust and lose the fear of heights. Humans can get used to just about anything, given enough time.
Sep 16, 2010 11:22am
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Sonofanump

Sep 16, 2010 4:03 PM
fan_from_texas;485891 wrote: Humans can get used to just about anything, given enough time.

or go into mental shock, get vertigo and fall.
Sep 16, 2010 12:03pm
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Sonofanump

Sep 16, 2010 4:04 PM
I Wear Pants;485339 wrote:I would definitely be using the harness at all points. Don't care if it takes extra time.

Worse part of the video. "lets not use any safety harnesses to save some time"
Sep 16, 2010 12:04pm
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fan_from_texas

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Sep 16, 2010 4:39 PM
Sonofanump;485940 wrote:or go into mental shock, get vertigo and fall.

Well, that's true. We had some guys who would start climbing, and then give up, go back to the ground, and quit. That was definitely a tiny minority, though.
Sep 16, 2010 12:39pm
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mcburg93

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Sep 16, 2010 6:10 PM
When I was in high school a few of us tried to climb a 500 foot radio tower or what ever it was. We made it about halfway up and it started swaying it was enough to make us all climb back down. hell we might not of been half way lol. it was pretty scary with the swaying of it.
Sep 16, 2010 2:10pm
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Shane Falco

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Sep 16, 2010 8:19 PM
Dave : "Ok, Bill I'm ready for the new light bulb."
Bill : "I thought you said you were going to bring it???!!!!"

Dave : Oh shit..... "Rock, paper, scissors !?"
Sep 16, 2010 4:19pm
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Shane Falco

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Sep 16, 2010 8:22 PM
And for the record.... NO!.... HELL NO!!!!
Sep 16, 2010 4:22pm
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Glory Days

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Sep 16, 2010 10:09 PM
fan_from_texas;485974 wrote:Well, that's true. We had some guys who would start climbing, and then give up, go back to the ground, and quit. That was definitely a tiny minority, though.

haha it was a tiny minority because the people who know they dont like heights never applied for the job.
Sep 16, 2010 6:09pm
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Sep 16, 2010 10:55 PM
That was absolute fucking ridiculous!

Absolutely no way I would even attempt to try that.

I think it would be even worse for me climbing down. There's been times I have climbed up onto the roof of my house and kinda freaked out trying to get down the ladder.
Sep 16, 2010 6:55pm
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I Wear Pants

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Sep 17, 2010 12:19 AM
Climbing down pretty much anything is always worse than climbing up.
Sep 16, 2010 8:19pm
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Sep 17, 2010 12:23 AM
I Wear Pants;485339 wrote:
I'd do it as long as it pays more than $150k a year.

I used to wrench on cars with a guy years ago who did this same job but on a much smaller scale here in central Ohio and made a little over 90k and that was in 2004 and he was only a few years into his career
Sep 16, 2010 8:23pm
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Sonofanump

Sep 17, 2010 12:39 AM
Why not parachute down? It would be faster and safer.
Sep 16, 2010 8:39pm
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Mohican00

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Sep 17, 2010 12:57 AM
Friend I went to high school with climbs cell phone towers for a living and one of the hazards he deals with is the electromagnetic radiation involved with the job. He got fried once and was just dipshit stupid for a week.

There are a few articles out there regarding the problem but I can see it being more of an issue in the future.
Sep 16, 2010 8:57pm
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Sep 17, 2010 1:18 AM
Sonofanump;486537 wrote:Why not parachute down? It would be faster and safer.

Makes a ton of sense to me but I am sure they've thought of that. I wonder why they don't.
Sep 16, 2010 9:18pm
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LJ

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Sep 17, 2010 1:24 AM
I am not sure "base jumping" is covered by any worker's comp insurance policy
Sep 16, 2010 9:24pm
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gerb131

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Sep 17, 2010 1:58 AM
Havea buddy that does this they would travel around Indiana and Ohio and Michigan and climb cell towers. He would climb one and his buddy would climb another a few miles away and they would shine a light at each other and take readings. I won't get into it but he said it was crazy and yet he stil does it. He's actually in Maryland right now and is due back Sept 22, hes a good friend of mine and we keep in contact regularly.
Sep 16, 2010 9:58pm
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said_aouita

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Sep 17, 2010 3:09 AM
Damnit, I got to go change my shorts. I shit myself again.
Sep 16, 2010 11:09pm
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cosmosprivateer

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Sep 17, 2010 3:26 AM
Wonder if the tower climbing test is a pass/fail one?
Sep 16, 2010 11:26pm