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How would you like to have this job?

Love the spectacular view!

Petrified, terrified, soil-the-drawers-scared of the means by which to enjoy the spectacular view. :eek:

Good stuff, Brian!
 
Hell, they couldn't pay me enough money to do that.......
 
WebSlave said:
Hell, they couldn't pay me enough money to do that.......
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If someone came up to me, and said they would give me a million dollars if I climbed to the top, I would say thanks, but no thanks. There's no way I would climb that.
 
I would certainly try for a million bucks ... provided I could strap on a parachute instead of a 30 lb tool pack. :)
 
brd7666 said:
If someone came up to me, and said they would give me a million dollars if I climbed to the top, I would say thanks, but no thanks. There's no way I would climb that.
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I COULDN'T do it... Seriously, I got weak in the knees just watching the video... I'll admit that I suffer wimplash when it comes to heights...
 
My wife just looked at the screen, then screamed and ran out of the room. No way I could do that. I can't even climb a tree.
 
I don't think they could get me up there. It's not only about the height, but that the tower is so thin it seems like a person would throw it off balance. I know that's not the case, but it would be running through my head.
 
I was surprised that the tower didn't seem to be swaying in the wind. I would have thought that would certainly be the case.

And it looked like a storm was approaching. A lightning strike would certainly ruin the day for those guys.

I wonder how many times someone would get nine tenths of the way up a tower like that then suddenly think "Damn! I REALLY have to go to the bathroom...."? :rofl:
 
WebSlave said:
I wonder how many times someone would get nine tenths of the way up a tower like that then suddenly think "Damn! I REALLY have to go to the bathroom...."? :rofl:
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LOL!

My dad used to work on high voltage electricity towers. Nothing near this one, but 200 feet is high enough for me not to want to climb. In those days (30 years ago) safety lines were not used either.
He told me it was an easy job interview. You came on site and they told you "climb that". Some climbed it, came back down and were hired (got an education on what to do lateron). Others started climbing, got to a third, came back down and went home.
My dad said the third sort of people were the hardest ones to deal with. They climbed to the top and froze there. You had to climb after them, secure them to the pole, and then slap them in the face to get them to snap out of it. It could take quite a while to get somebody like that down again. Strange way of hiring I think, but this was 30 years ago, I guess (hope :))that it's different now.
 
ok so i just realized my palms got freaking sweaty watching that. now i wonder how much they pay for a job like that and what the accident rate is?
 
Interesting that the other guys face is blurred out. I can imagine why.
" So honey, what exactly is it that you do at work ? "
 
bigjej said:
ok so i just realized my palms got freaking sweaty watching that. now i wonder how much they pay for a job like that and what the accident rate is?
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Yeah, my palms were sweating as well and my hands felt like they turned to jelly just watching that video.
 
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