i remember when i was young some guy fell from a smoke stack that is many hundreds of feet high. when he hit the ground he did land on his feet. you can imagine where his legs and feet ended up. i do not know how true it is but i was always told his feet were up in his shoulders.
At the beginning I thought, "That's not so bad." Then he went outside the cage. Then they said he was free climbing. I still was okay, and then he stepped onto the tiny platform with the beacon and I was having palpitations.
Mr. Unlost is a technical rescue specialist. They do a lot of high angle rope rescue, but it's all with safety systems in place.
The high angle stuff never really bothered me... but the confined space entry stuff sure does. We have a photo of him deep within a space below the World Trade Center and it is just awful. Twisted metal, tight area, and him in the middle. Freaks me out every time I see it...
I can't believe how little security there was. Really felt nauseous at some point. And I'm not usually afraid of heights. That's just crazy. When they say that the other guy had to carry the tool bag or his partner could be thrown off balance by its sway, I wondered just how they had come to realize that in the first place .... :shock:
I only watched about half of it til the 3:45 mark or so. Def. couldn't do that.
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As I was standing on my porch roof putting Christmas lights on my 2nd story roof line yesterday and getting nervous when standing at the edge, I felt like an idiot thinking about these guys in the video lol...
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How funny is this, I was watching it and one of the directors here walked by, and I said "check this out" and he stood there watching it and then out of the side of his mouth, he said, "I'd shit my pants if that was me"
I was amazed that he/she could climb that far, I'm so friggin unfit I probably would have got half way up and couldn't get any further. I probably would have just had to let go
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I was amazed that he/she could climb that far, I'm so friggin unfit I probably would have got half way up and couldn't get any further. I probably would have just had to let go
tell me about it... climbing crap like that everyday, I was surprised that his arms didn't look like Popeye's.
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was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I was amazed that he/she could climb that far, I'm so friggin unfit I probably would have got half way up and couldn't get any further. I probably would have just had to let go
tell me about it... climbing crap like that everyday, I was surprised that his arms didn't look like Popeye's.
very fit and very crazy.
that's all that is required.
i can imagine the job application & interview.
1.) are you extremely physically fit?
2.) are you scared of being in the clouds?
3.) are you crazier than a shit-house rat?
if you answered yes to two questions
you are hired
Amazing. I used to climb trees when I was a kid, high enough to feel the tree sway in the wind, but I don't think I'd want to go as high as that tower. The guy looked pretty comfortable with the climb.
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Amazing. I used to climb trees when I was a kid, high enough to feel the tree sway in the wind, but I don't think I'd want to go as high as that tower. The guy looked pretty comfortable with the climb.
we all used to climb trees and feel them sway in the wind didnt we?
my brothers and i had two tree houses
we were always up in some tree someplace
or the garage roof
20 ft up is way different than 1600+ ft
am i right?
20 ft up is way different than 1600+ ft
am i right?
Well yes and no (though I know I climbed higher than that). Once you've crossed a certain height, you're going to die if you fall, so it doesn't make so much difference how high you are after that as long as you don't choke up.
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I was amazed that he/she could climb that far, I'm so friggin unfit I probably would have got half way up and couldn't get any further. I probably would have just had to let go
tell me about it... climbing crap like that everyday, I was surprised that his arms didn't look like Popeye's.
very fit and very crazy.
that's all that is required.
i can imagine the job application & interview.
1.) are you extremely physically fit?
2.) are you scared of being in the clouds?
3.) are you crazier than a shit-house rat?
if you answered yes to two questions
you are hired
“ "Thank you Palestrina. It’s a wonderful evening, it’s great to be here and I wanna dedicate you a super sexy song." " (last words of Mark Sandman of Morphine)
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Whew, my palms and feet are sweating. My heart is racing. Damn that is some shit I'd never do! But if I had to, I would bring a parachute because I'd probably slip and would need it.
Although one thing I'd like to do at the very top is to take a piss! Well, that and hocking some loogies!
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was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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that is something
i am surprised no one said this earlier
that really opens one's eyes when you think about it for a moment
these people really are fucked up
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I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
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"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
At the beginning I thought, "That's not so bad." Then he went outside the cage. Then they said he was free climbing. I still was okay, and then he stepped onto the tiny platform with the beacon and I was having palpitations.
Mr. Unlost is a technical rescue specialist. They do a lot of high angle rope rescue, but it's all with safety systems in place.
The high angle stuff never really bothered me... but the confined space entry stuff sure does. We have a photo of him deep within a space below the World Trade Center and it is just awful. Twisted metal, tight area, and him in the middle. Freaks me out every time I see it...
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was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I wonder how many times they got this wrong, before they got it right.
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too little to hold on to up there
"what a long, strange trip it's been"
tell me about it... climbing crap like that everyday, I was surprised that his arms didn't look like Popeye's.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
that's all that is required.
i can imagine the job application & interview.
1.) are you extremely physically fit?
2.) are you scared of being in the clouds?
3.) are you crazier than a shit-house rat?
if you answered yes to two questions
you are hired
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
my brothers and i had two tree houses
we were always up in some tree someplace
or the garage roof
20 ft up is way different than 1600+ ft
am i right?
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
I'm speechless
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
Well yes and no (though I know I climbed higher than that). Once you've crossed a certain height, you're going to die if you fall, so it doesn't make so much difference how high you are after that as long as you don't choke up.
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Although one thing I'd like to do at the very top is to take a piss! Well, that and hocking some loogies!
What? I'm a guy!!!!!!!!!!
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Pretty cool stuff, I couldn't do it, at least the part outside the safety cage.