Who's afraid of heights?

[jake]

Would be a great way to do it. Climb all the way up, do your job and then just jump off.

[BigMat]

Call me greedy, but if I getting a bunch an hour as I am sure they are, you better believe I am using safety gear on a job like that. I would like to hear the boss complain about that one.

[theGinsue]

I've worked on steel 85-90 feet up, but that's just nuts.

I don't mind depths, small spaces, snakes, and so on; but open heights like that bother me.

(full body shiver!)

The reason I don't like "depths" is because I can fall those depth's but I've never heard of anyone falling up (heights).

[rondog]

Ah, no. Fook dat. I couldn't even watch it all. Skydiving never bothered me, but NFW I'm climbing any damn towers.

[Marlin]

It would really suck to get a case of the fumble fingers and drop a bolt.

[StagLefty]

I worked as a steeplejack for 10 years back east. We did radio towers,water tank,and steeples, but in all honesty I don't think I could do that tower.

[BigBear]

It doesn't bother me. If I knew the tower would hold me I don't think I'd have a problem doing it, especially if it paid well. The problem I would have is that it didn't look like those cats were using very much in the way of safety gear.... I would have to be tethered, even if it meant I moved slower.

They should just hire base jumpers for that job! Climb it, fix it, and an easy way down! lol.

[funkfool]

Yipes!
That last part - climbing the 3" or 4" pipe... almost made me sick watching it...
Nope - couldn't do it.

[ronaldrwl]

Free climbing without any safety No way. That is crazy scary.
Somebody that can do this has something missing from their brain. People are allowed to do this but California is trying to outlaw BigMacs???

[ronaldrwl]

What I don't understand is what's the hurry? If you're getting paid by the hour use the safety stuff. It must be a 'macho' thing.