Posted on 01/05/2015 4:51:15 AM PST by DFG
Climber Kevin Schmidt, of South Dakota, climbs to the top of the KDLT-TV antenna in Salem He's seen in stunning footage as he makes his ascent precisely and steadily, clipping his safety gear to the tower as he goes At the end, he pauses for a well-deserved selfie — but not before changing that lightbulb
How many daredevils does it take to change a lightbulb at 1,500 feet?
Climber Kevin Schmidt, of South Dakota, shows how it's done.
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I wonder what the wind was that day. It howls 40 mph around here routinely.
Sounds like they ought to spring for an LED so they don’t have to do this for another 10 years.
That video made me get the willies and squeal like a little girl. Pretty cool.
He didn’t have to test every bulb to find the burned out one, did he? You know, like Christmas tree lights in days of yore.
As an (ex) rock climber, I’d like to point out this doesn’t require a daredevil. With careful attention to technique, there’s very little risk. Lots of perceived risk, but that’s another issue entirely.
East or West River? You could narrow it down more but I have to respect your privacy.
Makes my knees go gibbety-gibbety-gibbety.
Tower time is triple time.
—spending summers in Deadwood, I have always been tempted to climb one of the many towers on Terry Peak—don’t because it is apparently a federal crime to trespass on one-—
Ain’t no way I would do that. No way.
Mike Rowe changes light bulbs on the Mackinac bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmQgQr9t3kQ#t=129
West, Southern Black Hills.
I can remember being hoisted 300+ feet in a crane to inspect a flare tip. My lasting memory was wanting to get back to ground.
I’d have to be stoned cold drunk to do that. Then I would be incapable of doing that. Catch-22.
Being 1500 agl in a plane no big deal. On top of a tower; mortal fear. I don’t get it myself....
But pucker time!!!
I don’t get on anything higher than a barstool.
Working in construction the PPE they have now makes the risks quite low. I always am concerned more about the issues of rescue than in the task itself.
I would have to have a guy up there get a mild stroke and then have to go get him down.
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