Climbing A 1786 Foot Tall Tower (Video)

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[Maceman]

Is this the scariest job in the world?

Seven minutes of pure Hell (and I'm just talking about watching this -- my knees are still wobbly!)

However much they pay these guys, it's not enough!

[onedoug]

piiiiiiing.....

[arrdon]

YIKES! Talk about pucker factor. I wouldn’t have a BM for four years......

[StonyMan451]

I saw that a few years ago, and it’s STILL the scariest video I’ve ever seen. My wife is scared of heights, and I’m not. She would describe a feeling in the back of her legs that she gets when she approaches a ledge. I thought she was exaggerating until I saw this video. I get the same feeling watching it on my computer. It’s awful. I can’t imagine seeing it on a large screen TV, or an IMAX theatre. And of course, actually doing it is simply out of the question.

[CygnusTheSwan]

There's an episode of World's Toughest Fixes that has Sean Riley climbing up a 2000ft tower to help replace an antenna segment.

Pretty scary job.

[1066AD]

In the last few seconds he looks like he was completely hands off while fastening the shackle like thing to clip on to...

[EEGator]

I would be frozen to that pole until I died. You might as well parachute off.

[Scythian]

That gave me way to much anxiety, my hands are sweaty even still as I type this, no way, no how ...

[taxcontrol]

If you want to get over your fear of heights, take up rock climbing. Force yourself to overcome your fears.

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[dainbramaged]

In ancient times, my brother and I built a tree house 40 feet up a big maple - heights didn’t bother us then but this video is spooky.

[kalee]

I couldn’t watch it either, it made me queasy.
I asked my husband if he could do it and he said no. So I asked “if you had to or we starved, could you?” and he still said no. Hope he never has to make that choice.

[Huck]

lol! I’d be puckering about 200 times per minute!

[Abathar]

Heck with the BM, when I was finally able to break wind again every dog in the neighborhood would all jump up and run to my house...

[TheOldLady]

My hubby would be appalled, but that looks really neato. I'd love to do that if I were younger and thinner, LOL! I'm not the slightest bit afraid of heights.

Thanks for the ping, Slings.

[E38]

bump

[Daffynition]

Not even if the cows come home. No way!

[Slings and Arrows]

You’re welcome.

BTW, it’s not the heights that worry me, it’s the fall...specifically, that sudden stop at the end.

[Slings and Arrows]

My ancestors came down from the trees several million years ago, and I see no reason to second-guess them.

[TheOldLady]

That pesky abrupt stop is a problem if you don’t hang on well enough, certainly. But it’s still a lot of fun to be that high without drugs.

[Daffynition]

Any *warrior ethic* and Mohawks fall from that tree?

[Slings and Arrows]

Not all that many Jewish Indians.