Posted on 11/19/2010 2:53:50 PM PST by Sprite518
I'll bet they knock 'em up fast too once they get all the pre-fabbed sections staged.
FWIW - Hell of a view from up there.
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Whew!
Leni
don’t be sorry - the reactions are why I share it! lol
now my turn to say sorry - replied to the wrong post in the wrong thread... disregard my previous post lol
Looking down never bothered me, looking forward never bothered me, it’s leaning back on the safety belt and looking up at the clouds moving over you. Takes everything I’ve got to get over the feeling of falling backwards.
Actually I have... There is a lot more room to move around on Aircraft Carrier. Plus an Aircraft Carrier deck is no where near as tall. This is taller than the tallest building in the United States (the Sears tower).
Has anybody notified OSHA?
Maybe we should suspend the job & shut down the employer, until new safety standards can be written, commented upon, and implemented.
The 700’ towers I worked on were live. You mount ‘em from a fiberglass ladder. As you get close to the structure you can feel the electricity charging you up all over your body as you assume the charge of the tower. Once you get close enough, you grab on quick and tight and climb into the center of the tower. You are charged up to 150,000 watts the whole time you are on the tower.
I had vertigo for several months, some years ago. Tried a lot of things which didn’t help. Even went to a nuerologist.
Then I got an eye exam, a pair of glasses, and no more problem.
That would not keep my head from spinning in this guy’s position.
I mean, it would take several feet just to realize that the unthinkable just occurred, making the above necessary.
I prefered to look at the work instead of leaning back and looking upward.
It never really bothered me, I never did it for money. It was always a Ham installation, although the tall stuff was on commercial sites where the chief engineer was a fellow ham.
The last tall one I was on was in Oklahoma City on a TV broadcast tower. At one time it was briefly the tallest tower in the world. Really well constructed and large tower. The view was incredible.
I still use my climbing belt around my father’s planting seed processing plant. I trust it, and don’t flinch about leaning back. Carelessness is what kills, good habits help.
I could hardly watch that video. I kept looking away - usually down at the keyboard.
The guys who can actually do that climbing are amazing.
It's a mind thing with me, if I see part of the tower, pole or tree above me and the clouds are moving fast, it gets to me until I force my mind to realize that the clouds are moving and not the object I'm on. The feeling then disappears in a flash, but I have to consciously "un-trick" my mind if I look up at moving clouds.
Most of the stuff I've done in my "Yute" were trees and poles, not very high compared to your work.
I'm 64 now and am pretty sure my climbing days are done with ;^)
Given the difficulty of reaching a bathroom from the job site this would probably be a good thing.
WoW. Delta, I have been working in the Radio/Television industry for a long time and I remember asking my Chief Engineer once early on in my career “What happens when a beacon goes out on the tower?” I was amazed when he answered “Someone climbs up and changes the bulb”. And so YOU’RE the guy! I was under the impression that the poser had to at least be cut while there were workers on the tower.
The highest up I’ve ever been was about halfway up a 150 foot microwave tower and that was enough for me. Not afraid of heights - just falling :-)
Thanks for posting that video. It was very cool.
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