Many Americans would capitalize the name.
One of my best friends does this for a living - transmitter replacements, light replacements, adding equipment, etc. Yes, you do have to be a bit out of your mind to do it - he sure as heck is, but he loves it.
He told me last week about having to tie off on Monday (atop a transmission tower at about 500 ft) to await the ground crews to return with some equipment. He said he tied off, kicked back and took a nap for three hours until they returned - all the while hanging from his harness.
Now think of Hillary Clinton, or Barack Obama, or the CFR, worthless people exactly commensurate with the tagline below. Or, think of our soldiers now in the sandbox, and Hillary.
And one might begin to fathom the ugliness of the LEFT (which incidentally does include much of the Wall Street Crowd).
Johnny Suntrade
The helmet cam probably makes it look worse than what it really is, but I’ll tell ya, I was squirming in my seat just watching the video.
I hope I don’t have dreams about getting stuck up there...
I would not mind too much. Above of 25ft everything feels the same. Maybe it’s just my defective stereo vision.
I didn’t read the article, but I would bet that he makes a nice annual salary, likely in the 6 figures plus benefits.
He also needs to be in good physical condition to make that climb, and not have a fear of heights, both of which can be “learned”
Many years ago, I helped my Brother, who has a Painting business, with an exterior painting job that required climbing up and working several stories up on the exterior of a 12 story building on outdoor scaffolding.
This was in Downtown San Francisco, with a lot of traffic, noise, horn honking, sirens, and numerous other distractions.
My Brother would be on the 7th floor of the outdoor scaffolding, walking the planks without a harness, while I was using a safety harness and walking as if I were walking barefoot with a bunch of broken glass scattered about.
After a few weeks, I got used to being up that high, walking on planks that would flex as you walked, giving you the feeling it would break every time you took a step, but I became more and more comfortable as I got used to being up as high as the 12th floor, not to mention climbing up the scaffolding, which requires one to be in good physical condition as well as using caution.
And a safety harness doesn’t guarantee safety, as I had an acquaintance have his safety harness fail and he fell to his death while working on the Golden Gate Bridge on the SF side doing earthquake retrofitting work about 10 years ago.
And yes, he was an American.
Oh that is just freakin’ nuts. Truly, I think I’d rather be homeless, penniless and hungry rather than do that job! That is just lunatic.
Must be fun to take a leak up there. Not so much if you have the trots.