Tokyo tower shows off breathtaking views (2,080 ft. tower)

Yahoo News (AP) ^ | April 17, 2012 | AP

[Texas Fossil]

Journalists walk on the 450-meter (1,476 feet)-high observation deck of the Tokyo Sky Tree during a press preview in Tokyo Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The world's tallest freestanding broadcast structure that stands 634-meter (2,080 feet) will open to the public in May. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

[Texas Fossil]

That is an incredible view. I spent 2 weekends at heights up to 1350 ft. on what was at one time the tallest broadcast tower in the world (1450 ft. then).

That was an amazing view and incredible drop in temperature at that height. Can you imagine 2,080 feet?

At 64 I still own a climbing belt. It is often in my pickup.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Tall in stature, steep in price (to go up). ;-)

[Charles Henrickson]

incredible drop in temperature at that height. Can you imagine 2,080 feet?

I imagine there'd be a little nip in the air.

[JRandomFreeper]

You have my respect.

But I wouldn't do it anymore. I spent a lot of my youth hanging off towers and installing beam antennas that were MUCH larger and heavier than me.

Which was fine, before a)I figured out that I could die horribly and b) bifocals.

I get dizzy on a stepladder unless I take my glasses off. ;)

/johnny

[Army Air Corps]

What broadcast tower was that?

[mylife]

That’s way better than climbing the water tower.

[DManA]

The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai has a glass floor.
It takes a little nerve to step out on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0mR26gOMpI

[mylife]

LOL!

[Texas Fossil]

Yep, that one cost some bucks (or yen) and was quite an engineering feat. Imagine, free standing.

[mylife]

I would love to do the Grand Canyon Skywalk

[CrazyIvan]

I spent 2 weekends at heights up to 1350 ft. on what was at one time the tallest broadcast tower in the world (1450 ft. then).

Did it move much? I've done some mountain climbing and
didn't think a tower would be any big thing. Then I got up
one that was only a couple hundred feet. Dang thing swayed
like crazy! I felt like a rat on a fishing pole! Scared the
crap out of me.

[Texas Fossil]

Never did it for money. This was another Ham Radio project. We replace the hardline from the 650’ mark to the 1350’ mark. A lot of work. Block & tackle and more than a few on the tower. The tower was 1450 ft. tall, but I never went above the 1350 ft. point. Too close to the broadcast antennas.

We had a VHF repeater on that tower. Chief engineer liked us, was a Ham too.

Big problem I had was one of my friends mailed me photo’s from the project and our work. My wife “was not” impressed. hee hee hee

Still have the photo’s on one of my older computers.

Haven’t been on anything over 100 ft. in a while.

[umgud]

That would be a real thrill during an earthquake. I’ve been on tall towers in the wind.

[Jack Hydrazine]

IIRC, temperature drops 1 degree C for every 1,000 feet of gain in altitude.

[Texas Fossil]

Channel 9

[Texas Fossil]

In OKC

[Texas Fossil]

Pretty amazing site. Thanks

[mylife]

Yeah, Me too.
I dont care for that wiggly jiggly thing when all you have is legs and arms locked in the ladder like a pretzel.

[Texas Fossil]

No, it was pretty stable. Never worried about that.

But a few years later they had an ice storm that almost brought it down. Started to shed the ice and developed an oscillation that came close to destroying it.

[Texas Fossil]

Seemed a lot more than that. Was glad I wore a light jacket.