Balls of steel incased in 10ft concrete.

[markc123]

Was told to the check this video out once i'd got home from work......

Height of courage - men working on a sky-high tower (1,768 feet) - YouTube

Seriouslly, if you see past the voice of the boring yank commentry and actually listen to it and watch it, its actually amazing.

The question is guys and girls.............would you?

 

[silverfox1]

Interesting and scary video, dragging that tool bag up as well. I wonder what they were going to do / fix as there didn't seem any equipment around them, incredible view though. Definitely not for me.

 

[markc123]

Aye definitely not for me either, i may consider it if the basic elements of safety were included lol.

I just can't get to grips with the fact they're free-climbing!!

Imagine health and safetys reaction if you tried to do that over here haha

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Watching this makes my palms sweat, imagine getting to the top, getting the cover off that fitting, looking inside and seeing its a screw cap, not a bayonet ahhhhhhhhhhh

 

[johnboy6083]

I've seen that before. I'd be terrified I think. I'm not scared of heights either. I've worked at the top of a power station stack, and it was windy, and the bloody thing was moving quite a bit.
I was doing some testing, but also had to assist a steeple-jack in mounting a panel. The crazy bloke tied himself on, and then lowered himself over the edge and was working on the underside of the platform. I had to pass him bolts.
He then told me he was only on £10 per hour.

 

[markc123]

The crazy bloke tied himself on, and then lowered himself over the edge and was working on the underside of the platform. I had to pass him bolts.
He then told me he was only on £10 per hour.

Haha amazing. Did anything ever cross your mind to make you feel like you could realistically get away with murder haha?

£10 an hour though, that's harsh for that.

Im not scared of heights either, the first parts fine when you're incased....but the free climb with literally no supports is what would get me i think.

 

[Guest111]

As Fred Dibnah used to say "if it all goes wrong then it,s half a day out with the undertaker"

 

[Paul.M]

I'd do it but I require a parachute incase I slip and fall off..... Hats off to them guys.

 

[mechelec]

At least those guys are getting paid, these nutters are doing it for fun ???????

Crazy Russian Acrobatics up Radio Tower - YouTube

 

[Brightspark2]

Im not scared of heights either but I was scared watching that, i couldnt look at the screen when he was looking down ha..

Scary stuff, hats off to him...

Just spent 30mins on youtube after watching that becuase I do what i always do and start clicking the 'related' videos down the side, went from that to watching people jump off cliffs to watching a girls shirt come un-done while in the passenger seat of a toyota supra drifting round a corner. I love youtube, hours of fun.

 

[HandySparks]

Just spent 30mins on youtube after watching that becuase I do what i always do and start clicking the 'related' videos down the side, went from that to watching people jump off cliffs to watching a girls shirt come un-done while in the passenger seat of a toyota supra drifting round a corner. I love youtube, hours of fun.

Yes, I did exactly the same and ended up watching a multi-part film about the last german submarine to surrender to the americans. It was found to contain a large quantity of uranium oxide, which was then used in the Manhattan Project.

 

[Resu]

Never. Ever.

 

[Rauer]

Ah meant to get a son-e!!!!!

 

[Silly Sausage]

We went all that way to the top to change the lamp, it turned out someone had switched it off at the bottom!

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

At least those guys are getting paid, these nutters are doing it for fun ???????

Crazy Russian Acrobatics up Radio Tower - YouTube

unbelievable ain't it! One gust of wind and that geezer would be turned into a rusk!