I too was curious, is what we see in this video typical of what
professional climbers do, in terms of the amount of free climbing? It's
a dangerous enough job as is, but is that amount of free climbing
considered the norm?
Also -- do any of you find it odd that it at least doesn't appear that
he is wearing an EMR or RF suit? I don't know what type of transmissions
he is around at that height, but I would think it would be dangerous for
a person to be around...
Thanks in advance for any responses.
-Steven
On 9/16/2010 11:58, D Calder wrote:
> Elevator! We had to climb the whole 1500'+ back then. No elevator. That is
> the way it "used" to be done. He gets caught now, he's down the road.
>
> The antenna climb was always fun, swinging back and forth in the wind trying
> to replace slot covers in it at midnight with a cordless drill in your hand
> with a 7/16" socket on the end to take the hundreds of bolts out. I don't
> miss those days.
>
> What I want to know is who shut this down in the daytime? We had to do it
> all in the dark during the maintenance window.
>
> 73 Dave n4zkf
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thomson
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:59 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] free climbing a 1700`tower
>
> http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81100181/
>
> Somebody sent me this link..so it`s still around..freaks me right out.
> At least they got to use the elevator for the 1st 1600 feet.
>
> That last little bit..up the side of the 60 ft ant is a doozy.
>
> later... Jim VE7RF
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