Good with heights?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Sep 05, 12 11:16 am

I thought I was pretty OK with working at heights these days.

But I found the end of this video VERY hard to watch.

The backs of my legs are still twitching just thinking about the guy standing on the tip of this thing.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Wed Sep 05, 12 11:22 am

bloody hell !!

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed Sep 05, 12 11:24 am

Lucky he's wearing a hard hat eh?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 05, 12 11:36 am

I watched that on Dave's FB post. My legs went weak about half way through let alone the end. If I climbed that I would have frozen and never gotten down again. They are very very special people who can do that.

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Wed Sep 05, 12 12:03 pm

I have seen it before and it still gets me

If a storm blow up, there is no quick way down

well I can think of one

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Wed Sep 05, 12 2:24 pm

I think they went up there to replace a light bulb ?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 05, 12 2:25 pm

I am sure to a man of your size Bri, changing a light bulb would seem like working at a very similar height

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Wed Sep 05, 12 4:03 pm

made me feel ill watching that

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Sep 05, 12 4:10 pm

I love the way it has barbed wire at the top - to deter tresspassers???

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Wed Sep 05, 12 4:25 pm

Pete wrote:I love the way it has barbed wire at the top - to deter tresspassers???

They look quite easy to get snagged on and painful if you did.

There are probably things this guy can not do he is scared of that you can.

He may be scared of Baked Beans or Snakes.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Sep 05, 12 6:49 pm

Fish eye lens makes it look worse, still not for me.

The guys who fix the insulators on live power lines from a heli are madder.

bazbiker · Post by **bazbiker** » Wed Sep 05, 12 8:51 pm

I have climbed a fair few met masts in the past for work and they are a bugger as they are very thin and move about quite a when you are up there, but not as bad as climbing the forward mast on a gas tanker steaming at sea to change a gas safe beacon, now that was moving and swinging about quite a bit and in an unpredictable erratic way too. don't think i could do that now though!

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Wed Sep 05, 12 9:02 pm

I'm not one for heights at all. That takes some balls to do!!

Its not shown at all but i thought windsheer would be awful at that height!!

Any guess on what kind of $$$$'s these guys must be earning......it aint enough!!

V8 Sam · Post by **V8 Sam** » Wed Sep 05, 12 9:21 pm

I would love to do that!!

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Wed Sep 05, 12 9:28 pm

had to switch if off