Russell
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 08:24 PM |
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OT: Acrophobia
OMG. I'm no great lover of heights and I found this a disturbing but fascinating watch:
YouTube Link
Nutters or what? Sorry if it's a repost but if so it's worth another look!
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madteg
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 08:34 PM |
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That is just wrong in so many ways.
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adithorp
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 08:34 PM |
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Can watch...
10 out of 10 for not saying VERTIGO.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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bi22le
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 08:51 PM |
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Real men would of parachute off afterwards!
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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metro6r4
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 09:00 PM |
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couldn't do that
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 09:02 PM |
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I always thought acrophobia was a fear of building sites.
I'll get my coat.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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ReMan
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 09:29 PM |
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Thanks for it NOT being another repost of the blokes climbing up the radio mast to change the tw@tin lightbulb
This is definatly wtf
and heres abit of htf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHMxHoOO1KU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIfyBqFB-vo&feature=related
[Edited on 19/5/12 by ReMan]
www.plusnine.co.uk
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HowardB
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 09:39 PM |
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BASE or nothing!!
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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BenB
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 09:45 PM |
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Yes but the two blokes climbing the masts is pretty bonkers
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 10:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
Thanks for it NOT being another repost of the blokes climbing up the radio mast to change the tw@tin lightbulb
I totally agree, but at least the two blokes on the antanna were getting paid for their madness, these Russian kids are just MAD !
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Proby
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 11:50 PM |
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I do this for a living, not as many tower cranes as I used to though. I climb them to carry out thorough examinations for a major insurance company,
the saddle or flat tops like those are easy (I do wear a full body harness though!). The difficulty comes in climbing out on a luffer, where the jib
'luffs' or 'dereks' up and down. These can't usually get 'flat jibbed', meaning climbing out to the end is
not too bad, as it's uphill, (25 degrees ish) and you can hook your feet behind the jib stays! Climbing back in is a swine, especially if
it's sloppy/wet. The bigger the crane the worse it is, as the gaps between the jib stays get bigger, the crane in the video has a welded
handrail, which you don't get on a lot of them! I have some great pictures, including from the top of the new 'shard of glass'
building, many in canary wharf, and even some from the top of the Severn bridge towers.
PS - those kids have some balls!
[Edited on 19/5/12 by Proby]
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scootz
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| posted on 20/5/12 at 08:26 AM |
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The tower mast video posted up a few weeks back is WAAAAAAY more hardcore!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Lightning
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| posted on 20/5/12 at 08:54 AM |
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Thd guys that work for me are steeplejacks. They w.ould do that sort of thing and do work. The cooling towers and large concrete towers just have
climbing step irons they used to do all this without harnesses etc. I've been down the Nat west tower ron a boatswains chair no harness.
Climbing in at the top was a bit hairy though
Steve
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 20/5/12 at 10:31 AM |
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A few years ago I was in Belgium at a Herc boogie ( a big skydiving event) On the first lift the load master of the Hercules opened the tailgate and
stood on the edge spotting as we call it , he had no safety harness or emergency rig of any type, all the was attached to the plane was the cable for
his headphones. All this with something like 18,000 feet of fresh air below him. I did notice on later jumps he had on an emergency parachute , even
that was just hung from his shoulders without the legstraps being done up. There was also a couple of locals went up on one lift I was on that were
taking photos , one was wearing a safety harness holding his mate around the waist whilst the mate was leaning over the edge of the tailgate with his
camera.
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Benzine
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| posted on 20/5/12 at 12:04 PM |
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If I had to go over that bridge I wouldn't take that route, bloody route.
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violentblue
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| posted on 20/5/12 at 01:45 PM |
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worked on radio and cell towers for a number of years, I was darn good at it too. but not sure I would do that without a safety harness and a line
connected.
I'd never be able to BASE jump, I've got a too finely honed desire not to fall.
a few pics of my other projects
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Mr G
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| posted on 22/5/12 at 07:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Proby
PS - those kids have some balls!
[Edited on 19/5/12 by Proby]
But not as big as THIS kids balls! 
As this is a 'locost site' I found these video's relevant as well
DIY 1
DIY 2
DIY 3
DIY 4
G
[Edited on 22/5/12 by Mr G]
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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