high wire act

[jjefferson]

wrote:
> Found this on another forum. Don't worry no gets hurt, and its not a cat skateboarding. Just a clip of a bunch of workers climbing a really, really, really tall radio mast. I used to work on tall ships and go aloft all the time but this is something totally different.

http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player.swf ... %26embed=1

Jim

[Lifer]

Wow! That takes some balls! Back in my teen-age years, I used to climb telephone poles with my dad. 40 feet was my limit back then. I wouldn't even go 20 feet now (my legs and breathing wouldn't allow it).

All I can say is "more power to the guys who can do it!" Being able to go up there is why they get the big bucks and can't get life insurance unless it's a group policy through their employers.

[Master Yota]

Thats the first video to ever, almost make me feel ill watching it...

[W_A_Watson_II]

Thats the first video to ever, almost make me feel ill watching it...

SAME HERE!

[HingsingM37]

wrote:
> > > EEEYOWWW!!! I was getting sweaty palms watching this. I
> > > get shakey on the top rung of a 14 foot ladder anymore
> > >
> > > Somebody once told me that alot of times Native Americans do this type of
> > > work as well as skyscraper iron work because there sense of balance is that
> > > of a cat and they are unaffected by the perception of height. Has anybody
> else
> > ever heard this?Any truth to this or just an old wives tale?

[powerwagontim]

Man, that is wild!
They should have mentioned that the #1 thing to do before heading up is to take a crap. I didnt see any bathrooms on the way up there. Taking a whiz off the top would be fine, but dropping trou and letting it fly might put the windshield out of your truck down below!
Tim

[SOTVEN]

SOTVEN wrote:
> wrote:
> >
>

Thats the first video
> to ever, almost make me feel ill watching it...

>
> SAME HERE!

>
> I WAS WATCHING IT FROM THE COMFORT OF MY CHAIR, AND HAD TO PUT MY FEET DOWN ON THE
> FLOOR!!!! I DO NOT CARE HOW MUCH MONEY THESE GUYS MAKE, I COULD NOT DO THIS FOR A
> MILLION BUCKS!!!! I ADMIRE THEM. "YOU CAN SEE 55 MILES HORIZON FROM UP
> THERE" THE NARRATOR SAID, "HECK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE EARTH IS
> ROUND" I SAY!!!

[SOTVEN]

wrote:
> > > EEEYOWWW!!! I was getting sweaty palms watching this. I
> > > get shakey on the top rung of a 14 foot ladder anymore
> > >
> > > Somebody once told me that alot of times Native Americans do this type of
> > > work as well as skyscraper iron work because there sense of balance is that
> > > of a cat and they are unaffected by the perception of height. Has anybody
> else
> > ever heard this?Any truth to this or just an old wives tale?

I TOOK A "NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY"CLASS AS AN ARTS AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENT IN COLLEGE LONG TIME AGO. IT IS A FACT (ACCORDING TO THAT CLASS) THAT MOST SKYSCRAPER WORKERS OF THE EARLY 1900S HERE IN THE STATES WERE NATIVE AMERICANS. I DO NOT RECALL IF THERE WAS A REASON THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE BALLANCE, BUT THERE WAS NO REAL DISCOMFORT FOR THEM AT THOSE WINDY HEIGHTS. THINKING ABOUT IT, ONLY A WELL BALANCED PERSON COULD ACTUALLY REMAIN ON A CHARGING HORSE THAT HAS NO SADDLE. SO I WOULD THINK THAT THE "BALANCE" THEORY HAS QUITE SOME TRUTH TO THE SKYSCRAPER BUILDING.

[anthony manzella]

WOW ! The first thing I though when watching that was F**k That is just nuts, or I should say thay have Bolders in there sack .

[Monkey Man]

I think an unlimited supply of standard issue brown underpants are a part of the job package

Regards - MM

[anthony manzella]

I think an unlimited supply of standard issue brown underpants are a part of the job package

Regards - MM

With Plastic Outer Linner and rubber leg straps ! .