One of the scariest things you'll ever see

[mullyman]

If you are seriously afraid of heights then this video is not for you. It's a 7 minute video of a guy climbing a 1700+ foot tower with no lines attached and nothing around to catch him if he falls. Some of you may get off on this and others will just cringe at it. I'm deathly afraid of heights, so much so that I couldn't even climb the steps going up the side of a dam, so this was not a thrill for me.

http://io9.com/5639113/the-scariest-video-you-have-ever-watched-in-the-name-of-science

MULLY

 

[line6man]

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=13910.0

Meh, I don't think it's scary at all, but OTOH, I don't have any problem with heights, so it's probably a psychological thing with people that do.

Looks kind of fun, aside from the potential dangers and the tiring work of climbing. :blob7:

 

[Alfang]

I'm not afraid of heights either, to a point.  You obviously haven't been to much height, where a simple slip of your grip is life ending. Either that, or your just too young and dumb to respect, or fear that kind of height. And by that I mean this, you'le get to an age where your muscles, for whatever reason do some strange things, and not do what your brain tells them to do, it happens to all of us. Youl'e reach for that next rung thinking youv'e got a good grasp when you really don't. 

So if you figure that out climbing a ladder up to your roof, good. if climbing a tower, it's too late....

 

[OzziePete]

In the earlier Thread I couldn't get the vid to open but did on this Thread.

Now I wish I hadn't watched it. I'm squeamish holding onto the top of a 6 foot ladder to change light bulbs, but the fear of heights for me is what my brain can relate to. I'm quite OK in a plane where the view below is like a map, but this vid just had my heart rate up and stomach in a knot...

 

[jimh]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus!

I'm not particularly scared of heights, but I have a massive fear of falling.  I'm OK if I'm strapped in or behind a railing or something.

This guy is just plain mad.  I'm a broadcast engineer too, and have a done a bit of transmission tower work.  No way would I go without tying on.

Nuts

 

[Graffiti62]

I'll have to bookmark this and play it when my wife gets the urge to read over my shoulder on the computer--she's insanely afraid of heights. To be honest, I'd hate to be that guy's life insurance agent.

 

[ORCRiST]

Mully LIVES! Haven't seen you around in a while man.... WB

 

[mullyman]

Mully LIVES! Haven't seen you around in a while man.... WB

Thanx, man. Summer vacation came along and life just ran it's course. I've been looking in from time to time, just haven't posted anything.
MULLY

 

[TexxasJam]

The super-wide angle lens on his helmet-cam makes the ground look a little further away than it really is. Still, its a llllooooooooooooonnnng way
if your @$$ should slip and fall. Honestly, for me, lightening would be a bigger concern than the height. I've personally been scared of heights. 

 

[mullyman]

The super-wide angle lens on his helmet-cam makes the ground look a little further away than it really is. Still, its a llllooooooooooooonnnng way
if your @$$ should slip and fall. Honestly, for me, lightening would be a bigger concern than the height. I've personally been scared of heights. 

Further than it really is? 1768 feet above ground, man. I don't think any type of lens is going to make that look any closer. hahahaha!!
MULLY

 

[-CB-]

Being the radio geek I am.... thats insane.  Generally there's a two point tie off "at least", if not more elaborate technology to get yourself in a positive direction on the Z-axis

 

[Alfang]

I work in construction, and nowadays we are required to have possitive tie-off above 6 feet, ie... one lanyard hooked when moving the second one.

However, on a tower that high, if you fall to the end of your lanyard and are injured, or knocked out. How are the rescuers gonna help you? Youl'e be hanging by your sack for a long while.

 

[TexxasJam]

The super-wide angle lens on his helmet-cam makes the ground look a little further away than it really is. Still, its a llllooooooooooooonnnng way
if your @$$ should slip and fall. Honestly, for me, lightening would be a bigger concern than the height. I've personally been scared of heights. 

Further than it really is? 1768 feet above ground, man. I don't think any type of lens is going to make that look any closer. hahahaha!!
MULLY

Its kind of like the wide angle rear view mirrors on the right side of the car that say "Objects in mirror are closer then they appear."

 

[mullyman]

The super-wide angle lens on his helmet-cam makes the ground look a little further away than it really is. Still, its a llllooooooooooooonnnng way
if your @$$ should slip and fall. Honestly, for me, lightening would be a bigger concern than the height. I've personally been scared of heights. 

Further than it really is? 1768 feet above ground, man. I don't think any type of lens is going to make that look any closer. hahahaha!!
MULLY

Its kind of like the wide angle rear view mirrors on the right side of the car that say "Objects in mirror are closer then they appear."

(SWOOOOOSH) That was the sound of my joke blowing away in the wind.
MULLY

 

[Lucky #7]

Tied off or not, those guys are freaking nuts.  I tried to be helpful at my old radio station one time and climb 50 feet to adjust an antenna.  I had to come down.

Our station engineer told me about the guys they had come out to paint out 2000 foot tower. Spent a week climbing up and down painting and on the last day tripped on the hotel steps and fell on his ass.  Said they made fun of him all day about that.

 

[mullyman]

Tied off or not, those guys are freaking nuts.  I tried to be helpful at my old radio station one time and climb 50 feet to adjust an antenna.  I had to come down.

Our station engineer told me about the guys they had come out to paint out 2000 foot tower. Spent a week climbing up and down painting and on the last day tripped on the hotel steps and fell on his ass.  Said they made fun of him all day about that.

I visited a local dam here last year and I couldn't even walk up the steps that go up the side of it. And there are only like 9 flights or so. I got up to the third tier and thought I was going to pee myself. I'm not good with heights. I had to go back down and take the long road back around to the bus.
MULLY
and I should also mention that the steps were plenty wide, a nice sturdy railing and even if the impossible happened and I did fall, I wouldn't have gone more than 10 feet or so. But looking out over that dam just freaked me right the hell out. Vertigo sets in and there really isn't much you can do about it. I might try again sometime though.

 

[pabloman]

Did you go on the dam tour and takes some dam pictures or ask any dam questions?? arty07:

 

[mullyman]

Did you go on the dam tour and takes some dam pictures or ask any dam questions?? arty07:

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Nope, didn't really give a dam. :cool01:
MULLY

 

[TexxasJam]

Dam!

 

[mullyman]

Dam!

.....a deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun.
MULLY