marsdenman - Member'No, I thought you'd picked up the spare bulb..'
Don't laugh, I climbed NTL Lichfield- a 1000ft Guyed Tower, shimied out on the 4 ft crank arm, nekt down to undo the paging antenna only to realise the guy bring the new connectors up had brough the wrong type...
I had to wait the best part if 3hrs up there till he got back up there with the right ones...
What's the best way of cleaning barf out of a keyboard???
That made my tummy go all icky and my testicles retract!
I reckon i could climb up but then i'd be stuck as i'd crap myself trying to get back down
Oh and Teetosugars is buff
I was watching this for the first 20s or so thinking, 'yeah, that is that all? he's got a safety line somewhere....oh no he doesn't!!!!!' Wooooooah! 
I am pretty good with heights, but that really freaked me out a little. Anyone wanna try to do a local copy-cat video up Winter Hill?
Not my cuppa, but these guys do it for fun.
There were some pics on there from a 60-storey tower I was working on in Docklands - I had been up the frame in daylight (wind test on the hoist at 40 floors maxed out so had to climb the rest - only stairs but in an open frame that was enough for me!) but these guys climbed it at night, then up the tower crane too!
Some great photos though, we debated about using them in publicity, but as we aere also responsible for site security decided best not to!
I find the "climbing with a safety line is slow and tiring and workers prefer free climbing" attitude interesting.
I've done a bit of via-ferrata and it's not that much slower compared with watching him, and it's very safe because the in-situ cable has quite close stops (every 5-10 metres) to arrest a fall with the "brake" system you put on your harness.
There's also an alpinism technique called "Moving Together" which is almost as fast as free climbing and quite safe if done properly whwre there is low risk of falling (lots of easy holds): Two climbers joined by a shortish rope climb together continuously. The lead climber clips the rope through intermediate runners and the following climber unclips it. The runners can be quite widely spaced - if either climber falls, the other may get wrenched off but because there is at least one intermediate runner, it should not be a fatal fall. It's slower going if you have to fit runners, but on an installation, the runners can be in-situ.
It's just a macho thing I reckon.
GavinB - Member
I am pretty good with heights, but that really freaked me out a little. Anyone wanna try to do a local copy-cat video up Winter Hill?
You climb up the inside of Winter Hill so the video wouldn't be as fun...
Oh, and it did have a lift.
Until that accident... 
I don't consider myself to particularly like heights but strangely that was OK and all i had to do was fold my arms quite tightly. I imagine its a million times worse in reality due to the inevitable wind at that height, the wind noise and the whole thing moving about. And almost certainly i would forget a really essential tool or piece of equipment!
all wrong.
I used to free climb on antennas as I. Was paid for the work I did. The faster I worked the more I earned
I had a safety inspector out at one job and he pointed out when I got back down that he'd seen me thru the binos nearly getting pulled over by my safety line as I walked across a beam on the pylon I Was on as I clearly forgot it was there as I obviously never used it lol
Buzz I used to iceclimb in a pair tied together always struck me as odd tbh 
Amazing what I used to do and I still pap it on very easy bits of bike trails how's that work ?
marsdenman - Member
'No, I thought you'd picked up the spare bulb..'
Don't laugh, I climbed NTL Lichfield- a 1000ft Guyed Tower, shimied out on the 4 ft crank arm, nekt down to undo the paging antenna only to realise the guy bring the new connectors up had brough the wrong type...I had to wait the best part if 3hrs up there till he got back up there with the right ones...
bet it only took you minutes to get down and kick his butt after that though....
Yeah you need really decent runners. The very tiny bit of winter climbing I've experienced had virtually nothing!
Brill video,
You can see the wording on the job advert...
NOT A JOB FOR A FAT BASTARD..
I wonder how many rungs I'd manage to climb before I went blind from terror. About 30 probably 
In a very sick way Id almost like to try that, despite being 99.999% certain Id hate it. 
'hello, is that Direct Line? I want to arrange life insurance'
'sure, what is your profession?'...
'sure, what is your profession?'...
Would a helmet really help at that height ..........
Like watching a frikin horror movie! My uncle was a lead beater at Salisbury cathedral and has been to the top of the spire on a bosons chair, apparently he has a total disregard for altitude, an attribute that evades me!
jj55 - Member
"Would a helmet really help at that height .........."
If the man above you drops a screwdriver on you, yes
That's just plain scary mary, given me sweaty palms & palpitations watching that.
Lets hope the man above doesn't step on your hands; how do you get down if you get hurt?
Abramovich could offer me one of his yachts and I still wouldn't try that.
BTW, how do those things get built?
Sweet. Baby. Jesus. That, seriously, made me feel like puking. I have infinite amounts of respect for people who can do that as a job. The thought of going up a ladder to clear guttering makes me want to weep like a girl, yet I can stand looking over a barrier at a long drop with no problem. It's the lack of security that's my issue. That, and knowing it's not the height that's gonna kill me, but the last half inch and sudden deceleration.
Similar veign..another vid that gives me sweaty palms...
Hanging from a crane...
CHIN UPS **** ME. I'd rather sit in a cage with a tiger!!
I watched the first again with sound that bit at the top is just bonkers I can't believe anyone signs up for this.
Why?So you'd always have one on the tower?
Yes is that not a good idea?
Very impressive. How the **** do they build the thing in the first place tho?
I'd rather be with an Irish catholic priest in a small room than up there.
Teetosugars - Member
You climb up the inside of Winter Hill so the video wouldn't be as fun...Oh, and it did have a lift.
Until that accident...
Been out on many tower cranes & structures with my previous job, and like Firestarter it doesn't worry me but I freeze going down steep stuff on my bike 
Jamie - Member
Very impressive. How the **** do they build the thing in the first place tho?
Pretty much with a Gin Pole..
Or a falling Derrick and crane.
Its made up of sections, you dropthe 1st section, climb to the top, then they land the 2ndsection, while you bolt it together at the fish plates.
Just think of it as a mechano set.
On a huge scale.
oh, and then the use turfers to tighten the guys..
I built some of the towers down at Mocho Pond & Bush Rincon in the Falklnds like this..
Yes.
Similar veign..another vid that gives me sweaty palms...
Hanging from a crane...
OMFG. Not sure how I managed to stop myself passing out long enough to close that video when they started doing pull ups.
I need a strong cup of tea and a think now 
Mincers
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