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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. [i]That[/i], 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...
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from a crane...[/url]
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...
Mmm worked with the lift inspector who attended the "accident" not pleasant!
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..
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was it like this one: -
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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