MarkSport
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFVjtJaU1Qc
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Is this the really high up mast thing again?
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Cole
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i thought this video had been removed due to copyright
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MarkSport
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yeah ash...cool video though...cole, there is about 30 different ones on there!
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Cole
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yeah i know i bet they all wont last long due tot he last one being removed for that reason
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
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FUCK THAT
Whenever I see people climbing high stuff my hands go really sweaty. Scares the fucking shite out of me
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leon.
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why don't they equip them with parachutes
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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fuck that shit, i feel sick. do they wear parachutes?
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
Location: Dunfermline, Fife : Drives Astra cdti Sri
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i thought my job was high and dangerous, i couldnt climb that mast thing, no chance in hell
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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i feel...like I get when im at heights just looking at the video..
Why is he not using any safety equipment? Imagine if he blacked out or anything :s scary!
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alan-g-w
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The likelyhood is that if you were to fall you'd bounce off the thing not giving you a chance to open a parachute. Only reason I can think they don't give them one is that a full body harness would get in the way and be a total pain in the arse. Not to mention the training needed for it.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
i feel...like I get when im at heights just looking at the video..
Why is he not using any safety equipment? Imagine if he blacked out or anything :s scary!
He does hook himself on every now and again to get a rest, says on the vid that to be strapped in the whole time it would take 3x as long to get up or something. And I bet once you do that a couple of times you'd get used to it - imagine it was only a couple of metres off the ground, climbing a ladder wouldn't be such a challenge. Probably a case of mind over matter.
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
The likelyhood is that if you were to fall you'd bounce off the thing not giving you a chance to open a parachute. Only reason I can think they don't give them one is that a full body harness would get in the way and be a total pain in the arse. Not to mention the training needed for it.
even so, extremely dangerous job, imagine if a gust of wind picked up. Makes me cringe
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alan-g-w
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ooft fuck aye.
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Seany
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we get winded off the bridge at 40mph gusts and that only goes up to 370 odd feet, imagine the wind speeds he must get up there 
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MarkSport
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the thing that scares me is when he leans over to grab the top to pull himself up from the inside ladders
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oceansoul
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That top bit is mental
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williamz
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Couldn't they just lower them down from a helicopter onto the top???
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Nath
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Originally posted by williamz
Couldn't they just lower them down from a helicopter onto the top???
Cost I'd imagine.
I wouldnt climb up that tower even for a million quid. Fucking no chance.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
FUCK THAT
Whenever I see people climbing high stuff my hands go really sweaty. Scares the fucking shite out of me
Same my hands and feet are clammy as fuck now  that is absolutely mental
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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jesus..  love it..
im a bit mental.. that reminds me of skydiveing.
if i have the money in future i wanna go at base jumping.
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SnK
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Registered: 2nd Mar 09
Location: Yeadon, West Yorkshire
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I could climb it, but i couldn't get down.. lol!
Getting ups easy, getting downs the hard part.
Surely they get like what those guys who work on the scaffolding get(riggers are they called) which is danger money. Big money.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by williamz
Couldn't they just lower them down from a helicopter onto the top???
Rotors generate lots of static electricity, would probably be more dangerous to do that.
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sand-eel
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same I think near the top I would freeze and be unable to go back
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random dav
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quality, I have always wanted to work on the wind turbines
WRLFC !
Project cars
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