World's Scariest Job

[Skydave103 0]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1941259

This made my palms sweaty! Especially knowing he doesn't have a rig on!! No damn way I would climb that without one.

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[popsjumper 2]

Holy shit. There ain't enough money in the world...rig or no rig.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[wayneflorida 0]

Bet he gets paid good.

[Zep 0]

Maybe I'm strange but all I could focus on was working in those conditions
and wearing a metal watch strap.
As an ex electrician an having exprienced being earthed through a metal watch stap
to this day I still don't wear a watch

Gone fishing

[d_squared431 0]

My work has that site blocked. What is the job?

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[dgskydive 0]

no way in hell! One strong gust of wind? Nope. Not me.

Dom

[regulator 0]

I used to climb cell towers when I was in my mid 20's. I left that field before I turned 30 and after the telecom market went south I took a job climbing cell towers again...I started back on a 125 footer and after I climbed down I went to the boss and told him 'I quit'. And I used to climb some very large towers when I was younger...the largest was the set of towers in Missouri City Texas...almost 1100 feet. I guess I was thinking...well my whole life is being suspended by this one bolt....what if the guy at the factory was smoking rocks and missed something. Now I'm a licensed skydiver...go figure.

[Hvance 0]

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My work has that site blocked. What is the job?

It's the tower climbing video. Was up here a few months ago in Bonfire. That means you definitely saw it.

I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

[BIGUN 1,051]

OSHA does NOT allow the use of "Free-climbing."
Not sure where they got that information.
Anything over six feet requires harness and fall protection.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[PLFKING 3]

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[labrys 0]

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OSHA does NOT allow the use of "Free-climbing."

A number of tower workers complained about that statement in the video,

Owned by Remi #?

[jtnesbitt 0]

I am sure free climbing would be an easier option, and i bet most do it to a degree.

Climbing a tower is already very tiring and a pain in the ass. Most people never climb ladders bigger than 20 ft. Climbing towers is a real workout. If you have some sort of fall protection its even more of a pain in the ass because you have to stop every 3-10 ft to make changes to the harness depending on the type of safety gear being used. It really hinders progress and is much more work.

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[punkd 0]

Climbing up isn't so bad, ya it's a workout but i'm lazy and don't climb much past 300ft anyways. It's the climbing down that sucks..

[Calvin19 0]

little bit of wind? no big deal. just like jumping a tailgate. 50kts at 1850' on a 2000' tower.

I bet I have the ladder climb record for my local tower. 57min to 1800'.

never been on a stinger that high... that video is cool.

-SPACE-

[Stem13 0]

nope. My office is freezing, and now I am sweating. I used to have anxiety attacks thinking about the people who change the lights on bridges

some sort of crazy liquor cheeseburger party

[Skydave103 0]

Had an uncle who used to paint bridges over the river, he died of cirrhosis of the liver from getting hammered before he went up. go figure!

LifeshouldNOTbeajourneytothegravewithawellpreservedbody,buttskidinsideways,cigarinone hand,martiniintheother,bodythoroughlyused upandscreaming:"WOO HOO!! What a ride!!!"

[firemedic 7]

The best fall protection equipment for a tower is a BASE Rig

[thrillstalker 0]

but does he have enough experience to be wearing a go pro???

"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be."

[Andy_Copland 0]

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The best fall protection equipment for a tower is a BASE Rig

I wouldn't really agree with that. Its a BASE jump, not fall. Id rather slip and have a rope stop me after a few feet than fall off with a BASE rig. Guy wires, lower platforms, no seperation... fuck that.

1338

People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[riddler 0]

Terrifying! Dude's testicles were right next to the EM radiation from that antennae the whole time.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[firemedic 7]

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The best fall protection equipment for a tower is a BASE Rig

I wouldn't really agree with that. Its a BASE jump, not fall. Id rather slip and have a rope stop me after a few feet than fall off with a BASE rig. Guy wires, lower platforms, no seperation... fuck that.

It was a joke dude.

[ManagingPrime 0]

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The best fall protection equipment for a tower is a BASE Rig

I wouldn't really agree with that. Its a BASE jump, not fall. Id rather slip and have a rope stop me after a few feet than fall off with a BASE rig. Guy wires, lower platforms, no seperation... fuck that.

That one guy is not affraid of guy wires...pu$$y.

[jtnesbitt 0]

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Terrifying! Dude's testicles were right next to the EM radiation from that antennae the whole time.

Cheap birth control....another reason I base jump

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[JohnMitchell 14]

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but does he have enough experience to be wearing a go pro???

Dont' worry, he'll just be more careful and pretend it's not there.

[Skydave103 0]

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Guy wires,

Not real fond of guy wires, now girl wires..thats another thing!!

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