I don't get it? So y'all think climbing a ladder is hard?
In this case, at that height?
Yes.
Dont act like a hardass that you are not... You would be ting bricks just like the rest of us.... And I have jumped out of a plane before for no apparent reason except for the thrill....
Thats ing crazy if they dont have chutes.
Holy crap, every time the dude looked down and then back up I almost expected he'd fall
I know I couldn't do it
+1 Damn.
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That.
but humans have opposable thumbs with which they are able to hold on to rungs of a ladder. and they work no matter how high up you are. Did y'all know that?
No , Sherlock. People also make mistakes, slip, or fall off ladders all the time. The difference being, they usually don't do it from a quarter of a mile in the sky with no life line. The physics of climbing might be the same, but several other things come into play at that height like fatigue, asphyxiation, anxiety, and vertigo. Not to mention trying to make that climb with a bag dangling from you, holding the weight of two bowling balls? I climb the ladder every year to put lights on the house, and sure doesn't seem like the same thing to me.
Most well-oriented humans can balance and walk on the width of a curb without difficulty. Take that curb off the street, and put it 500 ft in the air with no guard rails, and I bet you'd find that feat a little bit more mind boggling.
for the 80 g's a year he probably makes that's the easiest ladder climb in the history of man. Sorry, but I just don't think climbing a ladder, no matter how high up, is scary. at all.
Fair enough. Forgive me if I have somewhat of a 'need to see it to believe it' at ude
I'll climb a ladder all day long, but you won't catch me going anywhere near one like that.
Especially the "ladder" that is just the little rungs jutting out of the side of the pole?
Yeah, that.
As scary as climbing it is, imagine being the guys that built it.
Have you considered the atmospheric conditions at 1700 feet in the air, not to mention the fact that you're on a pole with no protection, at times working in the proximity of storms?
Is your complete bagyness just a shtick for this website, or are you really that much of a bag?
waaaa I want everyone to agree that climbing a 1800 ft ladder is scary!
Go on, climb it with only with your opposable thumbs. Let's see if you're as y in the forum as in real life.
I think in 08 they had the highest job mortality rate.
LOL set it up ! I'll climb that backwards
Learn to not be a mouth breather first, then worry about climbing things.
Yeah ing right, pego
Youd yourself, wanna be hard-ass. First gust of wind, youd be screaming like a .
Just like the rest of us.
Ah sons I knew it was only a matter of time before one of the tough guys who (online) are not afraid of doing anything and try to belittle those who are. Son I bet you also train in mixed martial arts don't you? (but only since the UFC became popular of course).. Wow son that is awesome. I bet you can really kick some ass. Son I bet you also probably own a truck and you have a really macho sticker on the back that reads something like "Size MATTERS!" Next to all of your "Tapout" stickers of course. Son I bet you're also one of those drivers who even whenever someone ahead of you is already driving 10mph over the speed limit you still make sure to ride up on their bumper in your big ole truck to show how badass you are.
Son I just read you like an open book. Let me ask you this though... does doing things like that and making idiot comments make you feel better about yourself? Or perhaps bigger downstairs? Son there is no need for all of the nonsense. God bless
Thispego is the man!!!
Back before satellite TV houses out in the country would put antennas up on really tall triangular shaped towers made out of cheap ass thin wall electrical conduit...I hired some guys to put up a 200' tower one time and those boys were stone cold crazy. They came out with a trailer load of 10' sections and a long coil of rope. Set the first one in a little concrete and then went to work...climb the first section, pull the next section up with the rope, hang on with their legs and balance the section up over their heads and wiggle it down on the section they were hanging on...then climb to the top of that one and repeat the process...By the time they got half way up the tower was probably swaying 10' back and forth...and probably more than 15' by the time they topped out at 200'...I wanted to puke just watching him...
It's just so easy for people to be this (a internet hard ass) like Pego on the internets.
They couldn't pay me enough to make that climb....
caught me a lot of fish today
but I still would not be scared climbing a 1800 foot ladder. At all. my opposable thumbs work at all heights. No scoff on people who would be scared though!
Nice backtrack!!
but I still would not be scared climbing a 1800 foot ladder. At all. my opposable thumbs work at all heights. No scoff on people who would be scared though!
I honesty think you dont realize how high 1800ft is without a constant safetly line....
I've skydived before and can easily scan pictures to prove it.... Skydivers jump at the extreme lowest al ude of 2500ft... and thats with a parachute.... just 2333ft more than the height of this tower... Thats rougly 7.75 football fields in length... That would give you, traveling at terminal velocity, MAYBE 16 seconds difference or so extra of free fall than if you fell off this tower for the average skydiver.
Falling off this tower, WITH a chute, it give you roughly 600 yards... Thats 6 football fields.
Falling from this tower, you would have about 20 seconds before you hit the ground.... Not enough time to deploy a chute safely unless you got luck on your side. You would have to pull the chute almost immediately... Then You would have to clear the tower to get to safely... then hope for a favorable wind... Then you have to worry about terrain.
And this is all if the wind works in your favor and doesnt slam you back into the tower.
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