| Author | Message | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1249 Registered: 11-2004 |
No way in the world I could do this- I felt dizzy, sick, etc just watching the video. http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/ | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 781 Registered: 9-2002 |
I hope he gets paid well! I couldnt do it either... My father worked as an environmental engineer at one point back in the 60's. His job was very similar to this. He was required to climb the smokestacks at various industrial plants and take air samples of the stacks output. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9734 Registered: 5-2002 |
Greg; while wearing a respirator? | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1350 Registered: 5-2009 |
Cool video. I can relate to the dynamics of heights , I have had vocational experiences with heights as well,but this video goes a bit higher then I have been. It was good to see the use of a safety harness. I would be concerned of high levels of RF radiation in this particular case. I once worked in a transmitter room at Sutro Tower in San Francisco. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9735 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just googled Sutro Tower; amazingly enough, I had never seen pictures of it before. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4615 Registered: 7-2004 |
Now that's what I call "getting high"! Bill, tgo | ||
| harald_rost
Advanced Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 204 Registered: 6-2002 |
Good to be a bass player, 'cause it's better to stay on the bottom when looking at such pain ;-)) | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 662 Registered: 1-2008 |
No freakin' way... | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1381 Registered: 11-2004 |
Heights don't bother me..but that is just way too high! I too felt nauseous watching it..especially at full screen view. The must have nerves of steel or no sense at all | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 1117 Registered: 11-2004 |
I couldn't do it. I'm forwarding this to a couple of guys at work. They are communications techs who climb towers in the 500 foot range. I couldn't go 500, much less 1700. Rich | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 783 Registered: 9-2002 |
"davehouck Moderator Greg; while wearing a respirator?" Actually I dont know the answer to that...from what I remember him telling me he did need to bring analytical equipment with him, and I do recall him saying that he would have to be up there for maybe an hour or so at a time taking measurements... | ||
| george_wright
Intermediate Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 146 Registered: 3-2005 |
My personal altitude record is 53000 feet---but I was riding in an F8, strappd into an ejection seat with a built-in parachute at the time :-). | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1854 Registered: 10-2003 |
I grew up climbing FM radio towers. One of my fondest memories is of climbing a 185' FM tower and standing on the top (it had a flat triangular top about a foot and a half across) to watch the farmers work the surrounding fields most afternoons, unsupervised.. after I got home from kindergarten! Dad owned radio stations, so it was just part of growing up for us kids. I've never climbed anything taller than 480' though. John | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4619 Registered: 7-2004 |
George: 53,000 feet? Did you pass any Byrds on the way up? (IIRC they hung out at 42,240 feet*). I believe I obtained an even higher altitude a few times at Dead shows in Winterland back in the 70's! lol Bill, tgo * 42,420 feet = eight miles high | ||
| slawie
Advanced Member Username: slawie Post Number: 267 Registered: 8-2002 |
That video just caused me a whole load of freckle pucker. How many men does it take to change a light bulb?......Apparently Two! slawie | ||
| george_wright
Intermediate Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 147 Registered: 3-2005 |
Bill, that tune was current at the time :-). But, no, I passed only another F8. It was a practice high-altitude intercept, somewhere west of San Diego and south of Santa Catalina. | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 1271 Registered: 12-2004 |
This... this is high: http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9752 Registered: 5-2002 |
Bradley; that's also a bit quick. Fascinating story, enjoyable read. Thanks! |
