Posted: 2/16/2005 7:24:02 AM EDT
We just had a recent tower inspection at the TV station where I work. Thought I'd share a photo taken from the top of the tower. 1100' AGL. Not a huge tower, but you wouldn't catch me up there!   TC |
Dang, I fly a plane at that altitude every day. Some days lower! Needs a zip line. |
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ow. I had to climb a tower like that --but not quite that high-- before the Marine Corps would send me to a school. I climbed up about 120 feet, safetied in, leaned back, waved at the Staff Sergeant, then climbed back down and picked up my orders. |
You know what's scary is when there's ice falling off the tower and you have a 300' ceiling due to fog. I'm not talking little ice cubes here people. I'm talking about chucks of ice that weigh A LOT. Must be a lot like incoming mortar rounds, you just hear a quick whistle and then boom! We've had pieces go through windshields and do major damage to the building. Nobody has been hit in the years that I've been here. It would kill a person easily.  TC |
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I've been in a Genie S-60 fully extended to work on top of a sand silo several years ago... My partner and I had to change a pipe elbow all the way on top... We got all the way up, and had to return back to the ground... I couldn't let go of the basket railing...We were only 60ft up... |
I use to be afraid of hights untill about 10 years ago when I realized when you get over about 30 feet if you fall your gonna die anyway so why should I be scared to go higher. Besides the higher you are the longer the fall and gives you a longer time to pray :) (plus it would be a hell of a rush) |
Still don't help. I won't hunt from a ladder stand. I don't have a problem with heights, just ladders, and I don't understand it. Now, if I'm at work, it's not a problem, but if something needs doing on my roof at home, I'm calling someone. friggin' phobia. |