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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:15:38 PM EDT
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That freaking tower climbing video always gives me the willys. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to post the link to it.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:16:11 PM EDT
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My daughter and nephew in Norway.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:16:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:17:58 PM EDT
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no....
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:18:08 PM EDT
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Tom cruise on top of the burg Dubai.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:18:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:20:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:21:50 PM EDT
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That one makes my heart skip some beats. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:22:17 PM EDT
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Oh holy hell that makes me sweaty just watching that. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:27:15 PM EDT
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Oh holy hell that makes me sweaty just watching that. That's really the only video that I physically have trouble watching. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:31:07 PM EDT
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I've seen that one before, and my response stays the same. No Fucking Way. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:32:34 PM EDT
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I jumped off the Stratosphere in Vegas. 900 feet up and your toes are hanging off the edge with some dude counting down from 3 for you to go
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:33:43 PM EDT
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Me helping to restore after Sandy. Braxton county WV
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:40:02 PM EDT
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4500ft up Mt. Washington last summer. I'm in this photo somewhere 
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:41:38 PM EDT
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I was a hi-rise window cleaner in Manhattan for 15 years,but all my pics are on regular photos and I don't have a scanner.
The building on the left is 55 Water St in NYC,and I worked there for 5 years 800 feet outside on a POS scaffold. 
Internet pic ,but this happened a few times through the years. 
Another pic from the internet but I did this the most.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:41:42 PM EDT
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Welcome to Disneyland
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:41:52 PM EDT
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Former coworker standing on top of the Arch.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:43:40 PM EDT
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WTC Antenna maintenance.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:48:07 PM EDT
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The windows in the WTC were washed by a car wash style rig that the operator controlled from the roof. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:49:25 PM EDT
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I win.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:54:12 PM EDT
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One of my old stations aerials, about 70 degrees and at around 105 feet.
One hell of a ride, add some smoke / fire and it got downright crazy. 
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:00:30 PM EDT
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No pics from highrises, but the highest Ive worked was the 32nd floor outside the temp handrails, tied off while doing concrete work for the glass walls to sit on. Nice views on a clear day at that height, at least where I was.
Here's a couple pics from the last couple jobs Ive been on. The powerplant is appprox. 80 feet wide by 250' long IIRC and 30+ feet tall above ground. 
300' ish feet up above the river bottom, hanging in a manbasket from the crane to reach some spots on the pipe way up the hillside. 
This isn't super high but being in a manlift out over live traffic when the bottom of the basket is 22' above the freeway, and knowing a semi is only 14' isn't much of a comfort when they come flying by at 60mph. Waiting to feel the manlift move aburptly while you're tied to it and the basket is wedged into between the girders.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:03:37 PM EDT
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no
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:11:59 PM EDT
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i did a photo shoot for a company that digs airshafts for coal mines. to get to the bottom of the shaft i had to ride down in the excavation bucket. the crane for the bucket was pretty talll. instead of just lowering us in the hole they first took us up about 150 feet or so directly above the 1000 foot shaft. made me a touch nervous. company rep i was with said that in the old days every time a new guy started on his first trip down they would first take them way up above the shaft and then let the bucket free fall for a couple of seconds.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:13:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:19:27 PM EDT
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Oh holy hell that makes me sweaty just watching that. That's really the only video that I physically have trouble watching. same here...I keep telling myself..."mind over matter"....doesn't work... |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:30:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:34:21 PM EDT
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Oh holy hell that makes me sweaty just watching that. That's really the only video that I physically have trouble watching. same here...I keep telling myself..."mind over matter"....doesn't work... I've wanted to hike that since the first time I saw that video. It's set up as a via ferrata. Easy peasy. Not nearly as cool as that one, but there are few here in the States. There's one in Kentucky and one in West Virgina. Fun. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:38:06 PM EDT
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Yup, that's making my stomach churn. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:40:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:47:37 PM EDT
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Not as impressive as the other, but this one's the best place on earth.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:50:34 PM EDT
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Another leisurely stroll...
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:54:37 PM EDT
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I also worked on the one behind me.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:56:30 PM EDT
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Yup, I am now physically ill from watching that... |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:56:53 PM EDT
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I can't do it! First video made my tummy hurt
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:06:15 PM EDT
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600' on WFMJ TV in Youngstown, Ohio. I have been up to 1485' on another TV tower but do not have pics.
The trucks on the ground are F-350 crew cabs. 
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:14:21 PM EDT
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I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:17:27 PM EDT
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I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0164-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0165-800x532.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0167-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0171-532x800.jpg Yeah, doesn't do it justice... until you realize that tiny dot is a person... |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:24:15 PM EDT
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I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0164-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0165-800x532.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0167-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0171-532x800.jpg Sure hope there is a sweet party pad at the top. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:27:04 PM EDT
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[/thread] (Surprised it took this long for Felix's jump to make it to this thread.) |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:31:46 PM EDT
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I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0164-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0165-800x532.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0167-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0171-532x800.jpg Where and what the fuck is that?? It's sick looking but has to be alien cause it's squared up and all..........
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:34:48 PM EDT
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I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0164-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0165-800x532.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0167-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0171-532x800.jpg Where and what the fuck is that?? It's sick looking but has to be alien cause it's squared up and all.......... Devils Tower in Wyoming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower Ever see the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind? |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:00:53 PM EDT
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Yup, I am now physically ill from watching that... Whoa...coronary from this and the El Camino vid! |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:15:30 PM EDT
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Check please. Not a chance in hell anyone or any amount of money could make me do that. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:22:03 PM EDT
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Not as impressive as the other, but this one's the best place on earth.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIN-N5cNwkI was just up that trail last week. Gorgeous. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:23:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: That's on the top ten of my bucket list. If I were a climber I would do it. Just wanna go see it. Quoted: Quoted: I took these while on a summer roadtrip a few years ago. It looked a lot more daunting in person. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0164-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0165-800x532.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0167-532x800.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/CDBNTX/DSC_0171-532x800.jpg Where and what the fuck is that?? It's sick looking but has to be alien cause it's squared up and all.......... Devils Tower in Wyoming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower Ever see the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind? |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:24:09 PM EDT
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Check please. Not a chance in hell anyone or any amount of money could make me do that. I could think of a sum of money I would be willing to do that for. ETA the first thing I would buy with my newfound fortune would be a helicopter ride out of there when I finished :P |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:25:30 PM EDT
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Meh. He had a parachute. Big deal. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:27:48 PM EDT
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Not me but I bungee jumped off the Victoria Falls Bridge in 1995. At the time they said the 111 meter height was the highest commercial bungee in the world.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:30:28 PM EDT
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I need a drink.
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