climbing 1,768 foot Transmission Tower

[charleytown55il]

I saw this on youtube and was holding on to my chair for dear life while i was watching it.

 

[Prototype]

Someone linked me this a week or so ago and I was terrified FOR that guy, especially at the end. I'm not a heights person at all and that thing is just freakin' ridiculous!

 

[udanis]

Wow, thats a so never racking! A 1700 ft free climb wow that crazy!!!

 

[rangedunits]

they should have spare parachute.

 

[DTR]

That's nuts.

I would love to play with a high powered laser up there at night.

 

[rangedunits]

That's nuts.

I would love to play with a high powered laser up there at night.

50 miles u can see :shhh::undecided::can::wave::na::eg:

 

[JLSE]

'Hey Bob, go back to the truck and get me a 9/16 wrench would ya' lol.

Thats like climbing the CN Tower 553.3 metres (1,815 ft) tall....Screw that

 

[00Giorge]

No way could I do that! That would give me major butt pucker!

When I worked at a gold mine in Nevada I had to climb up to the top of a lime elevator and change a bearing, that was at 170ft. That was bad enough! you could feel it move with a 10mph breeze. It makes me shudder to think about 1768ft.

 

[Gata]

What I want to know is how they build one of those section by section. Definitely some gutsy guys.

 

[00Giorge]

What I want to know is how they build one of those section by section. Definitely some gutsy guys.

You know I always wondered about that myself!:thinking:

How they get all the equipment up to the top, helicopter maybe?

 

[charleytown55il]

All i know is that they have BALLS! I might be half monkey, but monkeys don't operate that high. I'm fine climbing up a 20 foot tree because atleast if you fall, you might catch a few branches on the way down.

 

[lasersbee]

That's about 1765 feet to high for me...
IIRC... they install those towers using Sky Hooks...

Like rangedunits said.. it might be a good idea to teach
those guys some skydiving... it would be a lot easier/faster
coming down or in case of an approaching storm...


Jerry

 

[00Giorge]

That's about 1765 feet to high for me...
IIRC... they install those towers using Sky Hooks...

Like rangedunits said.. it might be a good idea to teach
those guys some skydiving... it would be a lot easier/faster
coming down or in case of an approaching storm...


Jerry

Are you talking about this SkyHook International Inc.

I have seen this pickup some big loads Erickson Air-Crane Excellence in Precision Rotorcraft

 

[dnar]

Compare the view from the tower, to the view from this 1/4 scale Cherry rocket's camera...

YouTube - CHERRY 2010 final edited version of the launch

That tower is HIGH!

 

[Flaminpyro]

I think the tower won the heigth contest here :crackup:

 

[00Giorge]

Compare the view from the tower, to the view from this 1/4 scale Cherry rocket's camera...

YouTube - CHERRY 2010 final edited version of the launch

That tower is HIGH!

Cool video! I like rockets.

Your right that tower is way up there!