The world's most dangerous job

[J.M]

yeah i know long video

sparknotes: guy climbs 1600ft tower. no cables or safety gear. just freeclimbs with a 30 pound bag of tools.

 

[jabroni.]

that would be such a fun job if you didnt work on the same towers every day. i loooove heights.

 

[J.M]

hope its not a repost. i used searchbar

 

[1337]

repost, and a scary one at that

 

[ryano]

thats nuts.

but he is only actually climbing 160 feet. not 1600. haha. but its crazy its not harnessed.

 

[Jakx~]

Dude I'm an actual climber, and that scared the SHIT!!!!! out of me!!!

 

[Fucktown]

I would have to wear a parachute to work, those guys have balllllls

 

[FLBP]

just watchin that vid makes my butt pucker

why no harness???

 

[Fucktown]

They explain it in the vid, it takes too long/is too tiring to reattach your safety gear onto a new anchor point every few feet

 

[moms_favorite]

i could barely watch that. my hands and feet are fuckin sweating

 

[KrazyistKarl]

they are wearing harnesses, just don't use them all the time only when they need a break. and how hard is it to figure to just use a sliding anchor point on a pre installed cable that could run the full length of the tower?

 

[Horizon]

That made me fidget in my chair. Going up is probably the easy part, atleast you can see. Going down your view of the next steps isn't as clear.

 

[HamFaceGirl]

what do they do once at the top every day?

 

[SkiThe603]

they start the climb back down, duh

 

[J.M]

i think they check/mess with the light at the top or the whole antenna

 

[Petey.]

Did that fucking look like 160 feet to you?

 

[.spaghetticat.]

i hope u watched the video dude

he has safety going up the tower. then when he gets to the top he has a saftly device when he wasnts to take a break

 

[stickerman]

barely. i dont think you would have time to clip your harness to the pole mid falling down.

 

[Emma_Watson]

lol such a repost. still scary as ballz

 

[802Valley]

thats some scary shit

 

[*Dos*Planker*]

did you actually watch the video ? the narrotor clearly states they take an elevator up to about 1600 feet

 

[Huck_Norris]

he's saying there's an elevator that takes you up like 15,840 or so feet and you climb up the rest of the way.

 

[moms_favorite]

cereal.

 

[Mister.F]

Fuck this!

 

[Fucktown]

It's probably just not very cost effective, or the climbers don't give enough of a fuck to want one... I mean, if OSHA allows it, it can't be that bad lol. And, have fun engineering a sliding anchor point that freely moves in 2 directions for 160 feet unless its pulled on at x speed/force level, and then pitching it for every sattelite tower construction company in the US.. I dont think anybody wants to be the guy who bids jobs costing 10% more for a safety precaution that isn't necessary. If you don't feel okay climbing it, get another job. It seems like these guys have no issues with it

 

[Barefootin_Fiend]

Almost 16,000 feet? 3 miles high? Really?

 

[J.M]

sorry i was inactive for like 7 months and i tried the searchbar and looked at the first 2 or 3 pages