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re: Tower climbing. Haven't had one of these for a while
Posted on 9/30/19 at 7:27 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 9/30/19 at 7:27 pm to Jim Rockford
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I can climb a vertical rock face no problem but a narrow trail with a steep drop on one side freaks me right the frick out.
frick scrambling.
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Posted on 9/30/19 at 7:33 pm to kywildcatfanone
Been skydiving and hang-gliding but heights freak me out. These videos are dizzying.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:09 pm to kywildcatfanone
Whatever they pay that guy isn’t enough
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:11 pm to Jcorye1
Most climber trails down are sketchy AF. Hell, I’ve had to chimney up a 50’ gap, hop on top the spire, then jump that gap to get to the base of a climb. Placing gear after that is nothing. I’m fine when I have a rope.
This post was edited on 9/30/19 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:19 pm to liz18lsu
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Been skydiving and hang-gliding but heights freak me out. These videos are dizzying.
Never been on a pole that tall?
I think I could get myself to climb one of those towers if I was tied off with 3 ropes and it was a ladder. frick them pegs at the top tho
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:21 pm to kywildcatfanone
Doesn't look so bad.
I see lots of ads for tower climbing jobs. I looked into it awhile back and they start off in the $25-30/hr range around here.
A girl I worked with used to date a guy who climbed towers. She said he was gone all the time. That was one of the main reasons I didn't pursue that line of work. I'm not really afraid of heights and it looks safer than oil field work.
I see lots of ads for tower climbing jobs. I looked into it awhile back and they start off in the $25-30/hr range around here.
A girl I worked with used to date a guy who climbed towers. She said he was gone all the time. That was one of the main reasons I didn't pursue that line of work. I'm not really afraid of heights and it looks safer than oil field work.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:24 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Never been on a pole that tall?
Hmmm, gotta think about that question.
I went to a ropes course that got higher and higher, each level. I went in all confident, couldn't finish it. You clipped yourself in and out. 75+ feet was too much, even though I knew I was safe (if I clipped myself in). Wobbly beams bothered this former gymnast.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:36 pm to EA6B
More sweaty palms than OP video link
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:46 pm to East Coast Band
It’s ironic to be reading this at 8:45 PM and there is a cell tower behind the next door house and 2 guys are up there right now doing some work !
Also, wasn’t there a story a few years back about a tower climber who got to the top and found a nest of snakes ?
Also, wasn’t there a story a few years back about a tower climber who got to the top and found a nest of snakes ?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 8:55 pm to dbeck
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Doesn't look so bad. I see lots of ads for tower climbing jobs. I looked into it awhile back and they start off in the $25-30/hr range around here. A girl I worked with used to date a guy who climbed towers. She said he was gone all the time. That was one of the main reasons I didn't pursue that line of work. I'm not really afraid of heights and it looks safer than oil field work.
I’m in the industry, but I don’t climb. From everything I’ve seen after a couple years in here you would be doing extremely well to be making that kind of money being green. That being said, I don’t have kids, so the travel doesn’t bother me too much, but with kids being discussed for the near future, I’m starting to try and find my way out. I know plenty of people with full families who do it, and I can’t say that lifestyle looks appealing.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:02 pm to kywildcatfanone
How long does it take to make that climb?
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:12 pm to LSUMJ
I can’t even do 20’ in a tree stand.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 9:28 pm to Tarps99
From my Uncles house you can see it really good. I watched some guys work on it a couple with my Uncle Binos. He said they used a helicopter to hang some sections of it. IDK how true that is.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:19 pm to HenryParsons
That is #rad
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