Picture sets new 'NOPE!' record.

[BehindBlueI's]

They have their hard hats on, so it's perfectly safe.

On a side note:

 

[churchmouse]

Real or not I got a pucker factor out of it.

 

[actaeon277]

I used to work on ignition systems on flare stacks.

This is a flare stack (not one I worked on though)

 

[Hoosier Carry]

I bet they make a little more than minimum wage.


That's a Noooooooooooooooope for me as well.

 

[IndyTom]

So much male privilege there. Where are the women? I'm guessing any women who work for the same company probably make less back on the ground.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Hell yeah, looks like fun! (I use to climb antenna towers for a living) It would be a hell of a view. The highest I have climbed is around 800ft. The craziest thing I have done isn't quiet that crazy. But I have stood on a the very top section at about 180ft. Don't look straight up. If you do and there are clouds you will feel the sensation like falling over.

I have experienced that. Dont look down? Thats EASY. Looking up is the hard part.

Just dont do what I did and watch this on a 40" TV.

[video=youtube;XLmwlbjL_UM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLmwlbjL_UM[/video]

I couldnt do it, and I used to jump out of planes for a living.

 

[Spear Dane]

I have experienced that. Dont look down? Thats EASY. Looking up is the hard part.

Just dont do what I did and watch this on a 40" TV.

[video=youtube;XLmwlbjL_UM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLmwlbjL_UM[/video]

I couldnt do it, and I used to jump out of planes for a living.

I didn't do it for a living but I have been sky diving. To me there is a world of difference, I can toss myself out a door at 3,500 feet with no problem but there is no way in hell ever you will find me climbing a tower.

 

[oldpink]

I have experienced that. Dont look down? Thats EASY. Looking up is the hard part.

Just dont do what I did and watch this on a 40" TV.

[video=youtube;XLmwlbjL_UM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLmwlbjL_UM[/video]

I couldnt do it, and I used to jump out of planes for a living.

I was about to post that vid, but it's fitting that the Monkey got to it before me.
Dunno how this guy climbs so easily with his enormous nads knocking him in the knees the whole time.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I did not like the observation towers in NYC. On top of a giant building. Surrounded by walls.

Not a huge fan of heights. Or stilts. Or ladders. Or platform shoes.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Why are you calling these guys stupid? They do this for a living.

They take glamour shots on top of really high things? How much does that pay?

 

[oldpink]

I did not like the observation towers in NYC. On top of a giant building. Surrounded by walls.

Not a huge fan of heights. Or stilts. Or ladders. Or platform shoes.

Admit it; you have a pair of fishbowl shoes in your closet, with your leisure suit hanging right above them.

 

[Alamo]

I did not like the observation towers in NYC. On top of a giant building. Surrounded by walls.

Not a huge fan of heights. Or stilts. Or ladders. Or platform shoes.

Oh then next time in Chicago you need to go to The Ledge to have breakfast. Tres cool. A glass box sticks out from the side of the building, 103 stories up, so you can look straight down through the floor and see the people on the street about 1300' down. That's higher than the guys in the photo in the OP.

 

[printcraft]

What happens when you get a good case of call of the void?
Sudden gust of wind?
Also, how high do you bounce off concrete from that height? I'm guessing about 3 to 4 feet.

 

[JettaKnight]

Distorted perspective from the fish eye lens.

Indeed. The aspect ratio is off.

Looking at from this perspective, you can see how wide the flange is:

Still... nope.

 

[indiucky]

Nope....I got a little Indian in me but not enough to kill the fear of heights....

 

[printcraft]

Nope....I got a little Indian in me but not enough to kill the fear of heights....

TMI man TMI....... Did you at least get dinner first?

 

[indiucky]

TMI man TMI....... Did you at least get dinner first?

Nah...I was cheap....A handful of beads and a swayback paint pony..

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I thought the "NOPE" was those dudes making the kind of bucks they are making and then getting photographed on the jobsite without all their safety gear hooked up. I don't know much about fall prevention gear, maybe I am missing it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Two words describe my reaction to pics like that... "frightened turtle".

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I know you posted in purple, but my minor OCD must point out the guy on the right has his lanyard hooked to his front. The end that would be attached to the building.

I thought current regs required two lanyards when working at heights? That way you can be tied off 100%

Oh then next time in Chicago you need to go to The Ledge to have breakfast. Tres cool. A glass box sticks out from the side of the building, 103 stories up, so you can look straight down through the floor and see the people on the street about 1300' down. That's higher than the guys in the photo in the OP.

I've got a cousin in law that was a carpenter, one of his jobs was building the scaffolding on top of the tower so they could paint the antennas.

I thought the "NOPE" was those dudes making the kind of bucks they are making and then getting photographed on the jobsite without all their safety gear hooked up. I don't know much about fall prevention gear, maybe I am missing it.

See above.