Picture sets new 'NOPE!' record.

[halfmileharry]

I used to work iron and heights.
There's a time and place for safety gear. That stuff can get you killed or squashed.
I froze one day. I can barely get two steps up on a ladder anymore without locking up.
I love to fly though. Go figure.

 

[actaeon277]

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



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.



See above.

Two lanyards are only useful in limited situations. I rarely, as in never, used a double. Only time I'd need one, walking down the crane runway, or walking out to the trolley. Before the double, I just "walked the rail".

 

[2A_Tom]

YEP! I love heights.

 

[Spear Dane]

I used to work iron and heights.
There's a time and place for safety gear. That stuff can get you killed or squashed.
I froze one day. I can barely get two steps up on a ladder anymore without locking up.
I love to fly though. Go figure.

I am the same way. Love to fly, got PPL, rappelling is awesome but ladders are terrible and skydiving is right out. It's weird.

 

[Morgan88]

I am skeptical.
At that height I would think the wind would not allow you to stand that so relaxed. Would they have to be set on top from a cable fixed to a tower crane? Not enough room to crawl over the flange they are standing on from below?
I am not an iron worker or have I worked around anything like this type of construction. Were they fired immediately after this photo and the prime contractor fined by the appropriate state occupational and safety administration?

Morgan88

 

[Birds Away]

Most definitely a world class nope.

 

[ghuns]

I saw an old pic somewhere of a lumberjack who was standing on his head, on top of a 200'+ redwood tree that he had climbed and cut the top off of.

 

[2A_Tom]

I am skeptical.
At that height I would think the wind would not allow you to stand that so relaxed. Would they have to be set on top from a cable fixed to a tower crane? Not enough room to crawl over the flange they are standing on from below?
I am not an iron worker or have I worked around anything like this type of construction. Were they fired immediately after this photo and the prime contractor fined by the appropriate state occupational and safety administration?

Morgan88

Actually, if you were to look at construction there is always a crane slightly taller than the existing state of construction. Often a worker will put a foot on the hook a hand on the cable and get a free ride to his work station.