World's scariest job

[Naptown]

heck no, that "stuff" is for the birds.

 

[G_Stines]

This may well top the list of "Jobs you will NEVER see shooter521 doing". I am WAY better about my fear of heights than I used to be, but free-climbing 1700+ feet in the air on a little metal ladder? Bag that.

Or me either. Im a little crazy, but thats just nuts. But for some people, it doesn't bother them. My grandpa was an Iron worker in Chicago during the 50s and 60s, and it was his very favorite job. He loved it. He... is nuts.

 

[phylodog]

I had butterflies in my stomach, my hands, feet and legs started sweating and I was gripping the arms of the chair like my life depended on it. I love skydiving but there is no way on earth I could will myself to climb like that.

 

[Brandon]

st. louis arch im fine in. Empire State Building, Im fine in the observatory yyyy up there out in the open. the towers they showed here? i might be ok if i were on the inside of the triangle frame work. get me outside of it.... well im cussing you out all the way till i lay dead at the end of my fall..

side question... can anyone give any details or specs on the light bulbs used in these towers? I live by 3, 1 really tall one, a shorter one and a med. sized one.... the tall one has been having issues with its lights and im curious to how big (physically and wattage) they are.

 

[Archbishop]

Not to thread jack, but watching this makes me think that next month I'm going to be out in Utah doing Angel's Landing in Zion Park. It's not quite as nuts looking, I think I can do it. but I'm not sure.
Google it, you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[Brandon]

Not to thread jack, but watching this makes me think that next month I'm going to be out in Utah doing Angel's Landing in Zion Park. It's not quite as nuts looking, I think I can do it. but I'm not sure.
Google it, you'll see what I'm talking about.

looks like something i would go for.

 

[Digital_photog]

Not to thread jack, but watching this makes me think that next month I'm going to be out in Utah doing Angel's Landing in Zion Park. It's not quite as nuts looking, I think I can do it. but I'm not sure.
Google it, you'll see what I'm talking about.

Angel's Landing is a great hike. I loved it. I don't mind climbing. I have done a lot of it. Construction, Tower and antenna work. Rock and mountain climbing. BUT I DON'T do it without safety gear. That is insane. One slip of a hand or foot and you are gone. Some of you have been saying that you would climb 50, 60 or some other height. If you climb that high unprotected you might as well climb that tower. The result would likely be the same if you fell. The only difference is that the small tower would have you exposed to the risk for a shorter time.

 

[Archbishop]

Angel's Landing is a great hike. I loved it. I don't mind climbing. I have done a lot of it. Construction, Tower and antenna work. Rock and mountain climbing. BUT I DON'T do it without safety gear. That is insane. One slip of a hand or foot and you are gone. Some of you have been saying that you would climb 50, 60 or some other height. If you climb that high unprotected you might as well climb that tower. The result would likely be the same if you fell. The only difference is that the small tower would have you exposed to the risk for a shorter time.

50 60 feet versus a 1000+ feet there's a difference, one you don't have too much time to think about your mistake, the second climb give you plenty of time to think about your mistake that has you free falling. Might as well make faces at the people inside building as you go down. Least you'll be bringing laughter to some one in your final moments..... That's gotta count for some points when you meet the man upstairs in a few second.

 

[Brad C.]

Ha i am a Union ironworker, heights dont bother me at all.

 

[JiNx0036]

For a million dollars I'd do it, but it might take me few hours if not, half the day to get up. I would be cussing up a storm all the way up and would have at least two harnesses on. Once I got to the top someone in a helicopter would need to get me down.

I give props to the guys that do this for a living.

 

[j706]

That is plain CRAZY! Watching it had my palms sweating.

 

[woowoo2]

side question... can anyone give any details or specs on the light bulbs used in these towers? I live by 3, 1 really tall one, a shorter one and a med. sized one.... the tall one has been having issues with its lights and im curious to how big (physically and wattage) they are.

Before we changed ours out they were 400Watt dual filament incandescent.
About the size of a large softball.
Now they are all LED.

Some of the cell towers use strobes.

 

[jbombelli]

There's not enough money in the world to make me free climb a tower like that. If I was safely tied off every step of the way I think I could do it... but there's no way I would take even a single step without being tied off.

 

[clt46910]

I get very nervous about heights. I can do a couple hundred feet but I could never do that kind of height.

 

[AXE835]

The fall isn't what kills ya its the sudden stop that stinks!Just a note:The guys in that video are NUTS!!!

 

[SirRealism]

Did anyone else notice that when he was standing at the very top, when he pulls the carabiner off his belt with his left hand at 7:11, he releases his right hand as well. I'm pretty sure he's standing unattached at that point. Holy crap.

 

[hotfarmboy1]

There's not enough money in the world to make me free climb a tower like that. If I was safely tied off every step of the way I think I could do it... but there's no way I would take even a single step without being tied off.

This^

I'm not too bad with heights. In fact better about them than most people I know. But I would never do something like this without the proper safety harnesses and tie offs. Plus I'm not in good enough shape to do that kind of a climb without getting really tired anyways. It would take quite a few million to get me to climb a tower like that.

 

[WWIIIDefender]

I almost just watching the video. I am not a fan of heights, I hope that guy makes a lot of money for that.

 

[VaGriller]

Can't watch the video because my AIR card is putting out speeds that rival a 14.4k modem, but the picture reminds me of a video I saw a while back of an adrenaline junkie doing pull ups off the side of a VERY tall building.

 

[Indyhd]

Yikes. Those guys have something I don't have. Not only one crazy guy but two.

The only way I'm out there is if it was a choice between climb the tower or marry Roseanne Barr. At least the tower fall would be a quick death.