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Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: tbrannon on October 16, 2010, 08:00:40 AM

No way in the world I could do this- I felt dizzy, sick, etc just watching the video.  
 
http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/ (http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/i-triple-dare-you-to-watch-this-all-the-way-through/)

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: glocke on October 16, 2010, 08:31:18 AM

I hope he gets paid well!  I couldnt do it either...
 
My father worked as an environmental engineer at one point back in the 60's.  His job was very similar to this.  He was required to climb the smokestacks at various industrial plants and take air samples of the stacks output.

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: David Houck on October 16, 2010, 08:35:46 AM

Greg; while wearing a respirator?

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: sonicus on October 16, 2010, 08:38:30 AM

Cool video. I can relate to the dynamics of heights  , I have had vocational experiences with heights as well,but this video goes a bit   higher then I have been. It was good to see the use of a  safety harness. I would be concerned of high levels of RF radiation in this particular case. I once worked in a transmitter room at Sutro Tower in  San Francisco.

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: David Houck on October 16, 2010, 08:59:40 AM

I just googled Sutro Tower; amazingly enough, I had never seen pictures of it before.

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: lbpesq on October 16, 2010, 09:07:34 AM

Now that's what I call getting high!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: harald_rost on October 16, 2010, 11:35:02 AM

Good to be a bass player, 'cause it's better to stay on the bottom when looking at such pain ;-))

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: mike1762 on October 16, 2010, 11:53:08 AM

No freakin' way...

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: terryc on October 16, 2010, 01:22:37 PM

Heights don't bother me..but that is just way too high!
I too felt nauseous watching it..especially at full screen view.
The must have nerves of steel or no sense at all

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: richbass939 on October 17, 2010, 05:42:39 AM

I couldn't do it.  I'm forwarding this to a couple of guys at work.  They are communications techs who climb towers in the 500 foot range.  I couldn't go 500, much less 1700.
Rich

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: glocke on October 17, 2010, 06:03:17 AM

davehouck  
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Greg; while wearing a respirator?
 
Actually I dont know the answer to that...from what I remember him telling me he did need to bring analytical equipment with him, and I do recall him saying that he would have to be up there for maybe an hour or so at a time taking measurements...

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: george_wright on October 20, 2010, 10:27:58 AM

My personal altitude record is 53000 feet---but I was riding in an F8, strappd into an ejection seat with a built-in parachute at the time :-).

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: 811952 on October 20, 2010, 11:03:13 AM

I grew up climbing FM radio towers.  One of my fondest memories is of climbing a 185' FM tower and standing on the top (it had a flat triangular top about a foot and a half across) to watch the farmers work the surrounding fields most afternoons, unsupervised..  after I got home from kindergarten!  Dad owned radio stations, so it was just part of growing up for us kids.  I've never climbed anything taller than 480' though.
 
John

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: lbpesq on October 20, 2010, 03:56:04 PM

George:  
 
53,000 feet?  Did you pass any Byrds on the way up?  (IIRC they hung out at 42,240 feet*).  I believe I obtained an even higher altitude a few times at Dead shows in Winterland back in the 70's!  lol
 
Bill, tgo
 
* 42,420 feet = eight miles high

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: slawie on October 20, 2010, 07:41:09 PM

That video just caused me a whole load of freckle pucker.
 
How many men does it take to change a light bulb?......Apparently Two!
 
slawie

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: george_wright on October 21, 2010, 10:38:39 AM

Bill, that tune was current at the time :-).  But, no, I passed only another F8.  It was a practice high-altitude intercept, somewhere west of San Diego and south of Santa Catalina.

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: Bradley Young on October 21, 2010, 10:33:20 PM

This... this is high:
 
http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird (http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird)

Title: I couldn't do this job....
Post by: David Houck on October 22, 2010, 10:45:54 AM

Bradley; that's also a bit quick.  Fascinating story, enjoyable read.  Thanks!