1700 ft climb

Osha rules allow these guys to frre climb eh?
I called bs on this guy before and Im doing it again
BS
either he is wrong or the tower climbing industry is full of idiots who have no regaured for their own safety
 
i used to work at 300' to 400' untied and climbing all the time; the only time i would stop to tie in was if the safety man was watching or i stopped to work. a good mental aptitude of the job at hand and a positive safety oriented additute will get you a longer life than a tie off lanyard.
 
Im glad you switched occupations Jeff.
I geuss there are probaly alot of high angle industries out there that allow for things we wouldnt aloft.
I sure wouldnt have the right "stuff"
Sorry bout the "industry full of idiots remark"
Thats was uncalled for.
Door knocking and passing out fliers makes me cranky


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That would be amazing to be that high and that exposed. A 5000' zipline would be a great way to get down.

I worked on towers for UNR-Rohn for 4-1/2 years as field engineer. Never went over 800' but there were no elevators, it was hand over hand the whole way.

It's cold and windy even on calm days, when winds aloft were predicted over 20mph nobody went up. My job was waveguide/antennae installation and adjustment so I never had to go up on the light spike... but I did a few times anyway just to see how it felt.

Most guys clip in with a ladder hook while they work but climbing free as perfectly normal. It feels pretty safe inside the lattice... that's guyed, not guided or gided like the video says. Outside on the arrays I always tied in, too freaky not to.




The crazy fools are the ironworkers on tower construction crews, it's amazing to watch, they almost NEVER tie-in and walk 4" angle iron like it was their hallway. And talk about big heavy stuff swinging around that can mush you...

The year I started there, Rohn had a 1900' guyed tower in Houston fall as they were putting up the permanent arrays. The attachment hardware failed and a huge array fell into one of the guylines and the thing collapsed like an accordion, 5 ironworkers died. The videos are probably on Youtube somewhere by now. As a climber, not fun to watch, I don't recommend it, even if you aren't squeamish.
 
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Ahh.... well said, lol!
 
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hell we used to free climb cell towers at night for fun when i was young.

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Same here, with electrical transmission towers in daylight. I quit that though after "soloing" one and getting shocks when I was on the way down.Thought I was a goner.
 
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hell we used to free climb cell towers at night for fun when i was young.

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Same here, with electrical transmission towers in daylight. I quit that though after "soloing" one and getting shocks when I was on the way down.Thought I was a goner.

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It was water towers and buildings for us at night...
 
My neighbor is a tower climber, its crazy. And there is nooo way OSHA lets them free climb, major bs. If its legit, than why did his buddies face get blurred out? Because its not
 
A friend of mine is a supervisor for one of the companies that does this work. REAL good money..........you can keep it. I'll go up with a parachute.
 
we used to jump from 4" bar joist to 4" bar joist 75' in the air while carrying 10' to 30'(with a partner) pieces of perimeter angle all the time. if you can work work 10' off the ground it is the same as 200'. i have often found the higher i get on a structure the more comfortable i become with the exposure. i'm getting a new printer scanner i'll see if i can find some of my old pics and post them here when i get faster internet this week.
 
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