one hell of a climb !!!!!!!!!!!!

[just_a_tree_guy]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=321667854641179

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I got a little wobbly watching the free climb!

 

[tomthetreeman]

What are the helmets for?

 

[UrbanTC]

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I would say they are more of a "bump cap" could you imagine bumping your head that high up?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

To hold their headlamp and camera.

 

[just_a_tree_guy]

think i will stick with trees !!

 

[monkeylove]

2 words.....HELL NO

 

[RoyalTree]

I suddenly got scared of heights....

free climbing is osha approved....?

My wife has a friend who lost her brother in a fall from a transmission tower a few years ago.

 

[oldoakman]

I think I would learn how to base jump, save a heck of a lot of time coming down.

 

[guymayor]

Looking down is the hard part.

Looking out, 55 miles, nice!

 

[chewbacca]

I agree, the free climbing spooks me. Too used to being tied in all the time. If you wanna see some more uneasy stuff, look on youtube for ironworker videos.

 

[arboristowen]

im with justatreeguy, ill stick to trees.

 

[SumoClimber]

I've seen that video a few times, it's gotten the guy who made it in the first place in trouble with NATE(National Association of Tower Erecters) as well as OSHA. Free climbing isn't allowed, hasn't been for many years. At one point, there was an argument for allowing free climbing because the climber wastes so much energy clipping, unclipping, reclipping, etc. Didn't hold much water then, sure as heck doesn't now that there's rail and cable sliders on every ladder.

 

[just_a_tree_guy]

thats exactly what i was thinking !! how could osha approve the free climb ?? especially with all the regs we have in the tree industry .