some more oil rig climbing

[Fairfield]

Feel free to move this post to another location, wasnt sure where to post it, but it is all SRT climbing!

Most of them are helping the electricians run cable and power. The pic of the structure in the water is a Platform called a Spar, it is on its side in the pic. When brought out to its place in the Gulf it will be flooded and stood up. The next pic is a small entrance we came through to get into a section with possible welding damage. Due to it being on its side the ladders were of no help and you could only get there on rope.

 

[Fairfield]

another

 

[Fairfield]

abother

 

[Fairfield]

one more, inside the spar looking up at the 1 1/2 by 2 foot hole opening to descend down into this section.

 

[1BUS]

Where do you find these gigs? I already have a TWIC card.

 

[Fairfield]

Do you have SPRAT or IRATA cert? If so you can always give CAN-USA a shout. We are busy as hell and can use good climbers that are not slackers or complainers. It's great work and you still will have time to do tree work as well on your weeks off.

 

[1BUS]

Neither, I'll have to look into some training, any suggestions?

 

[lonniels]

Hey Jim, if you just want to answer my pm here that would be great. It is along the same lines as 1bus's questions. Thanks!

 

[chris_girard]

Awesome work!

I just got certified by Caltrans as a High Scaler and Rope Tech for rock and mountain climbing work and it's all SRT work.

Like oil rig SPRAT work, Caltrans uses a form of SRT work, that is similar, but specialized.

 

[Fairfield]

NICE! Any climbing training that a person can get that is a little different or has its own ways of going about getting to a end goal is great! Cross training I have always felt was the best way to be on top of your game.

 

[opposablethumb]

Thanks for the pictures Jim!

Just curious, do you find your tree work, or your other rope access work to be more taxing physically/mentally?

I doubt that I'd ever wander out of doing tree work full time, but I'm just always curious to know what it's like for our vertical cousins.

Thanks.

 

[Fairfield]

I would say physically tree work takes it by far! Mentally it would depend on the tree/industrial job that I was doing at that moment. For the over all picture though, I am going to say that tree work will ask more from the climber physically and mentally then industrial. This goes with saying that height or confined spaces are not a thought to the worker. If that is a issue to the climber the answer may be different then.

 

[chris_girard]

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I would say physically tree work takes it by far! Mentally it would depend on the tree/industrial job that I was doing at that moment. For the over all picture though, I am going to say that tree work will ask more from the climber physically and mentally then industrial. This goes with saying that height or confined spaces are not a thought to the worker. If that is a issue to the climber the answer may be different then.

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I totally agree. Just last week after working on rock work, I was thinking the same thing. Unlike trees, we always knew that our anchors were bombproof.