Would you?? Could you??? not for the nervous

All I can say is b****r that for a game of squaddies. 120 feet is plenty for me, any more and I will use an aircraft.

Hampden98. I treated my wife to a Hot Air Baloon flight. When they landed, my wife told me she had an irresistable urge to climb over the side of the basket. Her birthday is soon coming up…………………………………….?.:diablo:

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Incredibly exhausting that must be. Couldn’t do it these days, not sure ever.

My biggest fear standing on a high vista platform or something is always that I might drop something, from cam to phone to wristwatch. Not so much that I might fall.

I’ve seen that before, nothing short of insane. I think I’d be fine until the free climb bit, then again…:o

Far too little use of that life-line! And what use was it on that rung, with nothing but a washer sized rim on the end. If he fell, he’d bungee on the lifeline and the vertical jolt would/could throw it off that rung. Then he’s a 6 foot diameter stain on the grass.

As for the Paris one, it’s a con isn’t it? Clever Camera angles just like Harold Lloyd movie when he’s hanging off hands of the clock.

When I’m up high in an observation tower (Toronto), looking over a car park wall or high escalator I get pains in my legs. I also have the feeling I might lob myself off. Not that I would it’s just the feeling I get up high.
It doesn’t bother me open cockpit in a bi-plane.
Weird or what?

Base jumping anyone? 😀

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11653249

How many climbers does it take to change a light bulb?

Crazy …Base jumping anyone?:D

I don’t feel very well now….

I’d like to know which state he was in because he wouldn’t be in shirtsleeves working a tower in Scotland. The one I used was an aerial test tower of only about 100ft but it was regularly well below 0 degC taking wind chill into account. It’s been a while since I did that job so guess that 1760ft would take more bottle than I have right now. Maybe if I worked up to it!!

There’s another similar vid where a man is helo’d onto a powerline wearing a chainmail suit. anyone seen that ?

Money Jim.

Two blokes with some climbing gear and a vehicle compared to a helicopter which is capable of winching, at least two and possibly three crew on the helicopter, fuel etc. And I expect there might be other problems in using a helicopter such as controlling the helicopter to winch onto such a small target and perhaps oscillation of the guy being winched down? We’ve all seen how difficult it is for someone to be winched down onto the deck of a vessel or a cliff face, let alone onto something that looks no more than 18 inches across.

Regards,

kev35

Very true Kev, far too many things to factor in, with a Helio.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

And this, everyone, is the best argument for satellites I have ever seen 😀

Watched this before, I get sweaty palms and a horrible sinking feeling just watching it!:o

On a side note my neighbour does this for a living here in the UK.

I have just found a new found respect for the guy.

Strange thing is while talking to him I found out he doesnt actually like heights either. He says it became part of his job at some point and he just got on with it.

If my boss told me to climb that tower and fix it then shown below is my reply.

******************************************************************************** no ********************************************************************* off ********************************************************************** snowballs chance in ************************************************************************* you total ***********************************

I think I just sent the swear box crazy. 😀

Sorry guys but it would be a couple of C4 packs and the tower coming to me for that kinda repair if I was doing it. 😮

I could probably get up so far but at that point I would be jelly enough.

I have a deep set fear of heights and it just gets worse over the years.

I dont mind telling you that I did not like it one little bit standing on the tower in the pleasure beach in Blackpool waiting to get on the Revolution. I dont do heights. This video made me feel very odd indeed even though my feet were firmly on the ground.

Reminds me of a U2 song “Vertigo”

I will fly and do now and again. I love the take off and love landing. I hate cruising at height. Its boring and I feel uneasy. But I do suck it in and get on with it.

But when I was 16 and in the RCT we were all going to go on the parachute course. Because all of us hoped to get on the air despatch course. How does that work. 🙂

Yeeeaaaahhhhh…..would NOT catch me doing that, or the linked video, or that video of the crazy Russian kids up some massively tall structure, walking out onto cantilever beams.

I’ve done a couple of bungees, a 15,000 skydive and will go on any rollercoaster/thrill ride….but doing anything like that where you have no harness/parachute would turn me right off the idea.

Anyone seen the film Man On Wire? Very interesting film but again, no.

Tornado, I heard a couple of months ago that once you are above X amount of feet/meters, the human brain can’t comprehend heights properly any more. Which is why some people (myself included) find bungee jumping much scarier than skydiving – because with skydiving you are so high up, the brain doesn’t register the same fear. Still, of course, some people have a genuine fear of heights that overrides that.

back up again, saw it a while ago and then it was taken down, just watching the last bit is hard enough but strangely being in a hot air balloon doesn’t worry me at all

it is indeed a strange known psychological thing ( acrophobia , correct name for fear og heights )

only effect you if it is something attatched to the ground

most can go up in an aircraft without even twitching !!

as for the mast ?? you wouldn’t get me up the first ten feet !!

Money Jim.

Two blokes with some climbing gear and a vehicle compared to a helicopter which is capable of winching, at least two and possibly three crew on the helicopter, fuel etc. And I expect there might be other problems in using a helicopter such as controlling the helicopter to winch onto such a small target and perhaps oscillation of the guy being winched down? We’ve all seen how difficult it is for someone to be winched down onto the deck of a vessel or a cliff face, let alone onto something that looks no more than 18 inches across.

Regards,

kev35

Why pay for a heli when you’ve got a couple of madmen to climb up the mast??

I saw the film a few months a go and passed it around a few friends none of whom would do it for ANY money! Extreme rockface climbing falls into the same category and it’s the relaxed ease that these blokes go about their business that impresses me. For them it’s just a job, I suppose.

Just cannot grasp the fact as to why they cannot Helio the Techie in, lower him onto the mast, and he then tethers himself to the structure,
There again, thats too easy?.
Jim

Lincoln .7

I found that theraputic and relaxing.