http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I

"man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.

Makes me queasy just watching it.

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ogden

gsxr1000 - the gentleman's sports-tourer
ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

ogden wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
>
> "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.
>
> Makes me queasy just watching it.

It's the way he lets go with both hands at the top to attach his safety line
that had me breaking out in a sweat. Do they have parachutes?

Tim

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>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
>
> "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.
>
> Makes me queasy just watching it.

Bizarre, my palms are sweating just watching it - I am obviously a
complete whimp.

--
jeremy
K1200S

ogden wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
>
> "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.
>
> Makes me queasy just watching it.

Certainly made my hands tingle.

Having just slipped down my home-made extension ladder (short ladder
lashed to the top of a longer ladder) for a rest from Leylandii
lopping, I was so grateful for that oggers. Sort of puts things in
perspective.

Right, where's that chainsaw?

--
SIRPip : B12

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I

> "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.

Just when you think he's at the top - there's more!

--
Kev

On 15/09/2010 14:07, SIRPip wrote:
> Having just slipped down my home-made extension ladder (short ladder
> lashed to the top of a longer ladder) for a rest from Leylandii
> lopping, I was so grateful for that oggers. Sort of puts things in
> perspective.
>
> Right, where's that chainsaw?

Perversely enough, when you're climbing with ropes it's the bits where
the normal person would think the most dangerous that are safest - if
you're clipped in and climbing something overhangy the rope will save
you and you will swing away from all the hard stuff.

But if you're faffing around at 4ft off the ground on something that
slopes nicely away from you, and you slip, you will scrape yourself down
everything in sight and then probably twist your ankle.

Jim wrote:
> On 15/09/2010 14:07, SIRPip wrote:
> > Having just slipped down my home-made extension ladder (short ladder
> > lashed to the top of a longer ladder) for a rest from Leylandii
> > lopping, I was so grateful for that oggers. Sort of puts things in
> > perspective.
> >
> > Right, where's that chainsaw?
>
> Perversely enough, when you're climbing with ropes it's the bits where
> the normal person would think the most dangerous that are safest - if
> you're clipped in and climbing something overhangy the rope will save
> you and you will swing away from all the hard stuff.
>
> But if you're faffing around at 4ft off the ground on something that
> slopes nicely away from you, and you slip, you will scrape yourself down
> everything in sight and then probably twist your ankle.

Not so much use when you're 1700ft off the ground and haven't got a rope
though.

--
ogden

gsxr1000 - the gentleman's sports-tourer
ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

Kevin Stone wrote:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
>
> > "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.
>
> Just when you think he's at the top - there's more!

I know! It's like being a builder in Dubai!

--
ogden

gsxr1000 - the gentleman's sports-tourer
ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

On 15/09/2010 15:23, ogden wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> Perversely enough, when you're climbing with ropes it's the bits where
>> the normal person would think the most dangerous that are safest - if
>> you're clipped in and climbing something overhangy the rope will save
>> you and you will swing away from all the hard stuff.
>>
>> But if you're faffing around at 4ft off the ground on something that
>> slopes nicely away from you, and you slip, you will scrape yourself down
>> everything in sight and then probably twist your ankle.
>
> Not so much use when you're 1700ft off the ground and haven't got a rope
> though.

Sure. But what I'm saying is that so long as he's clipped in he's
generally safer than if he were 4ft off the ground.

ogden wrote:

>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I
>
> "man climbs ladder higher than empire state building", or thereabouts.
>
> Makes me queasy just watching it.

"pass the pliers"

"thought you had 'em . . ."

Whatever they're paid, I couldn't do it.

--
Buzby
"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot"