[SixClub] Tower Climbing Video

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 9/15/2010 6:26 PM, KA2AEV at aol.com wrote:
> Okay for those of you who think you have balls,
> Check this out
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> _http://gizmodo.com/5638576/helmet-cam-footage-shows-what-its-like-to-repair
> -a-broadcast-tower_
> (http://gizmodo.com/5638576/helmet-cam-footage-shows-what-its-like-to-repair-a-broadcast-tower)

I'm too old for that now, but I have a problem with the people who say 
it made them sick, or scared just watching it.
I can understand the vertigo bit as that is due to a conflict between 
your vision and sense of balance, although it didn't bother me.
I've had vertigo flying in a bad storm. (Now that was a treat). I just 
can't identify with what ever happens to someone in a video.

OTOH when climbing it makes little difference if you are climbing 60 
feet, 200 feet, or 1700 feet...except psychologically. OTOH the hardest 
climb I ever had was getting a guy down from a tower who found out he 
was not suited for climbing (after he made it part way up). I had to 
climb up, move a hand, climb down, move a foot, climb back up move the 
other hand, climb back down and move the other foot, then repeat ad 
ennauseum (sp?) for far longer than I cared (bout an hour) and he wasn't 
all that high.  However it was a relief that he hadn't made it to the 
top before he looked down. <:-))

BTW, I was in town when they called me on the 2-meter repeater.  I had 
to go home, get my gear, and then drive about 50 miles to the tower.  
It's a wonder his fingers hadn't grown to the tower.  It's not a large 
tower, only about 250' tall and 2' across each of the 4 faces. (square 
tower)

73

Roger (K8RI)


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