[SixClub] Tower Climbing Video

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 9/15/2010 7:46 PM, Donald Dubuque W4DJD wrote:
> Video has been removed
Why'd they do that?

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Don Dubuque-W4DJD
> Admin for the following sites
> Six Club/Hamwave/10m/6m Club/Hamradiotube/W4DJD/Stavingeeks
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 19:18, Roger (K8RI)<50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> _
>> 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)
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> SixClub mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sixclub
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:SixClub at mailman.qth.net
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> SixClub mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sixclub
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:SixClub at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
> ______________________________________________________________
> SixClub mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sixclub
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:SixClub at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>