You couldn't pay me a million dollors to do this once! EVER!

[Flateric]

OVER 1700 foot free climb to the top with nothing around you at all to feel "grounded" to.

Who the hell could do this, try and tell me that just watching this didn't give you a very nervous feeling! Would you, could you, do this for any amount of money? How much money this guy has to be paid. And the physical condition of these guys must be godly.

I have no fear of heights....but I could never imagine doing this for anything.

55 Mile visibility from the top!!!

Then you gotta climb all the way down again!

[video=youtube;uhtgsAXmz7U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtgsAXmz7U[/video]

 

[gurley0916]

That was intense to just watch!! It would suck if it was windy

 

[fixitman04]

id do it, but then again i do maintenance on cranes and such for a living. climbing 160ft on a ladder isnt that bad if you do it often enough. i do 300-400ft regularly. i would never do it without a tether though. at 1700ft i dont know why they dont use a sap(self actuated parachute) system.

 

[dsm_tuner260]

it would be one hell of a base jump spot just scary on the way up to that spot. but as a job hell no

 

[Flateric]

I honestly speculate what this guy makes for a living? It's gotta be high or he is a total fool because I know there won't be a big line of people willing to do it if he doesn't.

 

[SupraRon]

That is pretty damn scary. I could never do it, safety harness or not. Gotta wonder how this not a workplace safety concern. Yikes!

 

[whitemike]

I pee'd ..

 

[iwannadie]

I think someone should have planned that tower out better and gave them some way to stay safety tethered the whole way.

 

[OfnaRcR4]

For a million dollars... yeah i'd probably do it but i'd be moving a lot slower haha.

 

[GrimJack]

Hell, I'd do that for free. Looks like a blast! Worst case, you slip and fall... and at that height, you've got a long time to think about your screwup on the way down.

 

[Fuzz420]

That was intense

 

[Supracentral]

Hell, I'd do that for free. Looks like a blast! Worst case, you slip and fall... and at that height, you've got a long time to think about your screwup on the way down.

You could not get me up there. If you did, I'd drop dead from a heart attack 1/2 way up.

<--- Does not like heights.

 

[Poodles]

The vast majority of the clime in inside the tower, only the top is "free climbing." I dunno, I'd do it for a million bucks easily.

 

[flight doc89]

Did anybody listen to the video? Go to 00:58.

It all starts with an elevator ride to about 1600 feet

So, actually, it's about a 100 ft climb. Don't get me wrong, those guys are pretty badass, but keep it in perspective.

 

[Supracentral]

keep it in perspective.

My perspective will be stationary. 100% on the ground.

 

[Poodles]

They're not considered "free standing" because of the guide wires, but they are the tallest manmade structures on earth. It all depends on the weather personally, if that fucker is rocking back and forth I'd freak out a bit...

 

[upgradedsupra]

Hell, I'd do that for free. Looks like a blast! Worst case, you slip and fall... and at that height, you've got a long time to think about your screwup on the way down.

lol

They could have a parachute if anything for safety.

and this.

Did anybody listen to the video? Go to 00:58.

So, actually, it's about a 100 ft climb. Don't get me wrong, those guys are pretty badass, but keep it in perspective.

Agreed. I would do it without hesitation.

Duane

 

[A. Jay]

You could not get me up there. If you did, I'd drop dead from a heart attack 1/2 way up.

<--- Does not like heights.

Same here, I wouldn't be able to do anything with the money dead.

 

[Flateric]

Another thought.....Why don't they get air lifted to the top by helicopter? Although the transfer from chopper to antenna would still be a bit to intense for me.

 

[Supracentral]

Another thought.....Why don't they get air lifted to the top by helicopter? Although the transfer from chopper to antenna would still be a bit to intense for me.

Movie crap notwithstanding, transferring someone by cable from a helicopter is a very dangerous move. Anyone who has sat at the controls of a fling wing (I have) will tell you, holding position is not as easy as it looks. It's a workout. Anytime you make a directional change on the collective, you get lift. You wouldn't believe how hard it is. You've also got to deal with static charge from the rotor blades. It's just plain old dangerous and unsafe.

(And yes, I'm terrified of heights, but flying doesn't phase me in the least, not even in a biplane.)