World's scariest job

[Sherlockian]

Originally Posted by edmorel

I feel bad for that guy's wife. You know when he comes down from one of those jobs and gets home, there is no "headache", "time of the month", "no, not the back door" excuse for the poor girl. he probably rails into her with a force and desire that we could never know. She probably craps her pants without even knowing something came out.

And +1 to the incredulity at the "safety" helmets. About as much use as taking a water pistol into a tank battle. I like how that little bit of legislation gets observed whilst the obvious lack of any meaningful measures gets overlooked. I suppose the risk of getting clunked with the tool bag is the reasoning behind this.

 

[Da Luis Vuitton Don]

 

[otc]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

How the hell did they receive approval for a design without a safety device that you can attach to and not have to clip-unclip-clip as you go? That would have been, like, one more rod with some rungs and a clip/harness contraption.

Yeah...some sort of rod where you have to reclip only every 10 ft or so...parts of the climb already looked like they had something you could clip to.

The video mentions that OSHA doesn't require them to clip in...but I bet it requires employers not fire anyone who would prefer to go a hair slower and clip/unclip.

 

[robbz9206]

****, going down would be hard too!

 

[Allen]

I am scared of heights so... yeah, it spooks me out.

 

[stewartu]

Serious pucker factor.

That is seriously unsafe, but I guess someone has to change the lightbulb at the top.

 

[thekunk07]

got chills, i am a *****

 

[Omega Man]

Ok, let's see him coming down!

 

[burningbright]

Originally Posted by Omega Man

Ok, let's see him coming down!

I'm not gonna lie and say that this is a scary climb, but yeah, climbing up always seems easier than climbing down. Remember climbing trees as a kid and once you got up as high as you could go, you'd look down and that sinking feeling would appear that said, "OK, now how are you gonna get back down, dipshit?"

 

[Gus]

My legs started to tingle while watching this.

 

[guitarpkr76]

Scary stuff. I work in communications so I work with and know a few tower climbers. They get paid decent money. Some get paid by the foot. If that guy is getting paid by the foot he is making some serious dough. I climbed a 50ft silo today and that was high enough for me.

 

[Dedalus]

Originally Posted by otc

Yeah...some sort of rod where you have to reclip only every 10 ft or so...parts of the climb already looked like they had something you could clip to.

The video mentions that OSHA doesn't require them to clip in...but I bet it requires employers not fire anyone who would prefer to go a hair slower and clip/unclip.

Hell, it wouldn't be hard to design something that does the clipping for them, like those latches on extendable ladders. This is so

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Curious as to what these guys get paid?

No amount of money would be enough for me, but just curious.

 

[Listi]

Originally Posted by Omega Man

Ok, let's see him coming down!

They should build a gigantic fire pole that they can slide down beside it! wee how much fun as your groin and hands catch fire while traveling at terminal velocity

 

[Pantisocrat]

Why can't they just helicopt the guy up and he can parachute back down when he's done. So he gets paid 4 hours just to climb? That's not economically sound.