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 Ben
  
Noble Donor
Location: Mojave Desert
Gender: Male
 |  |  | Crane Climbing
< on 12/6/2003 3:34 AM >
|  | | | So, who has done it? Tips? Is there really any good way to minimise the chance of someone spotting you on the way up?
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stealthy
You got a problem bro?
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 1 on 12/6/2003 9:59 AM >
| | | | I have thought of crane-climbing before, but have never done it. There is a crane company over here -- Marino Crane -- they have these BIG cranes that go up about a few hundred or so feet in the air. This guy, Marino, builds his own cranes and then sells them at a later date [they go for about 5-10 million each]. The latest one he built got shipped off to somewhere in Ohio. It weighed several hundred [or thousand, I forget which] tons. The cab itself had a kitchen and a bedroom, for what I don't know. As for not getting spotted, do it at night, when not to many lights are on.
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Mark
   
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 2 on 12/6/2003 10:50 AM >
| | | | I have done it a few times. I like radio towers more though. The only thing I can say is climb inside if you possible can, It will reduceyour visibility. Make sure you cover your body completely. Try to go on a night with no moon or better clouds. If there are lights around that light it up even a bit someone will probably see you.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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DarkTreader
Gender: Male
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 3 on 12/7/2003 5:37 AM >
|  | | | Another good tip about crane climbing is to, of course, check it out first... and see if the light from the surroundings will blind anyone as to your location. Sometimes those lights, which kill us on the ground, are rather helpful when in the air.
Also, something that a friend of mine does here - adds a bit of time to the trip, but it boosts the chances that you're not gonna die - get d-clips and steel cable, and whip the cable around a bar every few feet or so, and clip yourself to it (unclipping yourself from the last oen and pulling the cable in as you do so, of course). That way, if something happens and you should slip, you're only slipping about 6 or 8 feet, tops.
footsteps light, flashlights bright
-~ DT
Losers go home... winners go home and fuck the prom queen |
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-=Kid-Sparkle=-
Location: -=HERE=-
Gender: Male
-=8=-
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 4 on 12/7/2003 6:26 PM >
| | | | That sounds like a very good way to prevent a nasty fall, but I will still assume if you fall then your heart will get beating fast  I'd be careful of wet cranes though. I have never climbed one but if the paint is the same stuff they use on bobcat's..it will get slick.
"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy."
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Ben
Noble Donor
Location: Mojave Desert
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 5 on 12/7/2003 6:44 PM >
| | | | I'm specifically thinking of the T-shaped semipermanent cranes they put up when they're building a building. The type with an operator room on the top, so they have ladders meant to be climbed twice a day.
I'm not yet confidant enough in my climbing abilities to freeclimb a normal crane. Plus, they're not usually as tall, so less fun.
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stealthy
You got a problem bro?
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 6 on 12/7/2003 11:27 PM >
| | | | Posted by Ben
I'm specifically thinking of the T-shaped semipermanent cranes they put up when they're building a building. The type with an operator room on the top, so they have ladders meant to be climbed twice a day.
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Isn't that a gantry crane?
[EDIT: No, No it isn't. A gantry crane is an upside down "U" shape. Used for making large boats, like aircraft carriers.]
[last edit 12/7/2003 11:33 PM by stealthy - edited 1 times]
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 7 on 12/8/2003 12:57 AM >
| | | | Just to clear things up...
Gantry crane (often installed indoors on rails running the length of a hanger or warehouse):
Tower crane (variable height using modular pieces):
Stereotypical crane (what's the proper term for this? It telescopes.)
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
"If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." |
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Jester
Location: Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| |  | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 8 on 12/8/2003 1:02 AM >
|  | | | Also not to be confused with these...
Which are not meant to be climbed...
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. |
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Ben
Noble Donor
Location: Mojave Desert
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 9 on 12/8/2003 1:47 AM >
| | | | Posted by Krazy
Stereotypical crane (what's the proper term for this? It telescopes.) |
Apparently it's called a mobile telescopic crane. The other common kind in construction sites is the boom crane.
Posted by Jester
Also not to be confused with these...
Which are not meant to be climbed... |
No, but they're quite good with bald eagle gravy.
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Mark
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 10 on 12/8/2003 11:00 PM >
| | | | Next time the mods pull a post for being off topic remeber this crap stuff.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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31337
Location: Earth
Damn it's cold.. ok no really.. Tunnels directions at this point would make me really really happy.
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 11 on 12/9/2003 12:13 AM >
| | | | I know this is a pointless question, but why would you want to climb it.. I mean if you Do, bring a safty harness and make sure you Don't track mud on the ladder on the way up as coming down you might slip thinking it wasn't there on the way up not seeing any..
On not being seen wouldn't just wearing clothing the same color and stuff as the crane itself make you invisble.. I mean unless people are staring right at it while you are doing this they won't notice you out of the corner of your eye if you blend well.. <no flashlights..> only the movement of your actions will give you away..
but then it might be locked.. you might be seen <where the hell are you going to run> you might fall.. <ahhhhhhhhh.. ahhhhhh.. ahh/*thud/> I mean honestly if were cornered on a crane and you were adventurous you could just start it up, lower the hook to some place that would take some time for the pursurers to reach and <!> Climb down the wire.. like 50 feet.. dodging bullets.. really, really high up.. hahaha someone once said to me "let's go hotbox the crane" hahah.. sure.. there an airforce i know of around here.. lets do E's and A's and hi-jack a F19 while we are it..
wheeeeee... yyaayyyy... ZZOOOOOooooommmmm.... I'm sure trails at mach 2 would look really neat actually.. I mean really man.. really.. did i ever tell you your great man.. <sik>
<g>
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I've got a job, I explore, I follow every little whiff, I've worked my life to smell like this. To find a place, An Ancient Race, The kind youd like to gamble with, well it's never burning bags of S**t, Looking for a place to happen, Making Stops along the way Tragically Hip - looking for a place to happen |
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Noah Vale
Location: Portland, Or
It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay
| | | | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 12 on 12/9/2003 12:34 AM >
| | | | Posted by 31337
I know this is a pointless question, but why would you want to climb it.. I mean if you Do, bring a safty harness and make sure you Don't track mud on the ladder on the way up as coming down you might slip thinking it wasn't there on the way up not seeing any..
On not being seen wouldn't just wearing clothing the same color and stuff as the crane itself make you invisble.. I mean unless people are staring right at it while you are doing this they won't notice you out of the corner of your eye if you blend well.. <no flashlights..> only the movement of your actions will give you away..
but then it might be locked.. you might be seen <where the hell are you going to run> you might fall.. <ahhhhhhhhh.. ahhhhhh.. ahh/*thud/> I mean honestly if were cornered on a crane and you were adventurous you could just start it up, lower the hook to some place that would take some time for the pursurers to reach and <!> Climb down the wire.. like 50 feet.. dodging bullets.. really, really high up.. hahaha someone once said to me "let's go hotbox the crane" hahah.. sure.. there an airforce i know of around here.. lets do E's and A's and hi-jack a F19 while we are it..
wheeeeee... yyaayyyy... ZZOOOOOooooommmmm.... I'm sure trails at mach 2 would look really neat actually.. I mean really man.. really.. did i ever tell you your great man.. <sik>
<g>
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That has to be the most incoherant posts I've ever read.
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"Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. |
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Asylunt
Location: MPLS
Gender: Male
The Friendly Beer!
| | | | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 13 on 12/9/2003 12:35 AM >
| | | | WTF was that?
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain |
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 14 on 12/9/2003 1:23 AM >
| | | | Smoking weed and posting on a forum makes you look stupid. Smoking weed just makes you stupid. Got that, stupid (3133t)?
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
"If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." |
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Macsbug
Noble Donor
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Male
Safety First!
| | | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 15 on 12/9/2003 4:14 AM >
| | | | Posted by 31337
I know this is a pointless question, but why would you want to climb it..
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I didnt understand the rest of what you said, spell check will not help you, try english-check...
Why wouldnt you want too? Havent you ever been atop something really high, a rooftop, bridge, etc.? I would think so, becouse it seems like you are high as hell right now.
I love the feeling of being atop a building, just looking around below you, and having a view that you dont get to see every day, it is so calming, and good for my karma...
"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." |
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-=Kid-Sparkle=-
Location: -=HERE=-
Gender: Male
-=8=-
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 16 on 12/13/2003 12:42 AM >
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LMAO! This is one of the funniest posts I have read. What a weirdo 
You get a completley differnt perspective of stuff when your on top of it, compared to being inside of it or below it. It deals with beign where you do not belong...
"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy."
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Locksmith
Got tired of trying to be part of this clique...
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 17 on 12/13/2003 1:53 PM >
| | | | Laughing, I nearly woke up my roomates.... the crane NOT meant for climbing (or InFiLtRaTiNg for that matter!) I really got a kick out of that. I suppose that is why you are called the Jester, eh?
Oh, $#!% the sun is coming up! Time to retret to my lofted chambers.
Blah,
Locksmith the Impaler
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spikeraus
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 18 on 12/19/2003 2:22 AM >
| | | | Although I love heights and climibing.. I dont think that looks very safe  ...
Gust of wind... 50 ft of ground.... nuh uh...
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Curious_George
Location: Cambridge
Gender: Male
Straight outta New Bedlam
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 19 on 12/19/2003 11:16 PM >
| | | | I've climbed a crane before as shown in this mission:
http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=20155
Its like climbing anything, use the two contact rule and make sure that whatever your climbing is rusted through or will collapse under your weight.
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