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1 2   UER Forum > Archived UE Main > You know, I never understood... (Viewed 684 times) Reciprocity Failure  Location: Santa Barbara/Chicago Gender: Male See you on the dark side of the Moon  |  |  You know, I never understood... < on 2/19/2008 9:44 AM >   ...you guys (and gals) who climb cell towers and cranes and such. Up until I climbed one, that is, at which point I realized how awesome it is. Probably wouldn't have decided to climb it if not for seeing stuff about it on here in the past. No pics, but it was pretty awesome. The tower was on top of a mountain overlooking the ocean on one side, and a valley with a lake on the other. The view was incredible. I'll sling my camera over my shoulder next time. Thanks for the inspiration to try that. "It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches, it only takes one match to burn a thousand trees." billowillo  Location: kearns,utah Gender: Male  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 1 on 2/19/2008 1:46 PM >   Ive never climbed anything really tall yet, but id love to sometime. Id imagine it would be amazing. Id love to see some pics if you get a chance. "im like one of those dudes u see on daytime television who takes off his pants and lights them on fire then sings a song bout his feelings."-FireJak of the tbs forums darth_operator  Location: armpit o' Texas Gender: Female I don't hate kids...just the tangy aftertaste.  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 2 on 2/19/2008 3:46 PM >   My ex climbed towers for a living: Gordon Bombay  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Gender: Male Queen City Disco  |  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 3 on 2/19/2008 3:54 PM >   I've always enjoyed the photographs crane climbers brought back, but in no way could I ever get over the fear of heights to do that. Much respect to those who do. www.queencitydisco.com CINCINNATI and other exploration PHOTOGRAPHY uLiveAndYouBurn  Location: Beyond Anarchocommunist  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 4 on 2/19/2008 5:08 PM >   Be careful on communication towers, you can get fried. Your camera can more easily get fried. Lots of frie-edge going on. "Aint nothin' to it but to do it" Ram23  Location: Cincinnati, OH and/or Queens, NY Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 5 on 2/19/2008 5:44 PM >   I love the crane shots. Nothing like being over top of a city skyline. I would love to try it but my fear of heights would probably kick in about 10 feet up. Although I keep telling myself I will do it someday, in an attempt to put an end to my fear. Cincinnati UE Photos: http://zfein.com/photography Wood Post  Location: Blacksburg Gender: Male  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 6 on 2/19/2008 7:42 PM >   For people who do climb tower and cranes and what not, do you use any kind of protection? I'm spinning counter-clockwise, each turn robs the planet of angular momentum, slowing its spin the tiniest bit, lengthening the night, pushing back the dawn, giving me a little more time here with you. MutantMandias  Perverse and Often Baffling Location: Atlanta, GA Gender: Male Are you a reporter? Contact me for a UE interview! Also not averse to the the idea of group/anal.  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 7 on 2/19/2008 7:45 PM >   Posted by Wood Post For people who do climb tower and cranes and what not, do you use any kind of protection? Coming from "Wood Post," this sounds perverted. mutantMandias may cause dizziness, sexual nightmares, and sleep crime. ++++ mutantMandias has to return some videotapes ++++ Do not taunt mutantMandias mutantMandias is something more than human, more than a computer. mutantMandias is a murderously intelligent, sensually self-programmed, non-being Origato   |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 8 on 2/19/2008 7:59 PM >   Posted by Wood Post For people who do climb tower and cranes and what not, do you use any kind of protection? Yes, I use Durex, "ribbed for her pleasure". But what does that have to do with tower climbing? I worked as a crane operator for a while, while the job lasted. Luckily the towers I climbed all had ladders. We didn't use harnesses and fall prevention because the ladders had cages and the longest drop was 4 metres. Anything over 4 metres reqired guy ropes. I could imagine though that yeah, if I was climbing something with no ladder or cage I'd want at least two fall protection cables and a harness. Caution! This user is a wise ass and may use sarcasm. Is my back pack good enough for UERing? Wood Post  Location: Blacksburg Gender: Male  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 9 on 2/19/2008 8:26 PM >   I just ask because your dealing with some serious heights. I know I can climb, I'm an avid rock climber and generally climb a lot of stuff. I have a great knowledge of theory and concept of balance and weight transfer and everything. But dealing with a crane could be playing with your life. I just want to hear from some people who do it. What are your methods? I'm spinning counter-clockwise, each turn robs the planet of angular momentum, slowing its spin the tiniest bit, lengthening the night, pushing back the dawn, giving me a little more time here with you. uair01  Location: Rotterdam.NL Gender: Male -=|x|=-  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 10 on 2/19/2008 8:36 PM >   Posted by Wood Post What are your methods? This kind of stuff works well for solo climbing: http://en.petzl.co...oduits?Produit=324 More examples here: http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post8 "Not to look behind a door is an insult to the door, and the reality it is hiding." Wood Post  Location: Blacksburg Gender: Male  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 11 on 2/19/2008 8:43 PM >   The second one was nice. Anyone do this personally? It looked like in the one picture he has the rope running right through the webbing. That doesn't seem like the brightest idea. Thats going to be some serious rope drag. I'm spinning counter-clockwise, each turn robs the planet of angular momentum, slowing its spin the tiniest bit, lengthening the night, pushing back the dawn, giving me a little more time here with you. Air  Location: Canada  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 12 on 2/19/2008 9:18 PM >   Posted by Wood Post For people who do climb tower and cranes and what not, do you use any kind of protection? Well cranes generally have the ladder inside, with platforms so its nowhere near as risky as climbing an open tower itself. Its completely different, I'd imagine that those who climb radio towers do use protection-- at least I hope they use a fall arrest system at least. "The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist uLiveAndYouBurn  Location: Beyond Anarchocommunist  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 13 on 2/19/2008 9:37 PM >   I have climbed several tall smokestacks and tv towers with no rope, no harness, no anything. the trick is to not fall. "Aint nothin' to it but to do it" Air  Location: Canada  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 14 on 2/19/2008 10:42 PM >   Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn I have climbed several tall smokestacks and tv towers with no rope, no harness, no anything. the trick is to not fall. While I don't doubt you, some people are incapable of recognizing their own limits. There is no room for second chances here. "The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist uLiveAndYouBurn  Location: Beyond Anarchocommunist  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 15 on 2/20/2008 12:04 AM >   actually the real trick is to stop and really think about every move you make, and also to have the muscular endurance necessary. And remember, getting down is 100000 times harder than going up. "Aint nothin' to it but to do it" Wilk  Location: NYC Gender: Male  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 16 on 2/20/2008 12:09 AM >   I love climbing tall stuff. No matter what it is. Most popular thing to climb east are silo's. Those things are everywhere! Ready for liftoff dsankt  Location: live and in the fresh  |  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 17 on 2/20/2008 8:44 AM >   Posted by Wood Post I just ask because your dealing with some serious heights. I know I can climb, I'm an avid rock climber and generally climb a lot of stuff. I have a great knowledge of theory and concept of balance and weight transfer and everything. But dealing with a crane could be playing with your life. I just want to hear from some people who do it. What are your methods? Every crane I've climbed has been made up of short modular blocks consisting of a ladder, a platform and obviously the exterior structure around it all. Each block is stacked alternate to the last, so the ladder isn't continuous from the bottom but rather switches sides every 3m right to the top. If you're not scared of heights and you can climb a 3m ladder over and over and over you can climb a crane. However, some cranes use various anti-climb measures (which may mean external climbing of the structure) and on about 50% of the ones I've done the hatch below the drivers cabin has been locked. That also requires a little external climbing, unfortunately right near the top of the whole thing. The real problems with cranes is that if you're spotted going up, game over. Unless you brought your trusty escape jetpack you ain't running anywhere! sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography uair01  Location: Rotterdam.NL Gender: Male -=|x|=-  |  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 18 on 2/20/2008 12:16 PM >   Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn actually the real trick is to stop and really think about every move you make, and also to have the muscular endurance necessary. I agree for 99,9%. For the other 0,1% I'll quote Pitt Schubert, the climbing security researcher, who says: "What happens if you get stung by a wasp?" BTW ... I don't do this stuff anymore. At 46 I had to promise my wife I wouldn't do any obviously dangerous things anymore. And I notice I get more risk-averse as I get older. I often think ... there are so many other exciting things to do (*) ... so why should I do THAT ONE thing that's particularly risky (#). Age sucks sometimes ... now I don't even dare to ride my longboard anymore since I seriously busted my knee ... I can't take that risk one more time ... (*) Like exploring in town's I've never been before, or hacking or trying to make a portable graffiti-projector (using light, not paint) that runs on my car battery. (#) Like climbing up rotten rusting ladders in an underground fortress in Luik. [last edit 2/20/2008 12:30 PM by uair01 - edited 1 times] "Not to look behind a door is an insult to the door, and the reality it is hiding." Wood Post  Location: Blacksburg Gender: Male  |  Re: You know, I never understood... <Reply # 19 on 2/20/2008 4:11 PM >   Posted by dsankt The real problems with cranes is that if you're spotted going up, game over. Unless you brought your trusty escape jetpack you ain't running anywhere! I suppose you get seen there isn't any running. What are the penalties for getting caught on something like this? I'm spinning counter-clockwise, each turn robs the planet of angular momentum, slowing its spin the tiniest bit, lengthening the night, pushing back the dawn, giving me a little more time here with you. UER Forum > Archived UE Main > You know, I never understood... (Viewed 684 times) 1 2   All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 187 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739715540 pages have been generated.