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< on 12/2/2004 12:37 AM >
|  | | | So... who's done it? Along with Drie and Noah, I recently climbed a tower crane in an undisclosed location -- was quite exhilarating. I recommend only doing it in very dark and relatively secluded locales though, and at night, as otherwise the probability of being caught is fairly high.
Anyway, share your experiences!
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kowalski
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<Reply # 1 on 12/2/2004 1:58 AM >
|  | | | I have, on a busy campus at night. It was incredible, and I had no problems doing it.
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Decoy
 
Location: Leslieville
Gender: Male
Oh I have slipped the bonds of earth...
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<Reply # 2 on 12/2/2004 2:00 AM >
| | | | You Too Kowalski? W or E?
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pitty
To be lookin' at the board, not lookin' at the city. |
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Servo
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 3 on 12/2/2004 2:05 AM >
| | | | Posted by kowalski
I have, on a busy campus at night. It was incredible, and I had no problems doing it.
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Really? Yeah I remember seeing that picture of you on one. Was it just a case of the "people don't look up" principle? I guess I'm so used to looking at stuff like that, I don't even think of people NOT seeing you because they just aren't observant.
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The Hitman's Daughter
Account Closed
Location: ottawa, canada
Gender: Female
hot pavement.
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<Reply # 4 on 12/2/2004 2:53 AM >
| | | | a few times, i can't remember though because it was a long time ago. there was lots of construction equipment near my parents house when my brother and i were growing up. We climbed on and played in all sorts of weird things.
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From now on and until the end of time, "Hip To Be Square" will conjure images of bloody bodies being hacked apart with axes.
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kowalski
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 5 on 12/2/2004 8:10 PM >
| | | | Posted by Decoy
You Too Kowalski? W or E?
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Heh, the taller one at E.
Posted by Servo
Really? Yeah I remember seeing that picture of you on one. Was it just a case of the "people don't look up" principle? I guess I'm so used to looking at stuff like that, I don't even think of people NOT seeing you because they just aren't observant. |
Basically. And even if they do look up, as long as you don't do anything flagrantly attention-getting, no one is going to notice you climbing inside the frame because they're not actually looking for you. They might just look at the crane for a second, and then go back to whatever. If you're wearing dark clothing, the exterior frame will probably be brighter than you, and that is basically all they'll see.
This is not to say no one ever gets caught climbing cranes. I'm pretty sure I've read several times on here or in infiltration of people getting caught doing it. But they never struck me as particularly cautious people - it always sounded like a drunken exploit gone wrong. I'm cautious to the extent that I'll stop and stay low on a platform anytime a security or police vehicle is in sight, even though that level of caution in itself is probably unnecessary.
[last edit 12/2/2004 8:13 PM by kowalski - edited 2 times]
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Crossfire
Location: Kay-Dub
Gender: Male
Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.
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<Reply # 6 on 12/2/2004 8:51 PM >
| | | | I climbed a crane about six years ago in Mississauga, at a work site just west of Higway 10 on Dundas. It was about eight stories, if I remember correctly. Myself and a friend took our slingshots with us, and some glow-in-the-dark shot that he had, just to see how far we could fire those things from such a height. I shot far, I'm guessing with the extra height I must have fired that shot about 600 yards, but my friend Chris easily fired his about 800 yards. Hey, what can I say, it was stupid, but we had fun.
C.
Disgruntled. |
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Decoy
Location: Leslieville
Gender: Male
Oh I have slipped the bonds of earth...
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<Reply # 7 on 12/3/2004 12:50 AM >
| | | | Hee hee. You can see my crane in your picture!
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pitty
To be lookin' at the board, not lookin' at the city. |
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Gunslinger
 
Location: The Wasteland "Peel Region"
Gender: Male
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 8 on 12/3/2004 1:26 AM >
| | | | im all about climbing tall stuff, so yes. theres always construction going on somewhere in toronto
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Decoy
Location: Leslieville
Gender: Male
Oh I have slipped the bonds of earth...
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<Reply # 9 on 12/3/2004 3:33 AM >
| | | | who's up for a group climb @ york u? three climbers, three towers close together, three cameras with telephoto lenses. We take pictures of each other! No? Damn.
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pitty
To be lookin' at the board, not lookin' at the city. |
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Chronic
Very Noble Donor
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
Architecture has only two enemies. Water and stupid men.
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 10 on 12/3/2004 3:51 AM >
| | | | Have harness, will travel...just need PCL employee ID tag!!!
01:14:16] <Chronic> Conrad...ya gotta go....
[01:14:30] <nightbird> yes Mr. Black, life is funnier than a pocket full of stocks! And...Tim has legal friends in Chicago...we'll get thru this!!! |
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kowalski
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<Reply # 11 on 12/3/2004 3:52 AM >
| | | | hah. I unfortunately don't own a telephoto lens. unless you have an extra one with an EF-mount, the exercise is going to be less than multi-directional.
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Yaweh Qanna
Location: Burnaby BC
Gender: Male
toxic groove
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<Reply # 12 on 12/4/2004 12:31 AM >
| | | | crane climbing is the shit man!
i used to live in a high construction area downtown Calgary. i think the tallest crane i managed to get up was about 19 floors (i'll check my source later on that). the view was amazing. unfortunately i didn't have any mode of photographic documenting at that point.
live forever or die trying |
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Servo
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<Reply # 13 on 12/4/2004 1:25 AM >
| | | | Yeah, the one we were on, we compared to a nearby building and found we were 20+ stories up. I can't believe I even managed to get up the thing, but wow, that was an incredible view. I don't know if they build free-standing skycranes/tower cranes much taller.
One thing I wondered while up there... the poor guy that works that thing has to climb down and back up every time he wants to go to the bathroom. Unless you pop a squat off the side. 
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Fubster
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Gender: Male
Though highly intelligent, guide dogs cannot interpret street signs.
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<Reply # 14 on 12/4/2004 2:33 AM >
| | | | I think the term to use in polite company is "pork a fritter".
Anyway, I have never been crane climbing myself. Primarily because I don't have a harness. I do enjoy climbing things, and have free-climbed up the side of a 5-story scaffold. That was a blast!
Sometimes, you need to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who it is you're talking to. Then, on your way out, slam the door. |
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Servo
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<Reply # 15 on 12/4/2004 3:40 AM >
| | | | Well, I don't think you'd need a harness for tower cranes. The most common variety have staggered, caged ladders that break every 15 feet or so, and platforms along with them. So you climb up a level, walk around to the next ladder, climb up another... etc. This is a consequence of how they're put up (in sections) and also that climbing a 20-story straight-up ladder would be a bitch.
Now if you tried to climb a breakneck crane or a standard boom crane... that would kinda suck without gear, yeah. Although I know one crazy poon around here who's done it... 
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Drie
Rat-Hole Chic
Location: Hudson Valley NY
Gender: Female
bringing it back.
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<Reply # 16 on 12/4/2004 4:20 AM >
| | | | "My ass on this metal? I'd do it if it were summer!"
Drie - www.synestheticlight.com
"In the absence of the living, there still exists a life." |
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Servo
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 17 on 12/4/2004 4:50 AM >
| | | | Posted by Drie
"My ass on this metal? I'd do it if it were summer!"
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Aaaaaaahhhh favorite quote! I forgot this one!
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Yaweh Qanna
Location: Burnaby BC
Gender: Male
toxic groove
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<Reply # 18 on 12/4/2004 7:04 AM >
| | | | out of sheer curiosity, what is the record for most floors climbed on a crane by an Explorer (and if there is UE awards, this should be one of them...)??
turns out that the one crane i was climbing (mentioned in previous post) ended up being 30 residential floors.
live forever or die trying |
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Chronic
Very Noble Donor
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
Architecture has only two enemies. Water and stupid men.
| | Re: Crane Climbing
<Reply # 19 on 12/4/2004 10:16 AM >
| | | | Typical cell tower is 200, 300 or 400 feet.
Done them all....ho...hum...yawn!
01:14:16] <Chronic> Conrad...ya gotta go....
[01:14:30] <nightbird> yes Mr. Black, life is funnier than a pocket full of stocks! And...Tim has legal friends in Chicago...we'll get thru this!!! |
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