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 TicTac
Location: Philly
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 40 on 9/19/2010 1:53 PM >
|  | | | I like how they passed an electrical box, conveniently located 1000ft up 
Seriously though, I never knew being a badass was an engineering requirement
The Viaduct runs through the Callowhill Loft District, which is overrun with hipsters. This is just another one of those things a hipster would probably do.
-Byberian Fanman |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
    
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 41 on 9/19/2010 3:16 PM >
| | | | Got inspired and went out to climb a tower. Stayed 100 feet below the active transmitter so I topped out at around 900' on the 1041' tower.
[last edit 9/19/2010 9:15 PM by uLiveAndYouBurn - edited 2 times]
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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vov35
 
Location: Maryland
Gender: Male
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 42 on 9/19/2010 3:57 PM >
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Fucking awesome.
... I see a safety line!
"Only sheep need a shepherd." -- Voltaire |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 43 on 9/19/2010 4:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by vov35
I see a safety line!
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Thats just a tether for taking breaks. I've yet to come across a cable grab I can use for fall protection, and lobster clawing slows you down so much it does more harm than good.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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metalwitch40
 
Location: mass.
Gender: Female
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 44 on 9/19/2010 5:01 PM >
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WOW-you give new meaning to the word "fearless"!
The more things change, the more they stay the same |
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relik
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| |  | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 45 on 9/19/2010 5:40 PM >
| | | | i haven't done much climbing honestly. i have a fear of falling, not of heights, but falling. i would very much like to get over that.
[last edit 9/19/2010 6:05 PM by relik - edited 1 times]
"When it rains, just find bigger drains." |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 46 on 9/19/2010 5:45 PM >
| | | | Its really not that dangerous. I'd rather climb a tower than walk on rotten floorboards. As long as you don't overstep the limits of your muscular endurance, have a harness on at least for taking rests, and know what a radiating mast is and to avoid them its actually quite safe compared to other things we do.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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Shawn W.
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Optimistic Pessimist
| |  | | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 47 on 9/19/2010 5:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by relik
i haven't done much climbed honestly. i have a fear of falling, not of heights, but falling. i would very much like to get over that. |
Don't worry, after your first fall from a significant height, you won't be afraid of it anymore.
What is a rebel? A man who says no. - Albert Camus |
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relik
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| | | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 48 on 9/19/2010 6:06 PM >
| | | | haha, i'm sure. if i lived through it at least. i've done a bit of rock climbing, but never intense enough to need ropes. oh, and ladders. ;]
"When it rains, just find bigger drains." |
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LaughingMan
I go where others don't
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 49 on 9/19/2010 6:08 PM >
| | | | Now this is what I'm talking about. Awesome
Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
Got inspired and went out to climb a tower. Stayed 100 feet below the active transmitter so I topped out at around 900' on the 1041' tower.
Now this is what I'm talking about. Awesome |
[last edit 9/19/2010 6:09 PM by LaughingMan - edited 1 times]
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LiveAudio
Location: Greenville SC
Gender: Male
Along came a spider
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 50 on 9/20/2010 9:13 PM >
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i was expecting to see you before page 3. lol
Nice climb!
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 51 on 9/21/2010 12:39 AM >
| | | | Posted by LiveAudio
i was expecting to see you before page 3. lol
Nice climb!
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I took video up there also and posted it on page two  It took longer to edit the photos than to stitch the video together.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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Air
 
Location: Canada
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 52 on 9/21/2010 12:50 AM >
| | | | This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by TheOnLineEngineer.org.
Ulive : How long did that climb take you?
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 53 on 9/21/2010 1:25 AM >
| | | | round trip was about two hours I think. I took about 10 one minute breaks on the way up and two on the way down. Don't try and climb the high ones without a harness and tether to rest with. You'll climb too high, your arms will get too tired to even wrap around the ladder and you'll fall. Your muscles must get a break after a certain time. Even the best marathon runners have to take short breaks.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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LiveAudio
Location: Greenville SC
Gender: Male
Along came a spider
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 54 on 9/21/2010 1:37 AM >
| | | | Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
I took video up there also and posted it on page two It took longer to edit the photos than to stitch the video together.
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wow how did I miss that? oh well... :p
P.S. i have a personal hatred on on camera audio, unless the alternative wasn't synced to time code with the video (long story, it ends with me saying "I quit")
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Retro_Chick
Location: Denver-ish
Gender: Female
Serial Trespasser
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 55 on 9/21/2010 4:30 AM >
| | | | Here's another link to it just in case the other one that's currently working goes away: http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/09/15
Very intense indeed!
And a location has been reported: 29.574514,-95.493756
[last edit 9/21/2010 4:39 AM by Retro_Chick - edited 1 times]
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
~Ayn Rand |
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ElExplorador
Location: Somewhere along the ride to World's End, Argentina.
>> m o m e n t u m >>
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 56 on 9/21/2010 6:16 PM >
| | | | I expected to jadedly yawn, but this was fucking awesome! What a buzz...
Pretty badass to do the whole thing without an elevator to take you up at first Ulive. I'm impressed.
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xGROMx
Location: OBX, NC
Gender: Male
| |  | | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 57 on 9/23/2010 8:03 PM >
| | | | Yeah, I just got a message from a friend saying "check this out!". It was this video and he isn't attached to this site at all. Its been named something different and has had 6003k views now. HOLLY VIRAL
I used to do water tower work, they average 150' tall.
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
| | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 58 on 9/23/2010 8:37 PM >
| | | | You don't use this kind of safety harness attachment in the States?
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badgerbadger
Location: Rhode Island
Gender: Male
Hey look, a ______! I wanna climb it!
| | | Re: up in the clouds
<Reply # 59 on 9/23/2010 8:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by Tupsumato
You don't use this kind of safety harness attachment in the States?
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I've never seen it in NC or the RI area. May be used, but haven't come across it yet.
Is it just a friction catch/rail to catch you if you fall and keep you from falling out?
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