Your job tough?

[Lozza]

No it isn't your a milksop nancy boy when THIS is your office.

These blokes earn every cent. Try not to look away for 7min

[brent j]

That is insane!

Our guys climb transmission towers but with a fixed safety cable and a one way latch set up that slides up with them. Mind you once you get past 60 or so feet you're not going to survive a fall so 1600 ft doesn't matter eh?

[monaro308]

Please don't tell me they are up there to get a better SBS picture 
F' ING NUTS!

[TT]

I love how they wear helmets as if that would save you if you fell off that thing!  

I've spent a fair bit of time shooting out of helicopters and planes with the door off and held in by a harness and I'm totally comfortable with that, but get me on top of any structure that attached to the ground and I'm crapping myself.  
That was creepy to watch for me.  

[frostype400]

Same as you Tony I am fine until I am over two stories up fine in a plane but not on tall buildings.

Maybe becuase I know I am an accident prone bugger who is likely to stumble off the edge.

[DJRacing]

What gets me is how fit and strong they are to be even able to climb that bloody high. I'm stuffed at 20metres carrying a 20litre bucket of paint. Why the hell didnt a chopper just lower them down.

[Nathan S]

2:12 - climbing the tower with an Imperial Storm Trooper FTW!

I used to do a bit of this in my old job (not to that sort of height, obviously!). I'm not great with heights but you rationalise it and you place faith in the safety gear - then the terror disappears and you can enjoy it.

[LWC82PE]

No safety line

Probably costs too much to fuel up a chopper and lower them down to the tower

[TT]

but you rationalise it and you place faith in the safety gear - then the terror disappears and you can enjoy it.

That sounds like the first time I had sex.................. 

[Mick22]

Why the hell didnt a chopper just lower them down.

I used to work on towers out of helicopters, it was mega fun, and its very weather (wind) critical. There has to be almost no wind to drop guys on towers at 100ft, It would be really hard if not impossible to get the right conditions at 1600ft. The other thing is that tower is probably swaying 10 meters or so at the top.

But anyway you look at it those guys are nuts

[Canam370]

I reckon I nearly fell out of my chair every time he unhooked his safety and looked down! I hate heights....cringe /squirm rating a max at both hands over eyes!

[fatboyracing]

Many Many years ago about 20 years ago I climbed about 3/4 the way up the antenna tower on top of Mt Wellington in Hobart to look at painting the tower. Im not generally scared of heights but shit when we got 3/4 of the way up after about 30 minutes climbing I was buggered and scared shitless the tower was swaying about 3 metres it was not for me they had to get some riggers from Sydney to do it.

Cheers
Fatboy

[Lozza]

A mate is a Telstra radio lineman, the final part of the job interview was to report to Bondi Junction tower. 100 applicants for 12 positions. When you got to the yard you we then asked to climb to the very top and report to the fellow up there. Half bailed there and then, it's about a 600ft tower. Once at the top you had to walk out a 100mm wide gantry(nothing below) and half bailed again at that,again once out at the edge you had to go a lap around the tower on the outside on a similar gantry, one fella froze out there and people had to prise his hands from the rail. Out of 100 applicants 10 people completed the interview 2 positions were not filled. Not a job for everyone

[Mike52]

My limit is about 32ft but I,ve got a mate who likes the real high stuff.
He,s a Nut job I rekon.

[pancho]

After the third rung on a ladder I leave my fingerprints in it.