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Title: Would You?
Post by: zorgon on January 26, 2014, 04:53:52 AM
Would You?

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Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: rdunk on January 26, 2014, 06:50:59 AM
NO! Not for any reason nor for any amount of money!

And likely would not be there even to take the pic!!
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: A51Watcher on January 26, 2014, 07:12:37 AM

I have worked my way out on something like that here -


(http://www.solar4rschools.org/sites/all/files/jackson.jpg)


The dark horizontal and vertical lines on the front of the building on the left stick out the same width as the picture in the OP and the drop is about 14 ft to the cement.


The main concern is if a strong wind will come along.  ;D



Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: The Matrix Traveller on January 26, 2014, 08:19:54 AM
QuoteWould You?

Hell yea.... I love to LIVE, and that means experience everything.   8)

What's the point of experiencing this world, if one needs to be wrapped up in "cotton wool" ?   ???

Found in an ancient writing.... "The fearful shall NOT Enter" !   :o

In my early years I have slept the night in such locations.

These things MAKE you feel "The Real Self"; LIFE !   :)
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: zorgon on January 26, 2014, 10:48:04 AM
Quote from: The Matrix Traveller on January 26, 2014, 08:19:54 AM
Hell yea.... I love to LIVE, and that means experience everything.   8)

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Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: zorgon on January 26, 2014, 11:28:11 AM
Closest I ever got to that was running wires on the catwalk top of the CN Tower in Toronto...1 mile high  :o

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They made that a tourist attraction now :D


(http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/files/edgewalk2.jpeg)
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: ArMaP on January 26, 2014, 01:39:54 PM
No, I have vertigo, even climbing to a chair is a problem to me. :(
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: The Seeker on January 26, 2014, 01:42:12 PM
Yup.  8) Been there, done that. At one time I painted a lot of very tall structures as part of my job...


seeker
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: WhatTheHey on January 26, 2014, 01:49:11 PM
 ??? Well, I look at it this way; if at his age (he looks like a young man) something goes wrong and he falls. He wont be experiencing anything else he could have in this world!!!!  ??? 

To old for that

WhaTheHey
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Amaterasu on January 26, 2014, 05:37:07 PM
Nope.  I am acrophobic at heights where if I fell I would die (if there is no restraint between Me and the fall).

Just looking at that pic churns M'stomach.
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: starwarp2000 on January 26, 2014, 06:18:37 PM
I have done this type of job before: Climbing Transmission Towers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvCuc1_mgM

Not anymore! I will leave it up to the younger generation.  :)

P.S. Don't watch the video if you have a weak stomach  ;D
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: rdunk on January 26, 2014, 06:46:09 PM
starwarp2000, this tower climbing video is one of the most awesome I have ever seen. I konw that when we are young, there is an element of fearlessness, but, up nearer the top, that is just looks unbelievably difficult.

Yes, even just watching the video, there is applied stress in climbing with the climber.

Thanks for posting this! I would say, whatever those guys are being paid, it likely is WAY not enough!!
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Back on January 26, 2014, 07:06:15 PM
No way

About 30 years ago I fell and had a total of 7 fractures to my l 4 and 5. Now if I get higher than 10 ft on a ladder I freak out :-[

Crazy thing flying does not bother me :o

Bless
Back
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: sky otter on January 26, 2014, 07:27:22 PM

N O


even though i luv to be up high..roof of a second story is my limit now...
and no even at a younger more fearless (stupid) age.

;D


that sounded like a yes..sigh..so had to make sure..it would have been a no then also..
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Norval on January 26, 2014, 07:38:59 PM
Quote from: sky otter on January 26, 2014, 07:27:22 PM


N O


even though i luv to be up high..roof of a second story is my limit now...
and no even at a younger more fearless (stupid) age it would have been no

;D

I am not young, dumb, and full of stupid any more. I am old, slow, much smarter now.  :P
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: burntheships on January 26, 2014, 08:29:44 PM
I once jumped off a railroad bridge over Shasta Lake,
when I was young and daredevil minded...lived to talk about it.

(http://www.livinggoldpress.com/pitriverbridgesweb.jpg)
http://www.livinggoldpress.com/shastalakehottopic.html

Now I think I must have been insane at the moment  ;D

Zorgon,
Those look like the Cliffs of Insanity in The Princess Bride!

Would I? Nope  :o
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: deuem on January 27, 2014, 02:31:30 AM
They have a tower here lke the CNN one that they roller skate around. When they go fast enough they jump out over the egge and fly in free space. I guess they will do that until the guide ropes break for someone. I have a histroy of breaking everything in China that is meant to support you. Chairs, stools, beds, Planks, ladders, stairs and so on. For me it is more of a quality issue to worry about. So would I trust a rope or even a steel cable here for my life. NO! Would I stand on that cliff wall now, NO, jump off the bridge now, NO!  Years ago, all of the above.
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Flux on January 27, 2014, 03:02:52 AM
Bugger off = No ;D
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Elvis Hendrix on January 27, 2014, 04:49:01 AM
Quote from: Flux on January 27, 2014, 03:02:52 AM
Bugger off = No ;D

Bugger off, ha that is the exact answer for me :)
My dad used to call me bugger lugs. ;D
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: sky otter on January 27, 2014, 05:05:25 AM



Years ago, (yes to) all of the above.


we've just had to learn the hard way ..we don't bounce like we used to... ;D :( ???
Title: Re: Would You?
Post by: Zenbuoy on January 31, 2014, 07:01:51 PM
Quote from: starwarp2000 on January 26, 2014, 06:18:37 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPvCuc1_mgM



:'(

Oh, man.
I Didn't see the quote "P.S. Don't watch the video if you have a weak stomach"

before I watched the video...
this thread is spinning around...
all i can see is...
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