Huge..
Remember this thread?. I've just found the bit of vid on this called "Mending Skyscrapers" I'll mail it over to you if you can give me a valid address..
Cheers..
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'elf & safety - TV tower style
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Turnpike strikes again...
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In article , Dave Plowman (News) scribeth thus
Nah!, its user who's got a bl^^dy cold on the go;!....
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Mike Harrison :
TheOnLineEngineer.org."
Shame.
Incidentally, not having a go at you personally, but whatever happened to just "safety"? Nowadays the world seems unable to say "safety" without "health and" in front of it, even when the subject is nothing to do with health. At least I assume the video isn't about health - I haven't seen it. :-(
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elfin safety, someone has to think of the poor elves.
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It went pretty viral - probably worth a search on youtube
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Ere you go:
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fear at all, the extreme height and lack of protection would render them incapable of doing anything useful.
What's more scary is the thought of climbing down again, when you'd be forced to look down and it would be nowhere near as easy to see where you were putting your feet.
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Perhaps its just the realisation that once you are over 30' the outcome is much the same if you fall off. The only variable is how long you get to contemplate the mistake!
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For most people that realisation doesn't do you much good, and I'd say the border line was rather higher than that. Vertiginous feelings aren't purely the result of rational thought.
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Thanks, but I'm not *that* interested!
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Yes, but really, why would you?
You're just climbing a ladder, albeit there are a few obstacles on this tower, but you just put one hand after another, one foot after another. Once you get over "having the willies" its just a long hard slog to the top
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I suppose the biggest risk is unexpected weather / wind. Still even then if it starts getting too blowy or icey etc you just stop and go down.
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As we say, there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers. But there are no old, bold climbers.