Elfin Safety...

[Alexander Lamaison]

I feel sick.

Alex

[F Murtz]

It is easy to see the non trades type people here. The only thing I see about the arrangement is the total height, which would put some people who did not like heights off.

[John Rumm]

I would be slightly wary of the ladder itself - it looks like a set of steps rather than a ladder in the traditional sense, and hence may not be designed to cope with the sort of bending load being placed on it in that situation. However without seeing the ladder for real its hard to tell.

[John Rumm]

In the grand scheme of things, once you are 30' foot up, the outcome should you fall is much the same, all that changes is the time you get to contemplate your mistake. So in many respects it ought to be no worse than climbing a three section 14 rung ladder from a overall danger point of view... (assuming one ignores the whole level of fitness required thing!)

[polygonum]

It does - but the ones where people are merrily walking along entirely unprotected girders way up there, they are pretty scare-making as well.

[The Medway Handyman]

Are you suggesting that non trades people have more or less common sense?

[GB]

He belays and puts all his weight on a single rung that's welded at only one end to the tower.

I looked at ill-health insurance for a roofer that excluded accidents when working over 30 ft up. As the insurance paid out a continuous ill-health payment every week, but nothing on death, that seemed counter-productive. Very odd.

[The Natural Philosopher]

the only thing I see is the fact that a few inches of slip will result in it going completely rather than just a little. I'd have pushed te ladder a bit trough the railings.

[Dave Liquorice]

Yes the iffy bit is getting onto and off the steps with out the feet slipping of that tiny ledge.

+1 Legs of steps through railings, bottom rung against railings.

[Alexander Lamaison]

That makes good logical sense, Mr Spock. But it hasn't stopped my feet tingling.

Alex

[Major Scott]

On Sat, 11 May 2013 17:05:09 +0100, Bill Wright wrote= :

Not if it's tucked under the railing. That ladder cannot move.

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[Major Scott]

Drop a tin of paint on them.

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[RayL12]

5+ seconds to click and see video on YT, 2.5 hours to get back. It's a love-hate relationship.

[Steve Eldridge]

+2 though I'd rope the ladder to the rails, just in case.