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1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« on: March 25, 2015, 11:23:00 PM »
Great hi resolution aerial photography of a high tower tech on a very high tower ....  :o

https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded
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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2015, 11:36:43 PM »
JHC !!  :o
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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2015, 12:04:49 AM »
By me they don't make paychecks big enough!!!

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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2015, 07:17:49 AM »
incredible, thanks for posting!
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« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2015, 07:53:06 AM »
That one is in SD.  In ND there is a 2000 footer
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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2015, 01:02:31 PM »
Great hi resolution aerial photography of a high tower tech on a very high tower ....  :o

https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded
Betcha he gets a big paycheck!

Well, that's something I could never do.   

I have to comfort myself with the fact that I can probably do some things that Kevin Schmidt there on the tower can't do, like change a poopy diaper with one hand and while eating a cheese sandwich with the other ... ?

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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2015, 01:32:55 PM »
I've seen this vid before and read the comments on youtube.  I didn't think it was real at first but an animation.  Couple of reasons.

The orange sections on the tower have faded significantly but the white sections look freshly painted.  No chipping, peeling, staining, etc.
The drone flies almost perfectly straight up the height of the tower with very little yaw or left / right drift.  Remarkable image stabilization.

Overall, the colors look like a rendered animation and not real.  More like Tom Hanks Polar Express motion capture than natural daylight and movement.  But then again, it seems to be a legit company so I'm nit picking.

Our tower is 1000' so crews must climb it's full height.  Once the first man is up, he rigs a bosun's chair and they use a winch and cable for others to ride up or down.

Not for me, I stay on the ground.

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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2015, 03:29:19 PM »
6 bay, batwing antenna. I have been up that tower but not on the antenna. Was in my younger, dumber days! :D

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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2015, 03:53:56 PM »
Can you imagine getting up there and realizing this- "Damn I forgot the 9/16"?

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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2015, 04:07:42 PM »
Awesome photo's. I don't know about 1500 ft. but I'm ok with 150. Here's some shots of a 150 ft. tall pine tree I removed for my neighbor last fall. It had been hit by lightning and the trunk was compromised, was in between four houses and a power line so we had to rope it all down. Fifty four and still love climbing. Some awesome views up there for sure.













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Re: 1500' TV Tower Climb! NOT for those afraid of heights!
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2015, 04:26:36 PM »
Nice work, Lucian.  Here are a couple shots I took from the 150' tower at the local water plant.  I wouldn't mind going higher, as long as I can have safety lines with snap hooks like the guy in the video was using, and like I use.  The guys that free climb towers are another thing altogether.





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