World's scariest job!

[Diamondjimi]

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[LoungeMachine]

omfg.

I have severe agrophobia, and got vertigo and sever leg pain just fucking WATCHING that motherfucker.

:gulp:

Scariest fucking thing I've seen on video in my life.....

[Nitro Express]

My dad had a huge ham radio antenna on a big tower that was 200 feet tall if I remember right. There was a guy he would hire to go up and do repairs and he would only climb the antenna at night because he couldn't see how high he was and the tower would sway and at night there was less of a sensation of that.

We don't have those big towers around here because we have mountains but I remember flying a plane around Kansas City and seeing those tall towers and going holy shit! Around here, you are concerned about flying into mountains, in the midwest you are concerned about flying into radio towers.

[Diamondjimi]

omfg.

I have severe agrophobia, and got vertigo and sever leg pain just fucking WATCHING that motherfucker.

:gulp:

Scariest fucking thing I've seen on video in my life.....

Same here. I get sweaty palms and gut twists watching it. Two buddy's of mine are licensed arborist's . They don't blink at the thought of having to climb a 120 Oak tree first thing in the morning with a 15 pound chainsaw strapped to their waist. They fucking love it. I takes a certain type of person to do it.
But these guys are in a whole league of their own. One of my tree monkey friends had done a few bulb replacements on towers in the 500 foot range......
(fuck that shit...)

[Diamondjimi]

If you watch @ 7:20 the dud is literally standing on top with no hands while he opens up his threaded safety tie...:headlights:

[Hardrock69]

I had a friend who was a guitarist. Played in a thrash band called Dead Orchestra.
Really nice guy, great guitarist.

He would earn extra cash by climbing these fucking radio tours 5-700 feet tall to replace the light bulbs.

No fucking way would I even consider thinking about doing anything like that.

I find that if I play PC games (like Grand Theft Auto) and am up on top of skyscrapers, when I walk to the edge and look down my palms get all sweaty and I get butterflies in my stomach.

I have no problem flying in planes. But I do NOT like to go up in buildings over 3-4 stories tall, or go anyplace where I have to look down and see a drop of 100 feet or more. It is my only phobia of any kind.

[Diamondjimi]

I have no problem flying in planes. But I do NOT like to go up in buildings over 3-4 stories tall, or go anyplace where I have to look down and see a drop of 100 feet or more. It is my only phobia of any kind.

Same thing here. I think it stems from the fact that most of us realize that if you make a mistake, the end result is splat!

[sadaist]

Wouldn't it be awesome if when done with work, instead of a 30 minute-1 hour climb back down, they just parachuted down? WEEEEEEEEEEE!

Fuck that job though. Made me sick watching it. Got 3 minutes in or so & had to stop. Oddly enough, when I climb ladders, or on the roof, or any type of heights, I get worse when I look up. They always say don't look down, but I actually feel worse looking up.

I have a smoke detector that I haven't put a new battery in ever. Fuck that. Thing is like 18 feet up.

[Nitro Express]

I mountain climb and the part where he got to the top had me feeling nervous.

[Nitro Express]

I'm sure there is this huge pay offer to change one light bulb. Lot's of people apply for the job and then they find out where the bulb is. LOL!

[Nitro Express]

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I climbed the Owen Spalding route on the Grand Teton two years ago. Still better than hanging on those bolts on that tower.