Standing On Toothpicks Atop Toothpicks

[dr_phil_physics]

Climbing The Ziggurat or There Is Video Of Everything

This via The Register in the U.K..

Those of who you who get a bit wobbly at the top of a stepladder are strongly advised to look away now, because here's a helmetcam vid of just how you get to work when your office is at the top of a 1,768ft TV mast:

What I find amazing is that every time you leave one section, the hand- and footholds become less and less substantial looking.

Then you have to do the work.

Then you have to climb down.

(grin)

Dr. Phil

Comments

[aloysius7.livejournal.com]

Not. A. Prayer. I do NOT like heights (although it doesn't bother me to fly, even in small planes.)

[albogdan.livejournal.com]

It was exhausting just watching.

55 miles! That's a nice view.

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't watch that without getting squeemish. Yikes! And that little square he gets to stand on at the top? No way in hell.

Do you suppose they flip a coin to see who gets to go up first?

-mattw

[(Anonymous)]

Dr. Phil,

I was reading some comments on this video when I first saw it about two weeks ago or so, and what was worth noting is that a fellow tower technician said this team could easily be completely "roped off" at all times, according to OHSA standards. Do you know anything of these safety precautions and maybe why these technicians don't use them?

-AlexP