Fred, a true Steeple Jack. He actually died of natural cause by the way.
Mike, K6BR
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] free climbing a 1700`tower
Check out this video about Fred Dibnah, the famous Brit chimney
climber/repairman/steeplejack. Watch some of the related videos, he's quite
a character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R3-YwDZrzg
Chris
KF7P
On Sep 19, 2010, at 20:28 , Andy wrote:
And then there was Edwin Armstrong, who was proud of his ability to
climb and stand on top of towers on city skyscrapers, without regard
to safety. He did it since he was a boy. It was a different time of
course, no OSHA ... but I think even back then people regarded him as
a fool in that respect. He was just brilliant when he was on the
ground.
Andy
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