[TowerTalk] And we talk about free climbing !

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

It might have been a couple years back, but there were a series of free 
climbing photos posted on here.  I remember on was 3 or 4 young 
guys...maybe early 20s and I'd guess it was in the UK.  They had 
jackets/blazers and sweaters under them. They were on a power line under 
construction.  One had climbed to the bottom of an insulator which was 
as tall or taller than he was.  The photo also showed a rural, hilly 
area.  Those towers were big!

It was a whole series, including the Empire State Bldg, Golden Gate 
bridge, the power line, and others IIRC.
Some of them would have been a rather high pucker factor even with 
today's climbing gear.  These guys didn't even have a rope.  Just proof, 
that Darwin's theory also includes the lucky!<:-))

Wish I could find them.  I'd save them this time!

73

Roger (K8RI)



On 11/22/2014 6:58 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> Careful now; you will get the sidewalk supervisors telling us how to do our
> job.
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> I have got to post that picture on my shack wall.  Those fellows are braver
> than me.
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> Doug
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> There is a famous shot of Iron works   abreast  eating lunch,   not
> straddled but  sitting sideways like on a bench,   atop the Empire state
> Building
> iron grid works
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/movies/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-uncovered.h
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> I assume smoking  or 2nd hand smoke was of much concern !
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> Wayne W3EA
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>> From: ve5ra at sasktel.net
>> To: w3ea at hotmail.com; towertalk at contesting.com; ww3s at zoominternet.net
>> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] And we talk about free climbing !
>> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:35:02 -0600
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>> In those days men were men!
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>> Doug
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>> I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.
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>> I assume this is B- 4 OSHA :)
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73

Roger (K8RI)