would you do this for minimum wage?

ionlylooklazy · 09-16-2010, 08:57 PM

YouTube - Climbing up a 1700 ft tower with no safety gear

wellfleation · 09-16-2010, 09:20 PM

I think the answer is self evident. Or rhetorical, if you will.

Freewilly · 09-16-2010, 09:23 PM

no fucking way

vanilla · 09-16-2010, 09:27 PM

dude doesn't make minumum wage, that's for damn sure

~1~ · 09-16-2010, 09:30 PM

Uhhh, nope.

**Mafoo** · 09-16-2010, 09:32 PM

i wouldnt climb a 170 foot tower with safety gear for minimum wage

edit: that video made me feel unsafe and my stomach now hurts. i think have the fear

Rubix · 09-16-2010, 10:31 PM

my fucking palms are sweating profusely even while knowing he survived

Captain Cannabis · 09-16-2010, 10:39 PM

those guys probably make more money in a month than someone making minimum wage makes in a year.

thats a pretty badass job. i would consider it. i am a rock climber though. i would be extremely nervous going down though. and definitely the first time climbing it would be nuts.

Rubix · 09-16-2010, 10:42 PM

after a while they block that shit out i bet.

i was actually about to go to school for electrical linemen position but the tech was too far

**SageTree** · 09-16-2010, 10:52 PM

I swear that when he looks down I nearly fall out of my chair!!!

hijabihippie · 09-17-2010, 06:10 AM

No way in heaven or earth would I do that for ANY wage, let alone minimum.

osirus2020 · 09-17-2010, 06:28 AM

Holy hell that's absolutely insane. I think the helmet cam made watching it a little more nerve racking.

And you know that tower's gotta be swaying back and forth the entire time.

adventure · 09-17-2010, 06:33 AM

I thought my hands were sweating from drinking to much coffee

The Rev · 09-17-2010, 06:33 AM

Min wage wouldn't be enough to pay the cleaners to get the shit stains out of my pants, let alone compensate me for my risk and traumatic fear.

So, the answer must be a respectful, "FUCK NO!!"

The Rev

yo. · 09-17-2010, 07:01 AM

i got to 4 minutes and had to stop, this shit made me nauseous

i recently tried to climb a radio tower again the other day, well actually a cable tower, only got about 10 ft up and felt sick
the first time tho i got about 30 ft up

Bearsy · 09-17-2010, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freewilly

no fucking way

I love your sig pic.

cantSEEme · 09-17-2010, 08:53 AM

was the 30 post, 30 days rule for posting in ffa stricken?

and yeah, to answer op, not a chance.

Štulic · 09-17-2010, 08:56 AM

wouldn't get up in the morning for minimum wage, let alone do anything

Cerpin Taxt · 09-17-2010, 09:00 AM

No way in hell.

I saw this posted on another forum and someone who actually does this line of work replied. He said the guy in this video was being really reckless, and has the same lack of safety that has killed many. Apparently that safety hook he hooks on every once and awhile should be hooked on every rung of his climb, and that there should be one hook for each hand. Slows the climb down a lot, but is a hell of a lot safer than this guy's method.

All things considered... INSANE video.

Lloydy · 09-17-2010, 09:03 AM

that guy will be on serious danger money

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Mafoo nice daze Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the anguish of anticipated transformation Posts: 5,975 Thanks: 3,776 Thanked 2,651 Times in 1,697 Posts	i wouldnt climb a 170 foot tower with safety gear for minimum wage edit: that video made me feel unsafe and my stomach now hurts. i think have the fear __________________ PLUR For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return Last edited by Mafoo; 09-16-2010 at 09:48 PM.

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Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	those guys probably make more money in a month than someone making minimum wage makes in a year. thats a pretty badass job. i would consider it. i am a rock climber though. i would be extremely nervous going down though. and definitely the first time climbing it would be nuts. __________________ fuck the monkeys

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yo. Controversial Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SOCAL Posts: 1,160 Thanks: 676 Thanked 202 Times in 143 Posts	i got to 4 minutes and had to stop, this shit made me nauseous i recently tried to climb a radio tower again the other day, well actually a cable tower, only got about 10 ft up and felt sick the first time tho i got about 30 ft up __________________ "God" is an alien and we all came from another galaxy as an expansion of our specie's existence.

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Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,213 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 843 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,011 Posts	No way in hell. I saw this posted on another forum and someone who actually does this line of work replied. He said the guy in this video was being really reckless, and has the same lack of safety that has killed many. Apparently that safety hook he hooks on every once and awhile should be hooked on every rung of his climb, and that there should be one hook for each hand. Slows the climb down a lot, but is a hell of a lot safer than this guy's method. All things considered... INSANE video. __________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "All memory is really a form of regurgitation of undigested experience." -Alan Watts

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