Head for heights?

[stedlocks]

A girl firefighter I know knows a lot of the base jumper types including several on that site..... I love the whole ethos of that site, to be honest..... Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos.... Or some such.

Awesome stuff on there :0)

 

[konatime]

I worked on the tower at Louth in the mid '80's, from memory i think the observation point was 1200ft and the klaxon would sound when that station got 7ft out of centre in high winds. Being on a platform with the floor doing 14ft magic carpet impressions was well kinky, i was the one-man steel 1200ft ladder decending champion when that klaxon triggered. Think there was a smaller concrete variant a few decades ago over near Leeds but it collapsed and split a church in half.

Thanks for highlighting the vid.

 

[jango]

I couldn't do that, but if I really had to I'd take a parachute and base jump off.......... I have a slightly irrational fear of heights on man made objects, I'm fine on high crumbly cliffs, but feel distinctly uncomfortable going up a humble ladder :roll:

a great example, went bungee jumping years ago......up in the cage at a couple of hundred feet I had sweaty palms and wobbly legs......couldn't wait to jump before I fell out :?

 

[brocklanders023]

I have , as it happens, as I'm a firefighter and part of a rope rescue team.....but if this bloke got into trouble, even I would shart in my pants!!

http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player.swf ... %26embed=1

We regularly practice on tower cranes and other high bits and pieces, but I would pull a sicky on this day......

Reminds me of climbing the full length of our old TL in BA and under air without fall arrest gear We've gone soft with all this line rescue gear these days.

 

[paininthe]

Think there was a smaller concrete variant a few decades ago over near Leeds but it collapsed and split a church in half.

1200ft, fell in 1969

 

[stedlocks]

Reminds me of climbing the full length of our old TL in BA and under air without fall arrest gear We've gone soft with all this line rescue gear these days. [/quote]

Ha!
You'll be telling me you had hook ladders next!

Our old Guvnor was near to retirement and could still fly up the tower to the 4th and salute.......them bloody things scared me......luckily they weren't on the run when I joined (21years)..... We had a wheeled escape though!!

 

[stedlocks]

This.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_UfHJ2-zPQ

:shock:

 

[brocklanders023]

Reminds me of climbing the full length of our old TL in BA and under air without fall arrest gear We've gone soft with all this line rescue gear these days.

Ha!
You'll be telling me you had hook ladders next!

Our old Guvnor was near to retirement and could still fly up the tower to the 4th and salute.......them bloody things scared me......luckily they weren't on the run when I joined (21years)..... We had a wheeled escape though!![/quote]


I heard all about hook ladders off the old boys. No chance you'd get me on one of those! TL's gone too, replaced by the ALP's.