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ZiNgA BuRgA · 17/09/2010 01:53 AM

I dunno about it being the scariest. If you're not scared of heights and fairly physically capable, it's probably not too much of an issue.
Apart from the strength required, climbing that isn't that much different than climbing a much smaller pole - you can get killed by both if you fall. I'd be more afraid of going down than up though.

Sparker · 17/09/2010 01:58 AM

Hmm, I wonder how the Occupational Health and Safety would respond to this job?

TatsuyaXD · 17/09/2010 02:23 AM

Mmm, I might do it.

In seconds thoughts never mind

Silvertie · 17/09/2010 04:34 AM

Fuck me sideways, that's ridiculous.
Seriously, what a bullchocolate job; you carry all that spoon up, and then, what if you drop a crucial tool?

"Oh spoon."
"What?"
"I dropped my screwdriver."

Spoon, I- gah.

Assassinator · 17/09/2010 05:02 AM

Video looks way scary, but that's probably a lot due to where the camera is placed (on his helmet?), making it feel like he's swinging all over the place when in fact he's just shaking his head.

ProperBritish · 17/09/2010 05:55 AM

i would never do that O_o

though zinga is right, after you reach a certin height its not like going up any further will make you any deader

if you know what i mean

S7* · 17/09/2010 06:09 AM

(17/09/2010 05:55 AM)ProperBritish Wrote: i would never do that O_o

though zinga is right, after you reach a certin height its not like going up any further will make you any deader

if you know what i mean

depends on how much of a mess you want to make :D

Hellgiver · 17/09/2010 06:58 AM

(17/09/2010 01:53 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: I'd be more afraid of going down than up though.

Exactly. That was my thought the whole time. How the hell do you get back down?

Also, just think... someone had to make this tower in the first place, so someone was carrying this poo poo up the tower with them while they worked. Some people have a lot of balls... I can't stand being 10 feet off the ground, let alone 1760 feet O.O

(17/09/2010 05:55 AM)ProperBritish Wrote: after you reach a certin height its not like going up any further will make you any deader

Well, obviously. But, to me, it is the thought of being out of control for so long. The anticipation of your own death.

Considering it takes ~1200-1800 feet to reach terminal velocity for a human, which is supposedly about 150 ft/s (different sources are giving different info), that would mean it would take at LEAST 10 seconds of freefalling, with complete loss of control. THAT is what scares me. The actual impact? Won't even feel it.

Assassinator · 17/09/2010 10:21 AM

(17/09/2010 06:58 AM)Hellgiver Wrote: Considering it takes ~1200-1800 feet to reach terminal velocity for a human, which is supposedly about 150 ft/s (different sources are giving different info), that would mean it would take at LEAST 10 seconds of freefalling, with complete loss of control. THAT is what scares me. The actual impact? Won't even feel it.

I want to try skydiving one day.

Ofcourse, in a way that doesn't end me up as a spat on the bottom.

Hellgiver · 17/09/2010 10:48 AM

(17/09/2010 10:21 AM)Assassinator Wrote: I want to try skydiving one day.

Ofcourse, in a way that doesn't end me up as a spat on the bottom.

I would also, one day, like to try skydiving. Mostly because my single greatest fear is heights. Exposure seems like a good way to overcome it.

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