Going for a climb

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:09 am

This video was shown here already a while ago but I just came across it again and its good for another view. This sort of thing makes most people get squirmy or have tingly feet while watching it.
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titan performance · Post by **titan performance** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:55 pm

I'm not too clever with heights.....for me that is truly horrible. I doubt I could do that job for any amount of money.
I literally awoke in a cold sweat, the night after visiting the Chasms on the Isle of Man. There are huge unprotected cliffs there, with sheer drops to the sea below.

johnakay · Post by **johnakay** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:45 pm

makes my stomach turn, I can't even lay on my back and look at the sky above with feeling queasy.
use to have nightmares when I was a kid falling from a great height and it still affect me to this day.

ArticusMax · Post by **ArticusMax** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:02 pm

One thing you can't feel watching the video is the wind that is trying to tear you off the ladder.

Nope, not gonna catch me up there.

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:23 pm

You raised a good point Articus but I cant see any wind blowing on the climber or swinging the tool bag. Look closely when hes at the very top, there is a moment at 7.20 when he actually lets go and is simply standing there before clamping the safety harness to the upper post mount.
I don't know about you guys but it makes me feel really weird when hes looking down or relying on one of those little climbing posts to pull up all of his weight.

parksie · Post by **parksie** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:05 pm

Hights have never bothered me, but how fit would you have to be to climb the ladder all the way up there.

parksie · Post by **parksie** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:06 pm

Sorry that sould spell "heights:. Fat fingers stike again

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:09 pm

Well on this tower the elevator took them up to around 1600 ft, but yes this is definitely not a job for people lacking endurance.

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:22 pm

That video has been around for a while now and I still have difficulty watching it all the way through. Makes me feel queasy just watching it.

Post by **oldjapanesebikes** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:08 am

tz375 wrote: Makes me feel queasy just watching it.

Ditto !

titan performance · Post by **titan performance** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:46 am

Double ditto........

I watched the climbers at the Gourge du Verdonne, (probably spelled wrong), in the South of France...there's a slab of rock at the top, where you can shuffle to the edge on your belly and look down. The river below looks like a thin thread of blue, and you can watch the many climbers edging their way up below you. Anyone else been there?

That's bloody high !

Check this footpath out......apparently the miners built it to take a short cut over the mountain instead of around it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and while we are looking at crazy places to go, check out Youtube for Hua Shan cliffside plank walk. (not for the squeamish !)

Pete O'Dell · Post by **Pete O'Dell** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:54 am

That looks like fun ......... excellent for a base jump

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