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oldngray

oldngray

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rod

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Retired 23 years
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I've never been afraid of heights or thrill rides. I've ridden every kind of roller coaster there is and have done a ride up on top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas (1,000 ft high to start with I believe). I have logged hundreds of hours in a small plane (Cessna 172) as a fire spotter for the Dept. of natural resources which involved mostly low level bumpy flying with lots of tight turns staying over a fire while directing the ground crews to it. That being said I once climbed my 85 foot high free standing tv antenna and started to have a panic attach at the top because looking up at the clouds flowing by made it seem like the tower was starting to lean. Weird sensation. These guys who climb these tall towers for a living are a special breed.

 
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oldngray

oldngray

nowhere special
rod said:
I've never been afraid of heights or thrill rides. I've ridden every kind of roller coaster there is and have done a ride up on top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas (1,000 ft high to start with I believe). I have logged hundreds of hours in a small plane (Cessna 172) as a fire spotter for the Dept. of natural resources which involved mostly low level bumpy flying with lots of tight turns staying over a fire while directing the ground crews to it. That being said I once climbed my 85 foot high free standing tv antenna and started to have a panic attach at the top because looking up at the clouds flowing by made it seem like the tower was starting to lean. Weird sensation. These guys who climb these tall towers for a living are a special breed.

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I remember an episode of a TV show (Dangerous Jobs maybe?) where the host had to climb a tower. They had to shut off the microwaves as they passed a secondary transmitter halfway up so they didn't get fried. Definitely a scary job.
 
bleedinbrown58

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oldngray said:
I remember an episode of a TV show (Dangerous Jobs maybe?) where the host had to climb a tower. They had to shut off the microwaves as they passed a secondary transmitter halfway up so they didn't get fried. Definitely a scary job.
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Scary as hell but I'd love to climb a tower...just to see what it's like.
 
sailfish

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rod said:
I've never been afraid of heights or thrill rides. I've ridden every kind of roller coaster there is and have done a ride up on top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas (1,000 ft high to start with I believe). I have logged hundreds of hours in a small plane (Cessna 172) as a fire spotter for the Dept. of natural resources which involved mostly low level bumpy flying with lots of tight turns staying over a fire while directing the ground crews to it. That being said I once climbed my 85 foot high free standing tv antenna and started to have a panic attach at the top because looking up at the clouds flowing by made it seem like the tower was starting to lean. Weird sensation. These guys who climb these tall towers for a living are a special breed.

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Too cool. I wonder if they'd let me job shadow!
 
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