Job security

[Cavman]

I bet since there are few that would do this job......

The Ridiculous 1500-Foot Climb That It Takes To Change A Bulb
http://wimp.com/changebulb/

[Chupaca]

he has my vote...he can keep the job forever...:yikes::roflblack:

[cuznjohn]

they get high pay also. a friend of the family would change the bulb on top of the empire state bldg. he did it for years. but the poor guy died of liver cancer and no one ever said it was from the radiation up there because he would do it around 3 am when broadcasting was at a minimum

[IGETAROUND]

​no competition for work from menojoke

[SDM]

:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:OH HELL NO!!!!!:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

:gaah: :agree::agree:.....I think this would be an excellent place for an LED ...............JMHO....Mike:thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

I wonder how often he has to make that climb? :dontknow:

...And how long it takes him to do it! :bowdown:

[bruiser]

two 2,000 foot towers collapse. December 1989. One of the new towers has a camera at the 1875 foot level. I probably would have done his job in my younger days maybe, but not now.


http://youtu.be/3vVTv_fGXfE

[Dan_Ashley]

What if he had a weak bladder? OMG!:shocked:

[ARtraveler]

Another job that is safe from me. :roflblack:

[TexasSpyder]

What if he had a weak bladder? OMG!:shocked:

If he is close to the top it would probably evaporate before hitting the ground?

J. D.

[ahh-cool]

I replaced a lamp in an airport beacon at a small airport. I was nowhere near as high as him. What I remember most is thinking please don't drop the bulb.
It wasn't scary till I got on top of the platform and all of a sudden I felt it swaying back and forth. I didn't feel it on the way up or down just while I was standing on the deck

[ahh-cool]

Remember nobody has ever died from falling off one of those towers.

It's the sudden stop at the end that kills you

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

One time just for the hell of it I climbed to the top of an oil well workover rig when I worked at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Louisiana. It wasn't that high, maybe 80 to 100 ft, but even from that elevation the view of the bayous was great. The only problem was I forgot to check the camera batteries before I went up and it turned out they were almost dead. I got a few pics but not as many as I wanted. I was an engineer, you know, an office chair jockey, who had no real need to ever make the climb. I did of course have a safety harness on, and a workover crew member went about 2/3 of the way behind me. I wasn't particularly physically fit and that climb was plenty challenging! Upper management in the New Orleans office was somewhat PO'd :lecturef_smilie: when they found out what I did, but it sure was fun!! :yes::yes:

[Orange Spyder Man]

I did tower climbing when I was younger and my legs were in top notch shape... erecting towers, hanging antennas, & maintenance (changing light bulbs) .. the pay was excellent .. lots of fresh air... & nobody watching over your shoulder while you worked.. once I climbed a 550 ft tower when a summer rain storm hit... lightning was popping all around me.. the hair on my head was standing on end... got inside the triangle tower ... fastened my safety belt and rode it out... it was a bit scary... but all ended well..

osm

[bronzeflex42]

WOW!!!:shocked: