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Started by McQ, April 12, 2012, 08:04:44 PM

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McQ

If you have seven minutes or so to spare and want to feel dizzy and get vertigo, watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-7Qp7uzbQ

I'm a former military aviator and I get freaked out just watching this. Every time I thought the guy was at the top of the tower, he went up another level.

Enjoy.

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--Penn Jillette

Tank

I don't like hight's. I got 1:05 then gave up!
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McQ

Quote from: Tank on April 12, 2012, 08:13:14 PM
I don't like hight's. I got 1:05 then gave up!

I completely understand the feeling. It's amazing what even a little video like this can do. I got seriously weird watching this and had to shake it off a few times. Almost couldn't watch it through.
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

AnimatedDirt

I've watched that before.  The first time, it really did make my stomach queezy!!  These guys are crazy!!

Guardian85

You gotta be a special kind of crazy to do that for a living....  :o


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DeterminedJuliet

The interview for this job must have been interesting.

"So.. you, um, climb this tower..."
"Okay, that doesn't sound so bad"
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

xSilverPhinx

Watching the video made me feel a bit seasick, actually. The camera moves a lot.  :-X
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Sandra Craft

Quote from: Tank on April 12, 2012, 08:13:14 PM
I don't like hight's. I got 1:05 then gave up!

I didn't make it to the end either -- I was actually starting to feel nauseous.
Sandy

  

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McQ

Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 12, 2012, 09:31:46 PM
The interview for this job must have been interesting.

"So.. you, um, climb this tower..."
"Okay, that doesn't sound so bad"

Heh-heh! And, "Do you know how to change a light bulb?"
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

history_geek

I actually finished the vid. Just ...woah. The pay for these guys ought to be pretty damn high :o

And the whole way that he was climbing I was thinking to myself: "Yeah, I'm no fan of heights, but this is so far up that it really doesn't matter anymore. But for those free climb parts...I want a fraking parachute!"
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Gawen

The video didn't bother me. But if it were me on that tower, that would bother me. I've had to change aviation light bulbs on top 300ft water towers, that's bad enough.
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