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Selfies of a worker on top of the Chrysler Building in NYC

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  1. Knothead

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    Knothead, Jul 13, 2021
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    Thats awesome !

    I don't mind heights , climbing and trusting my ropes and rigging but will say that's over the top without a doubt.
    However that is certainly a little out of my league.
    A special breed with extra large " do-dads " for something like that !!

    Oh , and the helmet...............That just keeps the bird poop off his head.
     
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    Special breed indeed. I’m humbled by his ability to do that job, that’s for sure :picard: Not to minimize what this man is doing, but at the same time he’s standing on the shoulders of giants. Imagine the guy in 1930 that was climbing skyward to lay the next block, and then the next, standing where no human being has ever stood before....
     
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    no.
     
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    X2! :faint:
     
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    Chit...tape a dead branch to that and Scotty and Joe would climb that building like a couple of tree rats!!
     
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    I’m not afraid of heights. I’m afraid of falling from heights!
     
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    I only “liked” this to let you know I read your post.
    Otherwise, I’ll echo billb3 ’s sentiment - “no.”
    :faint:
     
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    Not for guys like me. I don't even climb trees any more.
     
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    No way, no how !! Lately I need fall arrest harness while standing on the ground.
     
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    Not afraid of heights, but not for me.
    As for the helmet, maybe it will double as a scoop.
     
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    Just looking at the pics make my stomach do a little flip... Is that just a backpack, or a parachute?
     
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    Where is Squirrel94 i bet he would love to try that climb.
     
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    He would be swinging between the buildings!!
     
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    Fear of falling is a natural instinctive life extending fear common to most mammals that are not depreciating evolution.
     
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    Guess osha wasnt around back then?:whistle: :cheers:

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    I wonder how they got that rigging up there for him to tie off to? Re-rig every 4' or so?
     
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    These guys are bat chit crazy.

     
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    Yeah but think about how much $ they make per climb..:smoke:
     
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    Not enough.
     
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