Is your commute to work bad?

I am terrified of heights and that just gave me a serious anxiety attack. Holy crap.
 
I've seen that video before and it scared the bejesus out of me. No way in hell could I do that job. Whatever he's paid it ain't nearly enough.

BTW, my commute is 8-9 minutes, mostly freeway.
 
It was tough, and I had to close my eyes a few times, but I was finally able to watch the whole video.
 
That guy is just plain nuts. I've seen that video a few times and it's just crazy.

Doug
 
I was a little constipated today, but now I am good.. Gotta run.
 
66pony said:
Just be thankful the urge did not hit him at the top
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When you gotta go, you gotta go! I'm sure it's happened and the only concern is which direction is the wind blowing and where did I park my truck?? :smt043
 
I'll take my 20 step commute to my home office, thanks.
 
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Holy Crap. You have to be an adrenaline junkie to do that. I wonder if he wears a parachute.

I guess if you fall you have about 10-15 seconds to regret the decision to go up there
 
OK, that was nuts. I wonder how long the climb actually takes? And what the heck did he have to go up there for? To change a light-bulb lol?
 
The other piece that probably makes this fun: I doubt the top of that tower is stationary. I bet the structure sways a few feet in the wind.
 
As a young man (many years ago) worked for the local power company. One of the jobs was replacing light bulbs at some of the high school football fields. One had 110 ft poles and the longest bucket truck we had went to 65 feet - so you took your climbing gear with you, ran the bucket up as high as it would go, stood out on the edge of the bucket and then stepped off onto the pole and climbed the rest of the way up. Somewhat of a "pucker factor" the first couple of times then it was just another routine job. We never really worried about falling from these heights - if you fell it was all over.
 
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comsnark said:
The other piece that probably makes this fun: I doubt the top of that tower is stationary. I bet the structure sways a few feet in the wind.
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I'm sure it does. When I was at the top of the World Trade Center in NYC back in '89 or so, it swayed in the wind! I was really surprised when I felt it doing that, and a little apprehensive too, I had a hard time walking up to the edge and sitting in the window seats where the glass was at floor level and you looked way down on the other buildings that were like 50+ stories high way below you.
 
300 miles each way. I sleep a lot of the time.
 
VTSeaRay said:
I'm sure it does. When I was at the top of the World Trade Center in NYC back in '89 or so, it swayed in the wind! I was really surprised when I felt it doing that, and a little apprehensive too, I had a hard time walking up to the edge and sitting in the window seats where the glass was at floor level and you looked way down on the other buildings that were like 50+ stories high way below you.
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We were in a conference room doing a presentation for a company with its offices near the top. It was a very windy day and everyone in that room knew it.
 
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