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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: tjbrickner on July 08, 2014,
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So last year was interesting because I was nearly hanging from the side of the house hanging the few lights that I got up. I know I'm afraid of heights and that's always bothered me, especially since I like riding all the roller coasters at Cedar Point. This year I had a great opportunity at my job to take some tower climbing classes for the company I work for. I'm now certified to climb and rescue. I managed to strap a camera to my head and take some good shots. I'm going to post some pictures in a little bit.
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Nice! Glad to hear you conquered that fear. Tower climbing classes sound really cool! Last winter, to put icicle lights on my second story gutters, I put on my rock climbing harness and tied myself into a climbing rope that my dad held from the other side of the roof and I sorta walked down to the edge and installed them. It felt fine, but there were a couple nervous moments. This year I'm redesigning my system for hanging them so I hopefully won't have to do that.
Disclaimer:
*I am in no way recommending this as a safe practice. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! I am not responsible for any injuries received by doing the above*
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvunYZv5Hzg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvunYZv5Hzg)
This is the first guy tower I've climbed. Been up a self-supporting tower a few times now and this was interesting. You have to climb perfectly straight up...
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I always wandered how tiring it was since its not just a straight climb up, yikes no way I could do it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvunYZv5Hzg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvunYZv5Hzg)
This is the first guy tower I've climbed. Been up a self-supporting tower a few times now and this was interesting. You have to climb perfectly straight up...
the come-a-long looking thing in front of you I assume is your safety line and the guy on the ground controls moving it up?
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That is my safety line but there are no controls on this one. All manual.