Conquering heights

[tjbrickner]

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.

[masterelectrician2112]

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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[tjbrickner]

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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...

[twooly]

I always wandered how tiring it was since its not just a straight climb up, yikes no way I could do it.

[arw01]

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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?

[tjbrickner]

That is my safety line but there are no controls on this one.  All manual.