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I'd be afraid of trusting the structural integrity of that tower. Not that -- Hokie360 09/12/2019 9:43PM No way i can do that. I would stop @20 ft ** -- ColoVT82 09/12/2019 6:30PM Article about him ... -- OXVT 09/12/2019 5:25PM A side story. The NYC Drone Film Festival is amazing. -- 48zip 09/13/2019 08:57AM My legs turn to jelly from just watching that ** -- HokieDevil 09/12/2019 3:38PM Hope he climbs up with an extra bulb or two... -- EDGEMAN 09/12/2019 3:15PM Hope he’s using LED bulbs. ** -- YardBird 09/12/2019 4:21PM I was going to say...I'd be the guy that climbed to the top... -- MP4VT2004 09/12/2019 3:37PM My uncle used to paint the WTVR tower -- 48zip 09/12/2019 3:14PM The golden gate bridge is constantly being painted by the same crew -- HokieDan95 09/12/2019 3:34PM It does sit in a "salt environment." ** -- EDGEMAN 09/12/2019 3:37PM Cool. that looks like the most annoying thing to paint, ever! ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/12/2019 3:16PM I have a fear of heights. Just watching that gave me the heebie geebies. ** -- Brown Water 09/12/2019 3:05PM Apparently mine has gotten worse -- HokieMacDaddy 09/12/2019 3:14PM He at least has all the safety gear. the videos that REALLY make me pucker -- HokieSignGuy 09/12/2019 3:11PM I watched Free Solo and...holy moly. Almost had a heart attack. ** -- Brown Water 09/12/2019 3:38PM Here, here ** -- TomTurkey 09/12/2019 3:09PM Very impressive when they zoom out. I wonder if they -- HokieSignGuy 09/12/2019 3:02PM All that adds wind load. Pretty sure they're changed regularly, per FAA ** -- 48zip 09/12/2019 3:22PM Random odd thought...why is he wearing a hardhat? -- Tafkam Hokie 09/12/2019 2:41PM So he can sell that advertising space. Looks like an ad on the side of it. ** -- Hokie360 09/12/2019 9:39PM Every rung of the ladder is above him. If he stepped and hit his head hard -- hoosnowahokie 09/12/2019 3:27PM Identify the remains if his name is on it ** -- TomTurkey 09/12/2019 3:10PM Probably an OSHA law. I actually can see some benefit. If he had a seizure -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 2:53PM Blue ice or high flying bird poop ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 09/12/2019 2:52PM Nope. ** -- hoosnowahokie 09/12/2019 2:40PM $#%#% wrong size!! ** -- HokieDan95 09/12/2019 2:28PM He should've gone with an LED bulb...lasts longer. ** -- ArdbegHokie 09/12/2019 2:25PM Nah. He wants to get paid more often. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 09/12/2019 2:34PM Seems like a pulley system that could pull him up some of that tower. ** -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 2:39PM Or maybe install the light fixture on a rail system so it could be lowered. ** -- MP4VT2004 09/12/2019 3:53PM Too much weight and wind load. Just adding communication wires is tough -- 48zip 09/12/2019 3:29PM Valid points. Still seems like there’d be a better way. Maybe the main -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 5:03PM Climbing is pretty simple. Mechanical things break. -- 48zip 09/12/2019 8:31PM True but the mechanal part would be a simple motor that wouldn’t remain -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 8:50PM It's a motor.It will break.It needs power.Did I mention that motors break ? ** -- 48zip 09/12/2019 8:54PM Like I said it’s a simple motor w/o a lot of moving parts. A motor like -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 9:03PM Buildings still require stairs, BTW. -- 48zip 09/12/2019 9:18PM I worked in the cell tower business. -- 48zip 09/12/2019 9:09PM All I said was it seems like their could be a better way. Maybe there isn’t -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 9:19PM You auggest I'm not foward thinking. I'm trying -- 48zip 09/12/2019 9:26PM I’m not suggesting anything about you. There wouldn’t be a need for any -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 10:27PM Remember this? -- 48zip 09/12/2019 11:16PM That was making a point it wasn’t meant for you to take personally. Lol ** -- Hoakie82 09/12/2019 11:28PM Or maybe zip-lining down one of the guy-wires. -- Tafkam Hokie 09/12/2019 3:00PM SEXIST!! Why aren't they called girl wires? ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 09/12/2019 4:16PM Good lord, that would be a quick stop at the end. -- HokieSignGuy 09/12/2019 3:08PM Like running the flying buttress at Cassell ** -- TomTurkey 09/12/2019 3:11PM I did it. Going up was easy. Coming down not so much especially knowing -- HOKIE 09/12/2019 6:19PM I've never done that... -- EDGEMAN 09/12/2019 3:19PM I think it was the bicycle stunt. David Wilson ran up it. ** -- TomTurkey 09/12/2019 3:31PM I remember hearing about students doing it when I was @VT -- EDGEMAN 09/12/2019 3:38PM Should be able to change it with a drone ** -- HokieDan95 09/12/2019 2:47PM Drones don't have thumbs. ** -- ArdbegHokie 09/12/2019 3:00PM Not yet ** -- Brown Water 09/12/2019 3:07PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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