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 3:07PM