So, did you monkey up to the 845'? I'd have had to find a way myself, just to hit the high mark.My personal, nonscientific hypothesis was this. Each foot off the ground represents a % of death upon impact. 10 feet, you have a 10% chance of croaking if you land wrong... 50 feet, I know those who claim to have survived this fall. Can't say for sure, I weren't there..., seen a 30' footer that made it.
100 feet, yeah, you're pretty much a "Gone Johnson"! Plan the work, work that Plan. It'll all be good.
Some day I'll have to tell the story of a circus net at 175'...
Super cool fotos BTW.
Enjoy! I'm envious.
Yeah, at a point you're just a gonna go splat!! Have not made the journey to the top yet. It is in our schedule at the end of the job to get there, snap some pictures and hang out for a minute. Will have to get on the outside of the tower obviously!! Our new guy is doing well but he is still quite nervous on the outside of the tower. He does not like it much. We were working at 375 the other day and I have a lanyard I can wrap around larger angles. I threw it up above me about 5 feet above the x bracing. I was working two legs and was leaned over pretty heavy. The lanyard slid about 6 inches to a foot quickly, I kept on working and just started laughing. My new recruit said holy cow! Don't do that, your making me nervous! Typically that is what we call a heart check, it checked his heart more than mine. I've had it happen countless times but always have my safety lanyard connected. I double check all of my connection points before I sit in the seat so I know I'm not going anywhere. Poor kid just shakes his head at me sometimes.
When I get the 800 plus pictures I will definitely post them up! Circus net?? Hmm, sounds interesting!
Heart Check! I love That!
Don't tell the Missus about those. They just don't seem to fully grasp the "FunFactor" of life on the high iron.
I'm fairly sure I never told mine the Circus net story.
Yeah, some things are better left unsaid to the Misses!!
To add to your percentages thing. Everything on this planet falls toward the ground at 9.8 meters per second or 22 mph, per second of free fall. So drop for 1 second, you hit the ground at 22mph, 2 seconds equals 44mph, 3 seconds equals 66mph and so on. Now those figures don't take into account air resistance. So if one day you take the golden step and you hit doing a spread eagle, your max speed is about 125mph. If you decide to do a header you'll probably be doing about 175mph. So I guess it would be safe to save, if you fall for more than 3 seconds, you're screwed.
Nice pics Shawn, my son sent his mother and I a picture from on top of the Astoria Bridge between Oregon and Washington spanning the Columbia River the other day. He was 400' over the water walking on the upper superstructure(with hand rails of course). A cool picture too, just not so much from his mom's point of view. Enjoy the fresh air up there and keep those awesome pictures coming. Best regards, Allan
