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Offline why jay

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Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« on: 01/14/09 - 10:48PM »
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Offline TJ-2thousand

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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #1 on: 01/14/09 - 11:05PM »
thats crazy! can you imagine how much that dude makes? sign me up. i love hights!!!
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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #2 on: 01/14/09 - 11:07PM »
I watched a special on those guys on Discovery one night.  Dangerous job, but the pay must be awesome!
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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #3 on: 01/14/09 - 11:11PM »
I watched the same show, the guy has been doing it for something like 45+ years.   I also seem to remember that he said he was afraid of heights, CRAZY!
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Offline LoneWolf

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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #4 on: 01/14/09 - 11:12PM »
yeah I've seen other documentaries on those guys, they have to have a big set of balls for that job...
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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #5 on: 01/15/09 - 02:14PM »
Thats amazing. I was actually scared for them.
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Offline LibertyPatriot

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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #6 on: 01/15/09 - 03:01PM »
There was a "Dateline Presents" episode called "Tower Dogs".  Crazy stuff.

The guy that said he was scared of heights wasn't the one in the video.  It was the older guy that left the job and the boss lady had to talk him into coming back so they wouldn't be late completing the job and lose a bunch of money.

Later in the show it talked about a kid who had worked with them that later died in an accident on another job.

Into video from the show.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25738666#25738666
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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #7 on: 01/15/09 - 06:00PM »
Thats is one sweet video, That suit is so neat and how they crawl along the lines.
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Re: Holy Crap, check this guy out!
« Reply #8 on: 02/16/09 - 11:43PM »
I can jump out of a perfectly good airplane but I couldn't climb up any towers. More power to those who can.
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