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lxskllr said:
I was getting sweaty palms watching her, and a borderline anxiety attack. I've had to walk steel, but nowhere near that high. I'll climb straight up and down all day long, but there isn't enough money in the world to get me to walk laterally on a beam like that.
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If you think that is bad, watch "Man on Wire" sometime. Great documentary, but holy cow that guy is nuts.
 
MontyAC said:
Glad you survived. Did you volunteered or was it on a dare?
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Did it for work. Things were more lax when I started doing it. Even if I wanted to clip off, there was nothing to clip to. Nothing says excitement like crouching down on a 12" beam while it's bouncing around do to traffic of the other part of the structure :^D
 
lxskllr said:
Did it for work. Things were more lax when I started doing it. Even if I wanted to clip off, there was nothing to clip to. Nothing says excitement like crouching down on a 12" beam while it's bouncing around do to traffic of the other part of the structure :^D
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There is an old set of photos made into posters that show high rise steel workers having lunch while building... maybe the Empire state. Just crazy.

In Canada, the Mohawks are recruited to work in NY high rise construction. It is such a part of their culture that they have I beams in the playground on the reserve for the kids to practice.
 
rudeguy said:
There is a certain breed of people meant to do that kind of work.

I can't go more than three steps up on a ladder without getting shaky, but I can climb up 20 feet of boxes and shelving and think its a good ol time.

I'd really like to find out what I'd be like way up there. I'd either be great or piss myself and fall to my death.
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I've heard that native americans don't have the same fear of heights that caucasians do, and that a lot of the workers that build skyscrapers and stuff are native american. I can't really back up that claim though.
 
Whats freaky is when you see pictures of the Mohawks who built the skyscrapers in Manhattan. They are walking the beams in tshirts or shirtless, and barefoot. No harnesses or anything.

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Not just Indians...maybe guys were just tougher back then.

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Childs said:
Not just Indians...maybe guys were just tougher back then.
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That stuff's crazy. Modern ironworkers are pretty fearless in my experience. I've seen them slide down an Xbrace(X-connector that joins adjacent beams), then walk up the next side to get to a different beam. All unhooked, and without a care in the world. They put less attention into that than I do getting a beer from the fridge :^D
 
The mortality rate must be high for steel workers. Imagine going to work not knowing it might be your last day.
 
MontyAC said:
The mortality rate must be high for steel workers. Imagine going to work not knowing it might be your last day.
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I dunno. AFAIK, there was only 1 fall on the jobs I was on. I wasn't there that day, but the guy fell about 60'. He didn't die, but he was messed up pretty bad.
 
Northern Lawn said:
There is an old set of photos made into posters that show high rise steel workers having lunch while building... maybe the Empire state. Just crazy.

In Canada, the Mohawks are recruited to work in NY high rise construction. It is such a part of their culture that they have I beams in the playground on the reserve for the kids to practice.
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My feet got all tingly and my palms are still sweaty. That chick was pretty hot though, and I liked how the guy with the camera got it really close to her ass while she was climbing over the wall.
 
lxskllr said:
I dunno. AFAIK, there was only 1 fall on the jobs I was on. I wasn't there that day, but the guy fell about 60'. He didn't die, but he was messed up pretty bad.
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I'm not sure about the high rise guys but I did read a story once about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge (I think that's the one) If I'm not mistaken, it was the first to use netting to catch falling workers and it saved something like 50 people.
 
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