It involves a lot of yelling.
You can see the technician climbing our tower.
Hanging on during a brisk wind!
He made it to the top.
Starting back down.Believe it or not, this is a very common sight here.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
The Things I See
This how we have internet service in our house. I mentioned we have a 75 foot high tower and the storm last week had knocked our antenna out of position. The only way to fix this is to physically climb the tower and reposition the receiver while some one inside watches to let you know when you have it positioned correctly to get the signal.
Hanging on during a brisk wind!
Starting back down.
Believe it or not, this is a very common sight here.
Hanging on during a brisk wind!Starting back down.Believe it or not, this is a very common sight here.
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WOW - WOW - not a job for me :) but glad some people do it!
Not the kind of job I´d want. Good thing it works again!
Good grief!
Oh my word. You could not pay me enough to do that.
You really do lead an interesting life. I may steal some of your stories and make them my own, just to make myself seem more interesting.
OK, so I probably won't, but I may continue thinking about it.
Yowza, that must be fun/scary!
Oh my God!!! Ewww!
But I'm glad you're on the Internet now.
Nice meeting you!
That makes my feet tingle!
About the article...you are always welcome to use them in any way you'd like. Glad you enjoyed it.
WOW---and they think telephone poles at tall int he states!!
Bet your Jayde could scale that thing in no time!!
Great you got your service back up!!
I'm not normally afraid of heights, but I'm pretty sure it would take a LOT of money to get me to go up there!!!
Now that is scary. How much do they charge to climb that for you?
I've been to the top of a drilling rig a number of times, but it was a lot more solid than that tower. That would scare me.
Oh, wow, someone risking his life so we can keep in touch. How very kind!!! Tell him thanks!
You be extra careful up there, JMom!
When I read the first caption, I thought "WHERE is the technician? There isn't anyoe on that tower"..then ...OH, my GOSH!
BETTER HIM THAN US, eh?!!
Whoa Nelly! I didn't realize!
Scary!
Wow, that's amazing. I love the picture and quote on your header, beautiful! Thanks for visiting.
He's a better man than I am. I wouldn't go up that thing.
Wow, your tower is higher than mine. Brave guy.
WHY does it have to be so tall??
and why the yelling? can't you just call his cell phone and let him know it's good??
If it depended on me climbing that tower to restore wireless, I'm afraid I would have to give up the internet....No. Way. Ever.
This is common for us too, since we have a 90 meter radio tower. I insist that Hubs wears a harness. One of the town techs was killed last year when he fell off a tower (not ours, another one)!
Wow, and no harness. Must have been nerve-wracking, for you to watch.
Yikes! I hope that guy has great life insurance..lol
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