hmm Ive never been arrested in the fall.... just a few more belts of this licker and Ill be able to harness the power to fly!!!!if I dont get arrested first. come to think of it I could use a rest about now..
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hmm Ive never been arrested in the fall.... just a few more belts of this licker and Ill be able to harness the power to fly!!!!if I dont get arrested first. come to think of it I could use a rest about now..
This is what the kids in the dangerous playground equipment video grow up to do, which by the way looked like a chuck lot of fun..
It is that thin line between complete confidence and screaming terror. It takes a special kind of person to do that kind of work. They are not extremely common.Quote:
Originally Posted by neilbourjaily
He appears to have a safety rope tied off with a giant knot to a scaffold pole to the left of centre in the picture. Rope crosses the planks and disappears behind his right ankle before re-appearing again secured to his belt in the centre of his lower back. Possibly a bit too much rope, but perhaps he plans to land on the edge of the horizontal plank below, and simply walk away.
Boiler shop workers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1910.
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Post 2305.....That form of jib crane is new to me; two horizontal beams and trolley rides between them.
Looks like limited travel...
Can only speculate how that came to be, two operative terms show through. Improvised and buckled fit together more often than not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
...and being Buffalo, it would be freezing cold...
If he's lucky, that's why we have shock absorbing lanyards and auto descenders these days, even in a proper harness positional asphyxia and suspension trauma is a real danger, one my in-house 'rescue' team has had to train for at work.