Red Ring Tupperware Party, Autumnal Equinoctal Edition (24)

theague wrote in post #17370778
I hate heights. I couldn't watch anymore of it. lol

I didn't even start watching... nope, don't do heights.

Ian Mackie wrote in post #17370838
Please do post those pics.

Love your avatar of the real James Bond and fellow countryman.

When I find them, I'll post them

I've watched that video before and it made me motion sick. The conditions of the height are what gets to me. I have no problem walking around on a roof if it's not a steep pitch. I'm usually the person that gets the job of laying the first few rows of shingles on the bottom edge. Climbing ladders is usually not a problem, unless it's one of those cheap ones that shakes and feels like it's going to collapse under you. Pretty much, if it's safe, I'm good.

I would go in a heartbeat. I have no fear of heights and sort of enjoy that tingle feeling you get when your out in the open. I am really careful with ladders though as I do have a fear of falling. It's not the falling exactly, I have a fear of stopping abruptly at the end of the fall. OUCH!!

gjl711 wrote in post #17370895
I would go in a heartbeat. I have no fear of heights and sort of enjoy that tingle feeling you get when your out in the open. I am really careful with ladders though as I do have a fear of falling. It's not the falling exactly, I have a fear of stopping abruptly at the end of the fall. OUCH!!

You have to be in shape to climb one of those really tall towers. Problem is how much you have to stretch. It is almost like doing a few hundred one legged lunges.

you have to be in shape for any site work really. On a regular power plant construction site, I can get to walk around 8-10 miles a day, up and down ladders, stairs, going up and down HRSGs (Heat Recovery Steam Generators), exhaust stacks, elevated grounds, into tunnels for large piping etc.

Sounds nice. I sit on my butt most of a 12-hour shift. Not healthy.

LV Moose wrote in post #17371057
Sounds nice. I sit on my butt most of a 12-hour shift. Not healthy.

it is nice, until...

it rains
sleets
snows
chances of becoming abducted increase in dodgy african countries etc.

and powerplants are NEVER in exotic locations.

Hmmm. Okay skip that. I guess the optimum job for getting some walking in would be serving drinks on the beach at an all-female clothing-optional resort in the tropics. Upper-body exercise coming from giving massages on the side. I think I'll go apply.

Yeah, I woulda taken that job, too, I guess. But I still prefer my idea.

Had a go at the moon rise last night. Not 100% happy with these but it's something to work from. Had a few issues with lens flare that I've cropped out or spot healed in LR. I'd been on the beach in the arvo and there was lots of low cloud on the horizon so hopes were down. Might go back tonight as I really wanted a shot of the moon just above the horizon, maybe short exposure of the moon and long exposure for the water and blend.

Harm wrote in post #17370721
anyone afraid of heights?

I've been to the top of both of these but I think that's as high as I'd like to go...

I've climbed a few HV transmission towers but it was years ago and in a training yard.

Harm wrote in post #17370721
anyone afraid of heights?

That would be cool to do. I think I would have to whip myself into better shape though. It has been a few years since I climbed 240 kV transmission towers.