I wonder if Ig can tell us what they're saying. (They sound Russian to me, anyway.)
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I don't think I'd have made that climb in me yout.
Heavy Metal Climbing?
Oct 18, 2015
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Cripes, I got vertigo just watching them....
Jon
They are not saying much, just climbing Shanghai tower using various safety ladders and then a tower crane jib. I heard them advising each other.
There are also Russian teenagers who like to ride trains on the roof.
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Most of these trains are electric, powered by overhead wires.
i
Ayup, crazy mofos.
They do it differently in India.
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Oops!
I will show it to my kids tonight.
i
No, suicide. They were trying to talk him out of it, to no avail.
That overhead wire is at 25 KV.
Joe Gwinn
I'll bet that 0.732 seconds it took to totally dessicate him seemed to take _forever_ while he died.
Imagine the videos we would have if these guys had cameras:
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Jon
OSHA fine, $77,000 ($7,000 per serious violation multiplied by 11 workers)
i
I doubt he felt a thing - the electrical surge will have prevented any and all brain function.
Joe Gwinn
The videos we have, like for the Golden Gate Bridge and Empire State Building, were great...and scary.
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Imagine being a riveter inside a ship or the GGB tower. Talk about deafening!
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Lots more there on Youtube.
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