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This one. They couldn't pay me enough. Fuuuuuuuck that shit.
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This one. They couldn't pay me enough. Fuuuuuuuck that shit.
A friend of mine actually does this for a living. Dude was a maniac as a kid, so it's not surprising.
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This, not enough money in the world
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Management used to ask operations for volunteers to replace the FAA bulbs on the stacks of a power plant I used to work at. 450’ stacks. A bunch of us would volunteer but it went by seniority. I had left by the time it was going to get to me & the plant was decommissioned that same year.
Sounds like south america, imagine if that AC unit came out of the sling.
I was imagining the anchors giving out when the weight of the AC was added. Fuck that.
I thought they just used the streets as sewers in India.
Haha that's what I was thinking.
I HATE tipping.... Lol but if that's my AC he's getting a giant tip.
If you cut the rope, you don’t even have to pay or tip
lol, I started out on something similar with water pumps, at 12. Used larger diameter pipe but not at deep & only had oily water instead of that mud to deal with.
Similar to the rigs my family had:
Yeah, seen some videos of crazy accidents working on oil wells, screw that
Worst job that I ever had was working concrete in college. We poured dam walks, culverts, etc before the invention of pre-fab panels. It was brutal but you were still probably working harder than I was when you were 12 lol
Started on the ranches at 9. Moved to the pump company in jr high. Did concrete work as well & agree that it sucks. My worst concrete job was the foundation of a government building in downtown SLO back in 03ish. 4 of us with snow shovels & gas powered screed wading in waist deep concrete for nearly 18hrs. I couldn’t put my boots on the next day 😂
My old friend from high school did this in his twenties.
We was talking about it and I was asking about the heights and the fear.
I guess at 20 or so feet a fall is usually fatal or something like...so two hundred feet or 1200 feet is largely the same except the time it takes to get down. He climbed up and down...I like how some base jump now to save time and have fun getting paid.
Your power plant looks to be in amazing location...that looks to be a marina. The view up there on the stacks must have been something...this must be out west on the ocean right...so looking out over the water would have been so cool.
Think there was a dude years ago that did that, posted it on youtube and the company was not happy and fired him.
Morro Bay Power Plant. Morro Bay, CA. Plant was decommissioned in 2013.
Even standing the plant roof (13 stories tall) had great views, actually anywhere in town generally had nice views.
I used to live there & would ride my old beach cruiser to work often. People would get a kick out of it. Had ape hangers & flames. I’d strap my lunchbox to the rear fender & cruise up to the front gate in shorts & flip flops to badge in. Get changed in the locker room for work. Good times back then.
I guess I watched that video. I do not look at the high up dangerous videos often because heights are very uncomfortable for me.
The jumping part was surprising and I wondered what company would allow it or OSHA. The ground spotter or whatever the name would also be in trouble I guess. The job does pay really well but not enough for my money loving mind to do.
only a few will ever have a work commute like that...awesome times. California was a magical place I used to dream about being in.
Agree. Anything over 15 feet and I get anxiety. What's funny is, I've always been like that but when I was on the crew building dam walls, the foremen didn't give a fuck. The instruction was, climb your ass up there (40 ft high on rickety scaffolding) or go home.