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especially if your workplace is seventeen hundred feet street up
that's the commute for people to work on transmission lines in antennas and the
world of broadcasting
this video shows what it's like the climb to the top of earth seventeen
hundred sixty foot
just to be in your
it all starts with an elevator lied to about sixteen hundred feet apj what's
called a climate
of course you have to bring all your tools
that's the red bag hanging below
he weighs about thirty pounds and you pull it up behind you all the way to the
top
it's a lot like just a swap
where you have to remember to bring everything you're going to need
because it's a long way down
once you reach the top of the tower
it's time to go outside
old at the antennas mounted on top of it
it is therefore extra height
this is called free climbing
meaning that no safety lines are used
it's easier faster
and most our workers
climb this way
it's going to take a break
round while you rest
free climbing is more dangerous of course but osha rules to allow for
attaching climbing
catching and removing c_k_ lines every few feet
goes progress in is tiring
here you can see in electrical junction box further to our lines
inside the k_g_b_ can now see the transmission line
that feeds the transmitter power to the antenna
this section is the antenna tuner
it shaped like this to allow for the expansion and contraction of the
transmission line
on at seventeen hundred foot run to the top
these spiky flowers on their long stems are used to attract electrical charges
in the air
this helps to dissipate the charges before they build up to create a
lightening strike
now we've reached the pace of the internet
from here it's just another sixty feet to the top
his climbing partner is now holding the two lb
to keep it from swinging
knocking him off balance
time for another break
seeing storm clouds
he checks on the lightning conditions
there's no quick way down
the top is in sight
and time for another break before transitioning to the top
at this site
you can see fifty five miles to the rise in
this is the tricky part
getting on top
that object with the black tie
is the lighting peaking
and that's how you climb to the top of a transmission tower