90 Foot Pole Climb

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• KA

  @kappedgaming8913 · 9 years ago

  A lot more intense than it looks, especially if you're a new climber

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• JR

  @JRUSS80 · 9 years ago

  now that i have a job with at&t climbing only 24-26 feet up. i have even more respect for these lineman

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• LA

  @LasleyMediaGroup · 9 years ago

  The hardest part for him was climbing up with those enormous testacles

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• DA

  @dabvinci4843 · 8 years ago

  The way he sounds climbing that pole is me walking up 3 steps 😂

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• PU

  @purps45 · 10 years ago

  This is why you don't see many fat linemen. In 17 years with Kentucky Utilities I climbed an 85 footer once. Good job.

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• 72

  @72floyd · 9 years ago

  I went to climbing school, I&apos;ve climbed 70&apos;s, 80&apos;s, H structures, water towers, etc. &nbsp;But over<br>my 15 year career for every pole I&apos;ve climbed I&apos;ve dug a hundred holes. &nbsp;Linework around<br>cities and suburbs is 90% underground. &nbsp;If you&apos;re afraid of heights, no problem. &nbsp;If you&apos;re<br>afraid of holes or mud, you won&apos;t make it.

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• PO

  @popwoodside1504 · 7 years ago

  When I went through the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company’s Pole Climbing School back in 1968, we were taught to “Free Climb” up and down the pole using only our hands to hold the pole and our gaffs. We did not put the climbing belt around the pole until we climbed to the height where we were going to work. After working at the height we climbed to, we unstrapped the belt and “Free Climbed” down the pole.<br><br>The new Bucksqueeze climbing belt used in this video is so much safer for pole climbers to use. &nbsp;Great invention and I’m sure it has saved lives and prevented major injuries from falling due to gaffs cutting out from the pole.<br><br>Really enjoyed the video. Your climbing skills demonstrated were awesome. Good luck in your new career!

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• BE

  @BegoneJonah · 5 years ago (edited)

  I worked on telephone lines when I was in the Marines back in the 1970s. The great majority of the time we used pole steps or a bucket truck, but every now and then there was no getting away from having to gaff up a pole. I never did it often enough to feel fully comfortable with it and, yes, it is a far more intense experience in actuality than this video shows. Gaffing down was always a big leap of faith for me, too.<br><br>I&apos;m almost 65 now and fatter than I was at age eighteen. Getting atop a 25 foot ladder is a very big deal for me these days!

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• CH

  @chaseraffaldt7785 · 4 years ago

  Adjusting that bucksqueeze when you don’t know if your gaphs are in at 60 ft is always scary😅

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• PS

  @psyfertech · 11 years ago

  dam id probably be good going up but theyd probably have to get a lift to get my ass down lol

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• GO

  @gonecoastal4 · 9 years ago (edited)

  I cane hear the old man that taught me to climb. &quot; Come on GRUNT! What, &nbsp;are you eating lunch up there?<br>No matter how fast I climbed or worked. He only learned my name after about six months.

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• BE

  @BetrayedEclipse · 8 years ago

  How to give someone anxiety

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