Tower Climbers Snapping Rope Out of a 1000' Tower in Somerset, KY

[xxxSleepyCowxxx]

Scary to be up that high but I mean really dude cut the rope dude geez dude

[gja888]

Must not have much of an antenna if 1/2" rope got it up there!

[subtonic88]

Was Omnom from the iphone game at the bottom waiting for it?

[cantsnapurpicture]

Wow, and I thought the big drop was bad. How do you handle the height up there? and how long does it take to get used to it?

[durko83]

Hats off gentlemen. That is some scary shit up there.

[punkid41]

id lose to take a piss off that tower

[wardxamy]

looks like such a weak rope lolol

[cannedshoes]

You guys are brave, man!

[mcfuson37]

those guys are either really brave or really crazy. no way in climbing a 1000ft tower.

[jaa93997]

sick!

[paulopadopa]

This is awesome! I fucking love rope!

[brizzlestick]

damn dude, you're freaking brave just chillin' at 1,000 feet.

I have an extreme phobia of heights. I can't even really climb on top of a house, which is only 10 feet high.

So, thumbs up for this video.

[Joeleoleo1]

Gotta love the capstan.

[EosKarlsson]

dude,dude,dude,dude,dude,dude,­dude,dude,dude,dude,dude,dude,­ :P

[kjelly77]

sick

[jcw3145]

@MaralizeLegawana My brother lives in Barbourville, which is also pretty close to Somerset. Are you a climber?

[CptSkyler]

dude I heard the rope hittin the tower on the way down, we didnt see how it laid out on the ground..... but kudos dude good way to apply tension for poppin the rope

[jcw3145]

@CptSkyler My crew told me that the majority of the rope ended up in a pile about 100' from the tower, and a portion of the rope snaked back towards the tower. All in all, it worked out really well and saved a lot of time.

[CptSkyler]

DUDE no fuckin way I live in Monticello south of there

[britdemo]

why is the rope there and what did you use it for

[jcw3145]

@britdemo We used this 1/2" rope to hoist up a new digital antenna for the tv station that uses the tower to broadcast in that area. If we just dropped the rope out of the tower, it would have gotten tangled up and taken forever to get it completely out of the tower. So, they put tension on it and "snapped" it out.

[britdemo]

@jcw3145 cool thanks for that

[onthetower40]

That was awesome!! I've snapped a lot at 300' & almost put them in the rope bucket. Guys that was absolutly textbook. Plus the wind was perfect.