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

A tower crew snaps a hoist line out of a 1000' broadcast tower in Somerset, KY. Kevin is doing the cutting, Will is running the camera, and Brandan is running the cathead.

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Entertainment

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• Tower
• Climbing

[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.

[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.

[paulopadopa]

This is awesome! I fucking love rope!

[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!