Is this high?

[ajcj]

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Edited by dreamz on Tuesday 15th September 03:21

Great photos, but this gives rise to something that has always bothered me - ho do they get those cranes up there? In fact, how do really tall cranes get put up anywhere?

No circular stuff about getting a bigger crane along to lift it into place please!!!

[stones_throw]

Ikemi said:

Yeahh but how high is the guy taking this photograph?

[Corpulent Tosser]

Mr Dave said:

I class anything where the fall will kill you as high. So yes it is rather. You must be a mental.


In this post I quite like the "fall will kill you" bit as the three words in a row ending in "ll" make it look a bit more interesting.

The fall probably wouldn't kill you, the sudden stop at the bottom would smart a bit though

[Matt..]

stones_throw said:

Ikemi said:

Yeahh but how high is the guy taking this photograph?

Here's a video of Joe McNally taking some similar type shots on the Empire State:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAKQFddTLI&fea...

[Devilstreak]

Corpulent Tosser said:

Mr Dave said:

I class anything where the fall will kill you as high. So yes it is rather. You must be a mental.


In this post I quite like the "fall will kill you" bit as the three words in a row ending in "ll" make it look a bit more interesting.

The fall probably wouldn't kill you, the sudden stop at the bottom would smart a bit though

Exactly what i was going to say

[bazking69]

It looks high enough to me!

[BoRED S2upid]

Simon_m said:

My missus says I'm mad. Doesn't look that high to me.



Maybe my brain is wired wrong

Edited by Simon_m on Monday 14th September 21:06

Hmm hardly Fred Dibnah are you. Wheres your wooden ladders?.

[speedchick]

And there was me feeling rather proud of myself, taking myself and my severe fear of heights onto the roof of the North Stand at Old Trafford and then abseiling back down. the going down bit was fine, it was sitting in the seats at the top of the stand waiting, and then having to walk across the roof.

Edited by speedchick on Tuesday 15th September 09:41

[Neil_H]

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Ow, my toes!!!

Awesome photo.

[LividSV]

ajcj said:

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Edited by dreamz on Tuesday 15th September 03:21

Great photos, but this gives rise to something that has always bothered me - ho do they get those cranes up there? In fact, how do really tall cranes get put up anywhere?

No circular stuff about getting a bigger crane along to lift it into place please!!!

They build them up by adding sections, each floor they go up they can raise the crane a bit higher, till it gets to the top.

[Rarst]

love this video of El Camino del Rey;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw

high enough and well sketchy

[funkyol]

From the top of the World Trade Center: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgyw5ecQQfc

[Neil_H]

Did anyone see Man on Wire when it was shown on BBC recently? It's about the guy who walked a rope between the two WTC towers in the 70s, showing how they planned it etc - it's superb.

[jonnie5]

Digger said:

Scraggles said:

good to be able to browse the photos, some look good, some do not

must have closed the browser before posting last time

used to be really not good with heights and then went on some hang gliding course at edale, being 500 foot up and the realisation that you could fail badly, made it much less of an issue

doubt i would go abseiling down some building, but it helps

what's the picture you linked to??

I reckon that's the Grand Hyatt in Shanghai (or inside the Millennium Falcon or something )

[monthefish]

bonsai said:

[GTIR]

LividSV said:

ajcj said:

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Edited by dreamz on Tuesday 15th September 03:21

Great photos, but this gives rise to something that has always bothered me - ho do they get those cranes up there? In fact, how do really tall cranes get put up anywhere?

No circular stuff about getting a bigger crane along to lift it into place please!!!

They build them up by adding sections, each floor they go up they can raise the crane a bit higher, till it gets to the top.

That's all very interesting, but how the he'll do they get it back down again!

[Neil_H]

GTIR said:

LividSV said:

ajcj said:

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Edited by dreamz on Tuesday 15th September 03:21

Great photos, but this gives rise to something that has always bothered me - ho do they get those cranes up there? In fact, how do really tall cranes get put up anywhere?

No circular stuff about getting a bigger crane along to lift it into place please!!!

They build them up by adding sections, each floor they go up they can raise the crane a bit higher, till it gets to the top.

That's all very interesting, but how the he'll do they get it back down again!

I believe there was a whole thread dedicated to this very topic not that long ago! I'm not sure the answer was ever found....

[shakotan]

jonnie5 said:

Digger said:

Scraggles said:

good to be able to browse the photos, some look good, some do not

must have closed the browser before posting last time

used to be really not good with heights and then went on some hang gliding course at edale, being 500 foot up and the realisation that you could fail badly, made it much less of an issue

doubt i would go abseiling down some building, but it helps

what's the picture you linked to??

I reckon that's the Grand Hyatt in Shanghai (or inside the Millennium Falcon or something )

Yup, that's the view down to the Atrium in the Jin Mao Tower. Floors 55 to 87 are the Grand Hyatt, and it has the record of being the highest (from ground level) hotel in the World. I stayed there back in 2002, it's quite a view from your room!

[mrmr96]

cazzer said:

Anything you cant survive falling off is way too high.

Agreed. Once you're high enough that a fall will be fatal then any more height is academic really.

[Daniel1]

ajcj said:

dreamz said:

this is the view to be seen - from floor 160

Edited by dreamz on Tuesday 15th September 03:21

Great photos, but this gives rise to something that has always bothered me - ho do they get those cranes up there? In fact, how do really tall cranes get put up anywhere?

No circular stuff about getting a bigger crane along to lift it into place please!!!

dont fancy being in that traffic jam in the background!