Absolute balls of steel
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Those of us of a certain age will remember a certain Mr. Fred Dibnah.
He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
HoHoHo said:
Those of us of a certain age will remember a certain Mr. Fred Dibnah.
He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
Did ye'r like that?He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
Wacky Racer said:
HoHoHo said:
Those of us of a certain age will remember a certain Mr. Fred Dibnah.
He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
Did ye'r like that?He was a man whom appeared to have the biggest pair of balls and the link will confirm just that...........!
balls of steel
4:09 is moment of......ohhhhhh shiiiiittttttt.......
I’m not sure he could get away with this today, I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
No matter how many times I watch it and know he’s OK, I think............aaaarrrrggggghhhhh WTF are you doing?
Bungleaio said:
Climbing up the ladders is (relatively) easy. Putting the ladders up there in the first place is what takes the balls and skill.
Fred was an incredible bloke.
Petrifying to watch.Fred was an incredible bloke.
I cannot fathom how those ladders got there in the first place, would be fascinated to see the set up.
AdamD said:
Bungleaio said:
Climbing up the ladders is (relatively) easy. Putting the ladders up there in the first place is what takes the balls and skill.
Fred was an incredible bloke.
Petrifying to watch.Fred was an incredible bloke.
I cannot fathom how those ladders got there in the first place, would be fascinated to see the set up.
Laddering a chimney
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to!
Here you go, how he put the ladders up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F04dGK1_wYA
4lb lump hammer in one hand, 12' plank in the other, and 3 or 4 pints over lunch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F04dGK1_wYA
4lb lump hammer in one hand, 12' plank in the other, and 3 or 4 pints over lunch.
HoHoHo said:
Essentially everything is strung together with rope and held on the chimney with a few wedges Nickyboy said:
HoHoHo said:
Essentially everything is strung together with rope and held on the chimney with a few wedges 
A wooden ladder, a few pieces of rope, mahoosive balls of steel and an older man who is there to help pulling up the ladders and concentrate ‘not looking at the skirt’
HoHoHo said:
....I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
The guys free-climbing the very top part of 1000+ foot radio towers in the US is petrifying to watch.Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
Sheepshanks said:
HoHoHo said:
....I’m not even sure there are any professions that’s get near to the danger this guys placed himself in almost on a daily basis?
Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
The guys free-climbing the very top part of 1000+ foot radio towers in the US is petrifying to watch.Edited to add he had NO ROPE attached, simply his skill at not dying on that day!
Yeah I'd say a lot of trad and solo climbers do hairier stuff than Fred, then you've got nutters like Alain Robert and all the youtube kids who've grown up thinking that he was somehow normal. But back then I'm sure he was in a pretty tiny minority.
Don't people still climb cranes, etc,without safety lines?
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