Fred Dibnah and his head for heights...

[Wacky Racer]

The man must have been mad!!....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R3-YwDZrzg

[mybrainhurts]

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He fell off....

[Wacky Racer]

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He fell off....

Did ye'r like that?......

[mybrainhurts]

Got it now...

I'd have been knackered at 10 feet....the man was a true nutter

[Burgmeister]

old school with some serious man grapes.

[Shaolin]

What a chimney though - all that architecture and ornament to put smoke into the air. Puts most modern industrial structures to shame.

[Parrot of Doom]

Terrifying to watch That Chimney once had a lovely decorative top with railings and everything.

[taldo]

did anyone ever see him fell that chimney using fire, astonishing, waited till the last minute before legging it to see which way it was going to drop. absolute balls of steel.

Edited by taldo on Tuesday 8th September 23:47

[Oily Nails]

Watch the clip where he's puttin up scafold on a 20ft chimney

[celticpilgrim]

'an if yer makes a mistake, it's half a day out wi' the undertaker'!!!

A one off, was Fred..

[cazzer]

Shaolin said:

What a chimney though - all that architecture and ornament to put smoke into the air. Puts most modern industrial structures to shame.

This one has to win the extra fiddly award

[dudleybloke]

i always liked fred.
it takes a special type of man to do that job. some of the overhangs on the climbs where mental.

his older films are the best before all the health and safety malarkey.

[davido140]

felt ill watching that...

balls of steel.

[T89 Callan]

A British hero and legend.

[Lord Croker]

He had a great Landie

[DocJock]

Would have been even better to see him fixing those ladders in the first place...

[bull996]

Was it not him who said it was best to have a pint before going up to steady the nerves...

[BoRED S2upid]

A typical photo of the technology this guy used to climb, wooden ladders and bits of string! madness.

[eccles]

dudleybloke said:

i always liked fred.
it takes a special type of man to do that job. some of the overhangs on the climbs where mental.

his older films are the best before all the health and safety malarkey.

I remember watching his programmes when they were first broadcast and just being concerned with the heights etc.

Looking at them today with a modern 'health and safety' head on it's truly amazing! No harness, no safety nets, just bits of string and great big heavy wooden ladders!

[Bungleaio]

But how did he get the ladders up in the 1st place?