Man scales chimney

[LaurasOtherHalf]

A near 300ft chimney...

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17997240.drama-...

I’m loathed to post news from the provinces but this story from my home town is quite the feat!



For scale;




As far as I’m aware, there isn’t any extinct rebellion type hoo-haa going on in carlisle.

[Eric Mc]

Fathers for Justice?
Lunatic?
Publicity seeker?

[Bill]

Eric Mc said:

Fathers for Justice?
Lunatic?
Publicity seeker?

Or bloke having a laugh and hoped not to be spotted?

[Galsia]

Fred Dibnah?

[Sheepshanks]

That hydraulic platform isn’t going to help much!

[ApOrbital]

It will be a 28 days later person trying to take photos in the fog.

[Drumroll]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

A near 300ft chimney...

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17997240.drama-...

I’m loathed to post news from the provinces but this story from my home town

What's wrong with the "provinces"?

[bunchofkeys]

Galsia said:

Fred Dibnah?

The Legend

[clarkmagpie]

Saw that on FB the morning.
Can't see it as a suicide attempt, just a local nutter.

[Zirconia]

Free runner type having laugh?

[funkyrobot]

Sheepshanks said:

That hydraulic platform isn’t going to help much!

That is great.

Maybe use it as a base and top up with ladders.

[Lotobear]

The chimney's laddered up by the looks of it.

....the contractor will be getting a roasting for leaving it unsecured

[Lotobear]

Re Fred D, by coincidence I was involved with this chimney around 20 years ago in terms of assisting with the preparation of a reinstatement valuation (it's a G11 listed buidling)

We actually spoke to the man himself and he referenced the steel bands it was wrapped in some years ago to stablise the brickwork and I clearly recall his comment - "and those fking bands, they wouldn't hold a bag o ste together".

He was wrong in hindsight but it's still a brilliant turn of words!

[Zirconia]

Lotobear said:

The chimney's laddered up by the looks of it.

....the contractor will be getting a roasting for leaving it unsecured

Used to get issues in some area's where people scaled places where ladders and access would be secured as per requirements. Only so far you can go I suppose.

[Mort7]

Scott Mattinson, 24, and his fiance Nadene, 25, live in a flat which overlooks the Chimney."We heard a noise at about 10.30pm last night - some sort of wailing; like something in distress," he said.

"We thought nothing of it at the time."



Is something wailing in distress considered normal in that part of the world?

[motco]

Telegraph report. The comment is as bizarre as the bloke climbing the bloody thing in the first place.

[anonymous-user]

Jasey_ said:

Shoot the idiot down and re-open the bloody roads.

Well it certainly didn’t take long for that sort of comment to arrive.

This might be a revolutionary position to take, but how about you wait and see the reasons behind what happened before you start suggesting that a fellow citizen is murdered just to ease a bit of traffic congestion.

[FourWheelDrift]

Galsia said:

Fred Dibnah?

Yeah call him (or someone else obviously) to burn him down.

[crankedup]

bunchofkeys said:

Galsia said:

Fred Dibnah?

The Legend

Yup, he would now turn up and ask what the fuss is about.

[likesachange]

I have just been sent a zoomed in high def pic of bloke..

Poor fella, doesn't look good