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Hello, What things do I need to watch out for before doing my first radio tower climb? Please share you tips!!

In reply to ramizlol:

1 Falling off is quite a hazard
2 Don't take selfies on the way up or down.
3. Do be aware that many important towers have lots of hidden security.
4 Don't let your testicles too near the actual transmitting dipole as it may well render you sterile if it actually transmits at the time your on it.
5. Don't climb one in a thunderstorm or when lightening threatens
6 Make sure you can get down before the police arrive.
7 Don't post anything showing your climb on the internet as it may be used as evidence to prosecute you.

In reply to Dave Perry:

Sounds like the most painless possible way to qualify for a Darwin award. ;O)

In reply to Dave Perry:








You've probably just ruined this for the rest of us!!

Correct advice is

Get your mates to film it all.

Do some comedy "oh I nearly slipped there" bits.

Choose somewhere remote, estimate time to climb against time for police to arrive from nearest major road. Have a bike at the base for X-country escape; old bill aren't going to bother their arse chasing you but, if it's a quiet day, they might get the copter out and you'll get to star in one of those "documentaries".

In reply to ramizlol:
Why would you want to? As a retired BBC transmitter engineer I can tell you that there's no technical (climbing) interest.

In reply to Andy Long:

Because he or she shouldn't...

In reply to ramizlol:

Whatever you do, don't climb if you have a pet emu. I believe it increases the risk considerably.

In reply to ramizlol:

Make sure you gave t listened to the radio station, or you'll lose the insight.

In reply to Removed Usergilesf:


I take your point but it loses its glamour after a few sleaty Christmas Eves spent "up the stick" fixing an antenna fault just so the punters can watch "The Great Escape". Also, non-ionising radiation is no substitute for a nice warm fire. And bad for everything, not just your gonads.

In reply to Andy Long:


Because it's there?

In reply to ramizlol:

There's an antenna climbing video on the tube that usually is trolled out to inspire vertigo.

youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&

In reply to ramizlol:

Obviously you gotta do the one handed hang at the top. That's what all the cool urban climbers do.

In reply to Otis:


Rod Hull's favorite washing powders ........ Aerial and Bounce

In reply to ramizlol:

Falling off is bad.