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Sig2340
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I have been watching a series of short films on YouTube.

They involve an old school British steeple jack, Fred Dibnah.

Here is an example:


Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R3-YwDZrzg

Here is another:



Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXwmYhLVg2E

I love the David Attenborough narration.




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That next to last overhang before the top was hard to watch it was so unnatural.
 
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arfmel
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Made my feet sweat watching that. I dislike ladders over about 16 feet tall.
 
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Massive cojones on that old fart, but what about the guy that rigged the ladders???



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but what about the guy that rigged the ladders???

That's what I was thinking!


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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Massive cojones on that old fart, but what about the guy that rigged the ladders???


Apparently, that would be Fred too!




 
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Holy carp! OSHA would be apoplectic!


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He was also an outstanding draughtsman in the style of Victorian engineering drawings. Totally self-taught, the man was a humble genius that we miss like crazy - there really was only one Fred Dibnah - accept no substitutes.

tac, who met him once.
 
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