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Fred Dibnah, British steeple jack

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June 30, 2018, 07:50 PM
Sig2340
Fred Dibnah, British steeple jack
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.





Nice is overrated

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Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
June 30, 2018, 08:03 PM
FiveFiveSixFan
That next to last overhang before the top was hard to watch it was so unnatural.
June 30, 2018, 08:20 PM
arfmel
Made my feet sweat watching that. I dislike ladders over about 16 feet tall.
July 01, 2018, 06:24 AM
PHPaul
Massive cojones on that old fart, but what about the guy that rigged the ladders???




Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
July 01, 2018, 06:31 AM
ArtieS
quote:
but what about the guy that rigged the ladders???

That's what I was thinking!



"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."

Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
July 01, 2018, 06:44 AM
FiveFiveSixFan
quote:
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!





July 01, 2018, 07:28 AM
M-11
Holy carp! OSHA would be apoplectic!



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July 01, 2018, 11:01 AM
tacfoley
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.