Rooftop selfies, ill pass

[chargerman69]

I hit being on the barn roof or the house roof when it was raining let alone a high rise

https://tackk.com/rooftopping?utm_source=rooftoppingFB&utm_medium=rooftoppingFB&utm_campaign=rooftoppingFB

[polywideblock]

no just no 

[Mopar Nut]

crazy

[bakerhillpins]

 

Man, just looking at those pics and I get the heebie jeebies.   

[Old Moparz]

I wonder how many of these rooftoppers are now about to be arrested because they posted their faces online?  

I'll pass on the trespassing & getting a selfie.

Heights are like most other dangers, you just have to respect it, know what you're doing & you'll be safe. The few in the photos that were hanging by fingertips? Not too bright. It wouldn't take much to slip & be able to have your friend post a really cool video of you getting smaller & smaller in the distance.  

My last job involved land surveying & construction inspections. I liked using the boom with the platform to get up close to a cliff face to get some measurements on the Palisades in NJ. The other thing was a bridge inspection over the East River in NYC. The engineer I was with in the bucket was scared out of his mind. Every time the bucket moved he dropped to his knees & grabbed onto the railing.  

Here's a photo of the actual bridge, The Alexander Hamilton, & a few others of the type of bucket truck we used. It reaches out, down, & under the bridge.

[Lord Warlock]

Out of their minds.  Goes to show the younger generation with internet selfies should eliminate themselves from the gene pool.  I used to work on offshore oil rigs and dangled 300 feet up working a grinder, but i was over water, also once followed a group of friends who went bridge jumping into water from 50 to 80 feet up (wear shoes and hold nuts as you hit the water) was little risk other than arrest.  Can't imagine hanging by fingertips off of a skyscraper...unless i was wearing a parachute.  Brother was into rock climbing but i thought he was nuts too. 

Just looking at some of those photos makes my stomach twist.

[68pplcharger]

Hell the pics are nothing watch the video at the end. Those kids have a death wish for sure.

[TruckDriver]

Yup, lot of them will die doing that. 

[ACUDANUT]

I hit being on the barn roof or the house roof when it was raining let alone a high rise

https://tackk.com/rooftopping?utm_source=rooftoppingFB&utm_medium=rooftoppingFB&utm_campaign=rooftoppingFB

You hit being on the barn ?

[bill440rt]

Man, just looking at those pics and I get the heebie jeebies.   

Same here. I'm scared to death of heights. I almost puked looking at those pics! 
I'll keep my feet on the ground, thank you very much.

[Dino]

Must be nice being a parent of one of these, waiting for a call.   

[Tilar]

Man, just looking at those pics and I get the heebie jeebies.    

Same here. I'm scared to death of heights. I almost puked looking at those pics!  
I'll keep my feet on the ground, thank you very much.

Same here. When I was a kid I would walk across the roof beams in our barn from one haymow to the other and not think a thing of it, Now I won't even climb the ladder up there let alone try anything like what those kids are doing.   At this point in time, if it's higher than picking corn or lower than digging taters, this old man doesn't need to be doing it.

[NHCharger]

The video at the end is nuts.

[Mike DC]

Out of their minds.  Goes to show the younger generation with internet selfies should eliminate themselves from the gene pool.  I used to work on offshore oil rigs and dangled 300 feet up working a grinder, but i was over water, also once followed a group of friends who went bridge jumping into water from 50 to 80 feet up (wear shoes and hold nuts as you hit the water) was little risk other than arrest.  Can't imagine hanging by fingertips off of a skyscraper...unless i was wearing a parachute.  Brother was into rock climbing but i thought he was nuts too. 

Just looking at some of those photos makes my stomach twist.

Risk-taking never goes out of style.  Kids probably start doing stupider things because there are fewer & fewer "normal" times when there is any risk in modern life.  And modern kids in particular, it's pathetic how little risk we formally allow them to take.  A 16yo cannot get into an R-rated movie or buy a can of spray paint. 

(BTW:  falling 300 feet "over water"?  The water might as well be concrete at that height.)

[tan top]

 those  kids are idiots ,    feel sorry for their parents ,  when & if they fall .

[polywideblock]

sure wouldn't be an open casket would it   

[MoParJW]

Out of their minds.  Goes to show the younger generation with internet selfies should eliminate themselves from the gene pool.  I used to work on offshore oil rigs and dangled 300 feet up working a grinder, but i was over water, also once followed a group of friends who went bridge jumping into water from 50 to 80 feet up (wear shoes and hold nuts as you hit the water) was little risk other than arrest.  Can't imagine hanging by fingertips off of a skyscraper...unless i was wearing a parachute.  Brother was into rock climbing but i thought he was nuts too. 

Just looking at some of those photos makes my stomach twist.

Risk-taking never goes out of style.  Kids probably start doing stupider things because there are fewer & fewer "normal" times when there is any risk in modern life.  And modern kids in particular, it's pathetic how little risk we formally allow them to take.  A 16yo cannot get into an R-rated movie or buy a can of spray paint. 

(BTW:  falling 300 feet "over water"?  The water might as well be concrete at that height.)

I agree... personally I believe a life without risk can drive some people crazy, when the mind starts worrying non-stop about all kinds of potential hazards that will probably never affect them.
Maybe a little risk puts things in perspective, and thats why some people go thrillseeking?

That said, I get sweaty hands just by looking at those pictures  , That is a long way down. absolutely crazy.

[Mike DC]

 
Yeah the vertigo is the buzz.  The taller heights make the climb more difficult.  Time, wind factors, etc. 

But when you think about it, it doesn't really make things any worse once you lose your balance.  Falling 25 feet onto concrete makes you just as dead as falling 300 feet. 

[Dino]

 
Yeah the vertigo is the buzz.  The taller heights make the climb more difficult.  Time, wind factors, etc. 

But when you think about it, it doesn't really make things any worse once you lose your balance.  Falling 25 feet onto concrete makes you just as dead as falling 300 feet. 

The scream lasts a bit longer though and you're going to need a bigger mop.   

[Cooter]

And here I thought we were stupid for going 140 mph in a 20 year old 69 Dodge Charger back in '89.....

[RECHRGD]

Funny how different things affect different people.  Heights put my balls in my throat.  But in the late '60s I was a commercial hard hat diver and had no problem going to great depths.  I've talked to people over the years that had no problem with heights or sky diving, but could not handle the clostrafobic (sp?) feeling of diving in one of those suits.

[Lord Warlock]

Actually the heights on the oil rigs were closer to 120 to 180 feet, you'd have to be on the helipad to get over 200, but even 150 feet was waaayy up there, but since there isn't much below you, the perspective is deceiving.  The trick to surviving large falls to water is NOT to land flat, but to go in feet first, and you can break your ankles.  We were warned that if we fell to avoid belly flopping or landing on your back, it'll knock the wind out of you and you'll drown before they can reach you.  Its preferable to just avoid falling in altogether.  What i did as a kid, i'd never attempt as an adult. 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Man, just looking at those pics and I get the heebie jeebies.   

Same here. I'm scared to death of heights. I almost puked looking at those pics! 
I'll keep my feet on the ground, thank you very much.

"Darwinism will win out eventually"




This will make your palms sweat......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLmabaalX48

[polywideblock]

over here we have a term "pucker factor "   that was a pucker factor of 10      their mad   

[myk]

Any sky-divers here?  I've gone twice, but somehow that doesn't seem as frightening as those building climbs...