Man Falls from KPFA Tower

[travisl5678]

Full Story: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/a...-falls-to-death-from-kpfa-tower?ref=mail_news

 

[radio dx]

I always wondered how do they change the red tower lights on radio stations towers? there too high for a cherry picker and it's a long climb up if you can even reach the top.

 

[davideduardo]

I always wondered how do they change the red tower lights on radio stations towers? there too high for a cherry picker and it's a long climb up if you can even reach the top.

Riggers climb the tower, the same way they built it. Some of the ultra high (1000 feet or more) towers have elevators.

 

[DyingMedium]

...Gravity is a bitch.

 

[weav]

For those who haven't seen it... tower climber with helmet cam:
http://www.modernman.com/a-job-you-dont-want-climbing-an-1800-foot-lightning-rod/

 

[davideduardo]

...Gravity is a bitch.

And, in this case, stupidity is even moreso.

I would imagine the climber fell to the left side of the kPFA tower.

 

[TimmyWA]

For those who haven't seen it... tower climber with helmet cam:
http://www.modernman.com/a-job-you-dont-want-climbing-an-1800-foot-lightning-rod/

I may have missed it, but what station is this?

 

[radio dx]

Thanks for the video on station tower climbers....I had no idea it was done that way but I guess that's the only way it can be done.

 

[BossRadioDJ]

For those who haven't seen it... tower climber with helmet cam:
http://www.modernman.com/a-job-you-dont-want-climbing-an-1800-foot-lightning-rod/

First saw this through a link from Russell Brown's wonderful TheOnLineEngineer.org website. The tower-climb video isn't by Mr. Brown, but it's a must-watch. I'll never look at one of those super-high towers the same way ever again.

Oh, and engineers are worth EVERY PENNY they're paid, and then some.