Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
Well, not exactly, but jumpers may find this first timer's account interesting . . . http://www.oldradio.com/...stories/1572feet.htm
NickD
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NickD
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Re: [NickDG] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
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The antenna on top of the 1500 ft tower was a 72 ft "candlestick" that transmitted a television signal strong enough to vaporize a bird if it happened to fly too close to it...
doh!
Re: [NickDG] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
Not in the story but, It would be interesting to be already on the tower (as a jumper) and having people "suprise you" as your gearing up. or while they were climbing hear the shock opening. 
Re: [NickDG] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
I was chatting with a co-worker who just started a couple months ago, we were driving through town working on his addresses, and I drove by a local A I have been wanting to check out the landing area on. He questioned my intense study of the area, and I told him "Someday I'm gonna jump that". I never expected the response I got. This young, shy, quiet kid told me how he loves to climb towers. I asked him what he does when he gets to the top, and he said he justs sits there a while and takes in the view. "And then what? You just climb back down? Wow, that would really suck" But I guess it's all in perspective cause he said "Well, I'm sure as hell not gonna jump off it!"
LMAO!!
Re: [nicrussell] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
Not a tower surprise but a crane on a B. Four of us were making the catwalk from B to crane and we heard noises from above, two young guys' up there drunk and rowdy. we met one on his way down and asked if he was a jumper, he said " No but my friend might, WHOO-HOOO!", at that point I slapped him and told him to be quiet. We finished the climb and jumped.Don't know how the night finished for them.
Re: [NickDG] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
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It had taken us exactly three hours to climb 1500 ft.
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It was 7:00 am on a beautiful morning, and instead of waking up like the rest of the world after a decent night's sleep, I had spent my night climbing one of the tallest towers in the world.
i think we all know what that is like...
Re: [NickDG] Wuffo Climbs Tower . . .
Cool article. Here's some of the quotes I found interesting. I can't wait to see the view from near the top of one.
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So we were about to do something that few people in this world could claim: climbing foot for foot a nearly 1600 ft tower at night
(It took us two hours to get to the bottom).
For a while as we climbed down, the ground seemed like it wasn't getting any closer, like something out of the twilight zone.
1572 ft... What an incredible experience!