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Pretty cool. A little freaky but honestly the thing that was making me the most queasy was how the camera kept whipping around. In the steadier shots, it really wasn't all that bad.

My biggest concerns would be if sudden winds came up (I imagine they check weather before doing these repairs and don't go up if there's any chance of bad weather or winds over X speed), and if one of those little handholds was weak or corroded at the point it attaches to the main structure. How would you know until you put your weight on it? They're up there for months and months and years just rotting away at the weld points... That thought is the one that would scare me a little. I suppose with enough experience you learn to notice and be in tune to any such hazards as you climb though.

Even so I think I'd wear at least an emergency parachute if I ever had to do that. Those guys got either huge brass ones or no brains, or some combination.
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