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Danger Pay · 08:55 AM

This was taken from the Gondola on our way up to Ealge's Nest resturant (7700ft) at Golden's ski resort. It just freaked me out and I was just looking. I can't imagine actually working in that unit !

pitreo79 · 08-26-2007, 09:08 AM

WOW!, very nice! Congratulations

hinckc · 08-26-2007, 11:20 AM

Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!!

-Chris

J.Scott · 08-26-2007, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by hinckc

Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!!

-Chris

Cool shot! A parachute might be better than a roll cage.

khardur · 08-26-2007, 01:28 PM

wow - that's just craziness. Awesome image though, really gives a feel of how precarious a situation that machine is in. Are the surrounding mountains as steep as that photo gives you the feel of?

**Marc Langille** · 08-26-2007, 01:57 PM

That the operator is paid well. Yikes!

Very cool shot!

Regards,
Marc

daacon · 08-26-2007, 03:38 PM

Originally posted by pitreo79

WOW!, very nice! Congratulations

Thnaks for the comment pitreo79. You write much better english than I would Polish !

Originally posted by hinckc

Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!!

-Chris

Chris I think it would be about a 4-5k ft drop - even with a roll cage I think if it fell they would have to meant at the bottom by the moritition

Originally posted by J.Scott

Cool shot! A parachute might be better than a roll cage.

Thanks Jeff - yep a parachute would definitely be more appropriate !

Originally posted by khardur

wow - that's just craziness. Awesome image though, really gives a feel of how precarious a situation that machine is in. Are the surrounding mountains as steep as that photo gives you the feel of?

Thanks Dan and yes those mountains are steep indeed. I will see if I have some other angles to show a fall would last until you reached bottom !

Originally posted by 35mmfilm_user

That the operator is paid well. Yikes!

Very cool shot!

Regards,
Marc

Thanks Marc - yeah I would hope some sort of premium is paid - I wonder how the heck they got the machine up there ? Must of been a helicopter ...

vinzer · 08-26-2007, 09:34 PM

No one, and I say NO ONE would ever get me into that thing! Just looking at the picture already gives me the shivers!

Good capture Dave! You caught the precariousness of the situation.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 08-27-2007, 01:34 PM

I thought that I had seen most things but I was wrong. I have no fear of hights but this I would not do. Thanks for posting it Dave,

Heinrich

daacon · 08-27-2007, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by vinzer

No one, and I say NO ONE would ever get me into that thing! Just looking at the picture already gives me the shivers!

Good capture Dave! You caught the precariousness of the situation.

Thanks Vinzer I agree 100% !

Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann

I thought that I had seen most things but I was wrong. I have no fear of hights but this I would not do. Thanks for posting it Dave,

Heinrich

I hear ya Heinrich - I use to be a "Rig Pig" and worked as a Derrick hand , catching double stands of pipe danging 100 feet off a platform (saftey rope and vest ) no real fear of heights here either - but operating that machine on that ledge is just crazy!

Alvin · 08-27-2007, 09:16 PM

Wow, that's a shot! I'm terrified of heights when I'm not strapped in, but if I was strapped to this and looking over?!? I'm just getting wobbly looking at it!

BTW - what are machines like that doing up there anyway?

hamidlmt · 08-27-2007, 11:08 PM

That's one big vehicle to be driving on such tenuous earth... heights are just not my thing... but, it's a darn nifty shot!

ericc · 08-28-2007, 08:12 AM

I'm trying to figure out how he got there. If he came from the right edge, as his progress tends to indicate, he would've been backing down a particularly nasty slope. I don't see any tracks coming from the left, either, to indicate that he came up from the left.

I've done my share of rock hopping on the edge of small hills and 14er's, but I was always in command of my own feet. That just gives me the heebies.

daacon · 08-28-2007, 02:37 PM

Originally posted by Alvin

Wow, that's a shot! I'm terrified of heights when I'm not strapped in, but if I was strapped to this and looking over?!? I'm just getting wobbly looking at it!

BTW - what are machines like that doing up there anyway?

Thanks Alvin - I am not sure what it was doing up there. A conversation starter at least !

Originally posted by hamidlmt

That's one big vehicle to be driving on such tenuous earth... heights are just not my thing... but, it's a darn nifty shot!

Thanks for the comment hamidlmt.

Originally posted by ericc

I'm trying to figure out how he got there. If he came from the right edge, as his progress tends to indicate, he would've been backing down a particularly nasty slope. I don't see any tracks coming from the left, either, to indicate that he came up from the left.

I've done my share of rock hopping on the edge of small hills and 14er's, but I was always in command of my own feet. That just gives me the heebies.

Thanks Eric . I have to guess it was flown up there - I don't see any easy access points

**Mallee Boy** · 08-28-2007, 06:30 PM

That is one great shot Dave.....I'm getting vertigo just looking at it!!

The tyre tracks would suggest he has come in from the RHS.
Cheers
Grant

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08-26-2007, 09:08 AM	#2
pitreo79 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PL/Lubin Posts: 28	WOW!, very nice! Congratulations

08-26-2007, 11:20 AM	#3
hinckc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 298	Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!! -Chris

08-26-2007, 12:51 PM	#4
J.Scott Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,675	Originally posted by hinckc Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!! -Chris Cool shot! A parachute might be better than a roll cage.

08-26-2007, 01:28 PM	#5
khardur Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Massachusetts Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,560	wow - that's just craziness. Awesome image though, really gives a feel of how precarious a situation that machine is in. Are the surrounding mountains as steep as that photo gives you the feel of?

08-26-2007, 03:38 PM	#7
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914 Original Poster	Originally posted by pitreo79 WOW!, very nice! Congratulations Thnaks for the comment pitreo79. You write much better english than I would Polish ! Originally posted by hinckc Yikes!!! I hope that thing has a roll cage, just in case!!! -Chris Chris I think it would be about a 4-5k ft drop - even with a roll cage I think if it fell they would have to meant at the bottom by the moritition Originally posted by J.Scott Cool shot! A parachute might be better than a roll cage. Thanks Jeff - yep a parachute would definitely be more appropriate ! Originally posted by khardur wow - that's just craziness. Awesome image though, really gives a feel of how precarious a situation that machine is in. Are the surrounding mountains as steep as that photo gives you the feel of? Thanks Dan and yes those mountains are steep indeed. I will see if I have some other angles to show a fall would last until you reached bottom ! Originally posted by 35mmfilm_user That the operator is paid well. Yikes! Very cool shot! Regards, Marc Thanks Marc - yeah I would hope some sort of premium is paid - I wonder how the heck they got the machine up there ? Must of been a helicopter ...

08-26-2007, 09:34 PM	#8
vinzer Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,399	No one, and I say NO ONE would ever get me into that thing! Just looking at the picture already gives me the shivers! Good capture Dave! You caught the precariousness of the situation.

08-27-2007, 01:34 PM	#9
Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	I thought that I had seen most things but I was wrong. I have no fear of hights but this I would not do. Thanks for posting it Dave, Heinrich

08-27-2007, 09:08 PM	#10
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914 Original Poster	Originally posted by vinzer No one, and I say NO ONE would ever get me into that thing! Just looking at the picture already gives me the shivers! Good capture Dave! You caught the precariousness of the situation. Thanks Vinzer I agree 100% ! Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann I thought that I had seen most things but I was wrong. I have no fear of hights but this I would not do. Thanks for posting it Dave, Heinrich I hear ya Heinrich - I use to be a "Rig Pig" and worked as a Derrick hand , catching double stands of pipe danging 100 feet off a platform (saftey rope and vest ) no real fear of heights here either - but operating that machine on that ledge is just crazy!

08-27-2007, 09:16 PM	#11
Alvin Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,517	Wow, that's a shot! I'm terrified of heights when I'm not strapped in, but if I was strapped to this and looking over?!? I'm just getting wobbly looking at it! BTW - what are machines like that doing up there anyway?

08-27-2007, 11:08 PM	#12
hamidlmt Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gresham, Oregon USA Posts: 1,217	That's one big vehicle to be driving on such tenuous earth... heights are just not my thing... but, it's a darn nifty shot!

08-28-2007, 08:12 AM	#13
ericc Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Western Oklahoma Posts: 412	I'm trying to figure out how he got there. If he came from the right edge, as his progress tends to indicate, he would've been backing down a particularly nasty slope. I don't see any tracks coming from the left, either, to indicate that he came up from the left. I've done my share of rock hopping on the edge of small hills and 14er's, but I was always in command of my own feet. That just gives me the heebies.

08-28-2007, 02:37 PM	#14
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914 Original Poster	Originally posted by Alvin Wow, that's a shot! I'm terrified of heights when I'm not strapped in, but if I was strapped to this and looking over?!? I'm just getting wobbly looking at it! BTW - what are machines like that doing up there anyway? Thanks Alvin - I am not sure what it was doing up there. A conversation starter at least ! Originally posted by hamidlmt That's one big vehicle to be driving on such tenuous earth... heights are just not my thing... but, it's a darn nifty shot! Thanks for the comment hamidlmt. Originally posted by ericc I'm trying to figure out how he got there. If he came from the right edge, as his progress tends to indicate, he would've been backing down a particularly nasty slope. I don't see any tracks coming from the left, either, to indicate that he came up from the left. I've done my share of rock hopping on the edge of small hills and 14er's, but I was always in command of my own feet. That just gives me the heebies. Thanks Eric . I have to guess it was flown up there - I don't see any easy access points

08-28-2007, 06:30 PM	#15
Mallee Boy Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,904	That is one great shot Dave.....I'm getting vertigo just looking at it!! The tyre tracks would suggest he has come in from the RHS. Cheers Grant