Life on the Wire!

Erecting the spacer cart on a 230K line. implicit trust between linesman and pilot, no room for error..

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1. Cavabardus 1 year ago

Can stop the researches for an illustration of "professional".
We got it.

Respect.

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2. Kendiana 1 year ago

All the props in the world. Men like these are the ones responsible for lighting up our lives. Thank you!!!

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3. ranger98 1 year ago

That heli pilot has got skills!

4. gringo 1 year ago

There is much tension going on

5. Apocalypse11 1 year ago

balls of steel

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6. cameramaster 1 year ago

Not what you would call "reVOLTing"...no doubt there was a lot of "high tension" while that was going on......i bet he was glad to get "ohm" at the end of the day!

but did he offer any "resistance" i wonder , and finally...in what "capacity" did he work ?

ok ok .....'nuff said

7. y3lom 1 year ago

#6's comments look like they came out of big bang theory

8. Tehrasha 1 year ago

The lines are brand-new and are not energized. The man sitting on the lines has no gear to protect him from coronal discharge. See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjC7DjoVe8 at the 1 minute mark.

9. cretia 1 year ago

looks like bc hydro

10. mescaline 1 year ago

#8 maybe there's no charge to it... but it's high enough, don't you think?

11. mr-rex 1 year ago

How much the salary of this work

12. Teqskater 1 year ago

#8 Yup. If it was live he would wear a faraday suit and you would see some "lightning" pass over from the lines to the cable on the heli.

13. Lasering 1 year ago

Watt an amazing job.