Ice Tower Climb

[@scottschwab3025]

Ive been getting a few messages asking if I’ll be posting more videos. My “One Hit Wonder” has now reached 100k views thanks to you crazies wanting to see dangerous and fun stuff… or am I the crazy? Either way, let me know if I should start using my #GoPro on the job more. In the meantime, skip over to my other channel for some outdoor adventures - hunting, fishing, boating, shooting, hiking etc. kzbin.info/door/7zQWXZtUNSSVv1bHGWcONA

[@infinitecanadian]

Please do! I want to see more of this. Where was this?

[@deezlife8767]

That’s pretty scary hope you got hazard pay.

[@iMatchEnergyLikeABoss]

Would definitely love to see you posting more!

[@EdzashedFudwinkle]

Bro you should use your GoPro fir insurance if nothing else, I'd want to record all my ballsy shnizzle me, I done chimneys in the Uk but never a tower 🗼

[@SteelCity570]

You’ll def gain a lot of viewers, but honestly you’ll make a lot of money and get a ton more viewers on TikTok but I’d post to all social medias

[@Bimbows07]

“That’s slick” Get off “That’s really slick” *Please, get off* P.S. You guys rock, thanks for doing this type of stuff

[@flagmichael]

It would be a lot better without the cowboy attitude to safety. OSHA fines for the violations shown would be eyewatering: $25K for a relatively minor one.

[@infinitecanadian]

Windows _07 Winter is definitely not a good time to do this.

[@TheEpoxyExpert]

He’s not reading this while you posted!! - LMFAO!!

[@CrowT]

I'm glad I work inside.....and on the ground....

[@sO_RoNerY]

Wimp

[@redk6100]

Wish I could laugh at your reply lol

[@CrowT]

@@redk6100 You can. It was meant to be silly🤷‍♂️

[@CrowT]

@@sO_RoNerY Thats quite the uneducated assumption. Doesn't mean I never did. Spent many years outside working...

[@jameslipsey1008]

Boring

[@austinbartose6527]

Good thing it’s a very small tower

[@kadecrebert]

Austin Bartose “ very small “

[@infinitecanadian]

Austin Bartose And a snowy end to the fall.

[@gooxh]

Very small indeed

[@praisethelordjesuschrist3554]

Austin, you climb

[@kingkooty4966]

I thought the same ctfu, having a whole conversation with the person on the ground

[@Junior3z]

Did this yesterday. -17 degrees. Was just a little tower though, about 35 meters. Sun was out, blue skies. Pretty great.

[@adonisjenkins3930]

10:35 not a time to drop a glove... imagine

[@Luckingsworth]

Would be a long climb back down, that's for sure

[@smokey04-w6v]

Lmaooooo

[@NeutronDance]

My heart skipped a beat

[@globe2555]

Or lose a shoe.

[@monkey.dluffy5609]

Satisfying noise when you crunch the snow

[@scottschwab3025]

Monkey.D Luffy I am not a fan! Haha makes me cringe and want to barf 🤢

[@chaddowden6085]

Doesn't matter if it's 30' or 250,' winter conditions on a tower suck sack milk. Good job TDog!!!

[@shaunrankin8764]

I disagree. Every foot you go up gets harder and harder in these conditions. Not to mention that the wind exponentially gets worse as you go up. I climb so I know.

[@dylantaylor8389]

@@shaunrankin8764 re read that comment

[@bretgreen5314]

I was involved in tower construction. I always say once you hit 50' you are "in the zone." Added height above that all feels the same to me.

[@loganwalr]

I do tower like this in north Dakota. -20s and windy as you know what. Good job none the less.

[@scottschwab3025]

Thanks! I’m from South Dakota so I know exactly the wind your speak of! Take care up there, neighbor

[@Solomerc17]

Did it down in California for a while. Moved back to Minnesota. Got a job doing it here. Bastards started me out at $18 an hour. Did it one winter..... fuck that 🥶

[@SCPEthicsCommittee]

Good job, keep up the good work. Whatever you do, please be safe.

[@randomizedcontent9461]

You guys need to be safe from all of the keters

[@SCPEthicsCommittee]

@@randomizedcontent9461 Will do, thanks! lol

[@randomizedcontent9461]

SCP Intelligence Agency lol

[@kevincarlson9144]

This guy doesnt get paid enough. I dont care how much it is, it's not enough.

[@raulverduzco2116]

Did this on 400 feet last week. I hated my life sooooo much. But for some reason I stay??!! I think it'd the guys in with, idk.

[@ccheeks74]

I worked as a tree climbing for two years and thought I was crazy for doing So. But this is next level stuff.hats off too you good sir.

[@dudemytoe888]

Honestly this seems like a fun job to have

[@infinitecanadian]

Thank you for doing this. You guys are great. Just imagine if you dropped that glove while shaking it, though...

[@scottschwab3025]

It’s tough work... all just to get internet to the customer. Thanks for the warming comment.

[@infinitecanadian]

@@scottschwab3025 You're welcome - although I don't know how warm it makes you while on a tower!

[@infinitecanadian]

Scott Schwab And I still think you guys are crazy!

[@jamesm611]

@@scottschwab3025 are you still climbing towers. Thanks for what yall do. If you didn't we wouldn't have service. If you do please be safe man. No money is worth your life. You sound like a really cool dude bud.

[@scottschwab3025]

@@jamesm611 Yeah, I’ve been with this company for 14 years and still climb that tower at least once a year. This one is only 50’, but we have others that are over 200’ that we need to scale rain, snow or shine. Thank you for the concern. Take care and have a great weekend!

[@flagmichael]

You can climb it safely (enough) but not that way. According to the training I got free climbing above 6 feet is an OSHA violation. In the absence of a SafeClimb you do it hook over hook. Been there, done that. Ms. Fixit is also correct about clipping off to a leg, unless the crossmember has been tested to 5000 lbs hung in the middle, and placarded so. One of the men in my department was cavalier (like this) and ended up falling 20 feet to the hard desert floor, landing on his feet. He shattered both ankles and had compression fractures of vertebra (don't know how many). Needless to say, he never walked again... 20 feet and landed on his feet.

[@willymaykit1482]

Lmao. Shut up.

[@happinesshotel5375]

I did search and rescue for sometime. I was terrified the first time I went rappelling. Now I’m desperately looking for some type of adrenaline job. I applied to a bunch of tower technician jobs, I’m hoping one day someone will call me back. Right now I’m just watching every video I can find to learn what they do on the tower.

[@YelsewNesnej]

A part of me misses being a tower climber. It can get real sketchy with certain conditions n shit but the views and the crew made it worth it. What a thrilling experience yet at the same time terrifying sometimes. Haha

[@behindtheexperience6453]

It must suck when Elsa needs her internet fixed!

[@scottschwab3025]

Ha! Best comment yet!

[@jeremyr7147]

Fun times. I've been on shorties with solid ice 1/4" thick. Lock in your heals and use a death grip. Safety gear the whole way... probably shouldnt have.. The part that started to get to me on the job was the frost bite in sub zero. Well I dont work for skybeam anymore but miss climbing, going to climb my rohn tower right now.

[@scottschwab3025]

Jeremy R Be safe up there and thanks for watching.

[@Kansasavation]

Smart decision to film cameraman, never dies

[@thefixitgal]

Please remember to tie off at minimum 8' before you continue. Your claw needs to go around the leg on those towers.

[@idontno0]

Ms.Fixit please remember he probably knows what he's doing considering he's filming himself work and or any violations he'd be committing while he's risking his own life for someone's internet connection...

[@thefixitgal]

@@idontno0 Please remember that Im a professional WIsp Consultant who is also a licenced tower climber & work close to some of the industries top tower riggers. I film myself too. I make youtube tutorials for our industry. It doesn't Mean Im an expert or don't make mistakes. Basic safety is important.

[@scottschwab3025]

@@idontno0 Thank you for watching. I figure there's always opportunity to learn from anybody on this planet. Ms. Fixit has a lot to teach and I'm glad we have people like her to help.

[@scottschwab3025]

@@thefixitgal Hey there! Thanks for chiming in again and for the several DM's you send in the past - I haven't forgotten. Thank you for all you do and for caring about the industry. It's a tough world and industry to work in and not for everybody. Since this old video, I definitely purchased proper gear and think back to your words every time I climb. This Spring I have a couple more climbs I'll be needing to do... should be a breeze! Like 10-30 mph breeze! Ha

[@thefixitgal]

@@scottschwab3025

[@theaviator1152]

Dude, 50 feet? The entire time that thing looked three times the height of a eucalyptus tree.

[@gs1100ed]

Wonder how things would have gone if you had dropped your glove when it was off?

[@jackburnett2810]

Thats almost exactly the size and structure of the only tower I ever climbed to put a new radio antenna up for an oil production company I worked for. 180 feet to the top. I went up, dropped a rope and pulled the antenna and cable up and noticed how much it swayed. Im making it rock back and forth having fun. On the way down, about 2/3rds of the way up, i noticed that two of the three welds on the legs at one of the horizontals was rusted all the way through. I was on one good leg above that. I told my boss that from then on, he'd have to get a worm to climb it.

[@scottschwab3025]

Jack Burnett Good call! It’d be smart to have a welder touch that off.

[@jackburnett2810]

@@scottschwab3025 I was 18 then. Im 60 now. Its probably fallen by now. I have worked corrosion control on bridges and done stadium lighting since but working at heights aint my thing. I CAN do it but ...nope!

[@scottschwab3025]

Jack Burnett Cool line of work! I used to hang and maintain stadium speaker systems in AZ. But we used riggers at concerts and Genie lifts if I went up.

[@jackburnett2810]

@@scottschwab3025 I was young then. Im a retired computer engineer and programmer. But it was cool. I did many jobs putting myself through college, from oilfield to concrete finisher to electrician.

[@dylantaylor8389]

@@scottschwab3025 my buddy is a rigger. He loves it. Y’all are bad ass.

[@theaviator1152]

What looks worst to me is that at the top there’s never any space to be. Like even on a 2000ft public radio tower with a flathead at the top, you have to either 1) sit on a corner and try to wrap yourself around a pole or 2) stand up with like two inches to put your feet, loosely hooked to a thin top cable, while trying not to get launched into your death by wind. It’s crazy! The first thing I’d want to do after reaching the top is feel relieved and out of danger, but I can’t do that if there’s nowhere safe to be. A little square platform to stand on, or heck, even just like an attached metal seat at the top wouldn’t mess up the tower, right?

[@ak_downrange_threat7251]

Having done work in Cold of Alaska while touching metal on many occasions, I would like to offer up suggestion from my experience, Those gloves you have are crap, if its your only layer. The key to surviving the Brutal cold is layering, so I suggest you get those cheap cotton gloves with the grip tread on the hands and get the a size big enough to fit over your glove so you can climb with them. Then when you get to the top you can remove the out layer giving you the ability to have better fine motor skills.

[@sixhundred3score6]

We were never allowed to climb in ice or wind. Definitely adds a little nervousness.

[@MrAdam741]

I install ubiquity dishes at the client end here in the UK. Recently installed some of the new AC rockets on the rocket dishes and nearly tripped the throughput (and the frequency useage). Towards the end of the video you mentioned that the dish wasn't connecting properly, did you get to the bottom of that? My guess would be frequency overlap because from memory the air fibre uses a 100mhz channel at full duplex

[@scottschwab3025]

Hey MrAdam. Yeah we figured it all out. On those AF5’s back then they were brand new and finicky and UI seems to release their products without testing... which is what you and I are for! Haha. They rely heavily on user experience and complaints and suggestions on the Community, then make the fw updates or product releases according to what the people want. Anyway, this video was years ago. I now have everything on that tower upgraded to the latest AF5x HD’s for backhauls and AC GPS sectors for AP’s. Also running the Edge Max 12p router with redundancy power with 2 batteries and Edge Power24v’s. On top of that, we have OSPF enabled to ensure link stability from multiple backhauls. Works real slick and keeps the clients happy. I also don’t have to RUSH up the tower when somethings goes down... gives me time to troubleshoot, figure out a plan and execute.

[@SkyChaserCom]

Rain or shine = gotta get 'er done. I am amazed on what these folks do. Good work :)

[@scottschwab3025]

cdcollura Thanks for watching

[@heydudeyahbro5492]

Pro tip: Light a campfire at the bottom of the tower.

[@Kyle_Godfrey111]

Cow Farts Cortez and crack/melt the support frame and boom you’re done

[@SEANPAGE9991]

I definitely would be scared to do this as my career job

[@ShawnCorn]

That job better pay well after all that slippery danger. at least it's not tooo high

[@scottschwab3025]

logan thorpe Unfortunately I’m getting paid well under the average salary for my position and don’t get paid hazard compensation. Thanks for watching, though

[@mrgarza8083]

All of tower climbers money is made in OT. Hourly wage is pretty shitty for the job we do

[@gergyta9211]

Y’all should get paid more, I mean, this stuff is pretty important and lots of hazards to deal with I imagine. Plus not everyone can do it (I’d be like a car stuck in a tree after like, 10’)

[@praisethelordjesuschrist3554]

Start out $15 an hour

[@armedmariner]

I’d be ok doing that tower like that. But a 1500’ tower on a beautiful sunny warm day. Nope!

[@praisethelordjesuschrist3554]

Lol gotta do what you gotta do

[@aaronbadboyflexxer9173]

Good work t dog

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

What sort of boots are necessary for this line of work? I will be in the southwest region so not much snow or ice but I'm assuming steel shanks and a safety toe?

[@imchris5000]

you know the best part about this style antenna is the joints like to fill with water and rust out. its real fun to be half way up and notice how janky it is lol

[@hiramrosenkreuz9835]

Even the elk are like fuck that noise.

[@infinitecanadian]

A great winter watch when it is cold outside.

[@Galaxy-ke9mf]

Idk how you guys work on these kind of jobs, I get sweaty palms when I watch these kind of videos...

[@mrjenkinsful]

Can already tell that's in Wyoming, I work Derricks on a oil rig up by Douglas so I feel your pain sir lol

[@scottschwab3025]

lord jew I don’t think I’d enjoy working an oil rig. Kudos and be safe up there.

[@garybalanesi610]

Don't be in a rush, the cold really hits you.Especially the wind and it's Wind chill.. Dress warmly.. Been there, done that 160ft .

[@scottschwab3025]

Gary Balanesi Thanks for understanding. Seems like a lot of my commenters just don’t understand and saying “you’re slow!” “My 70 year old father would work circles around you”. Blah blah. Quality and safety are above all. I’ve never fallen on the job.

[@Trrippy_Shades]

@@scottschwab3025 this isent even you climbing lol

[@sO_RoNerY]

OG Sinatra Are you sure about that?

[@Trrippy_Shades]

@@sO_RoNerY uhhhhhh yea, Refers to scott on the ground, are you sure youre not deaf?

[@Rjeezy314]

At least the climb wasn't very high. Stay safe my friend. Whoop whoop

[@Bass.Player]

Tower was/is a telescopic type, it has a rotor plate and a top mart guide also...

[@northwoodsyankee3528]

Glad you weren't on a mountain in driving wind a few hundred up. I used to put HotHands in my gloves and the footwarmers in my boots. Be safe out there.

[@Danfromoverthere]

I wouldn’t do this in the nicest of days! With ice, are you shitting me!!!!! How does this guys do this and carry all the weight of his gigantic balls?!?!

[@scottschwab3025]

Haha thanks for watching!

[@jddr.jkindle9708]

ummm - OSHA requires full fall restraint 6' and above. Sorry your safety is not good.

[@Sprinic]

These things never look like they can support the extra weight, that's a gets me. Not the height, but the flimsy-ness. I would NEVER

[@kaseypharr5433]

Those type of climbs suck without the snow and ice...damn dude...that shit was nasty..

[@billymays495]

I always used to think those towers we're for gorillas to climb up and play the antenna like drums for the people to hear

[@scottschwab3025]

Billy Mays They’re not?!?! 🤔

[@redneckillinois2030]

Now I finally know how we got hip hop radio stations

[@LHPILOT2000]

Where was this? I Work whith towers in Brazil. I can't imagine how cold it was there.

[@Roscomfomfom]

I hated climb feed bins didn't matter how tall

[@codyacomputerman1]

Are you ever going to make more videos ?

[@scottschwab3025]

I actually have another channel that I’m active on. I made this one years ago to post this 1 video, which now has over 100k views and I don’t want to mess up my streak! Haha! “One Hit Wonder”? I’ll have to ask the comment section how you all feel about me making more videos and this channel my work and fun channel. Thanks for watching! Check out the other one: kzbin.info/door/7zQWXZtUNSSVv1bHGWcONA

[@KSparks80]

Maybe one of those long ice scrapers with a stiff brush on the other end would help out on that kind of stuff. The loose stuff anyway. And a few hand-warmer packs in your pockets. Got cold watching this, and I'm in Arizona. (Where it's 106f at the moment...lol). Not envious!

[@scottschwab3025]

Where in AZ do you live? I went to ASU and graduated HS in Miami.

[@KSparks80]

In Tempe, just south of ASU (Go Devils!) off of Mill Ave. Did a lot of work in the past at the mines in Globe/Miami, and passed through many times, usually heading for the mine in Morenci. Pretty area around there with the mtns. and lake.

[@ats-3693]

I wonder why these these things don't have a belaying/safety line permanently installed running through a pulley at the top?

[@backourtent7300]

Better have gotten triple the paycheck for this💀

[@sometinsometin1]

How do you get a job like this? Also is it union?

[@scottschwab3025]

Gage Loeschen Not Union. Local WY company. Shop around! They’re always willing to hire and train the willing.

[@donttreadonme9132]

I always hit the tower legs and sometimes the guy wires with a hammer before climbing. It helps for sure.

[@primate4]

He gets to the top and realizes that he left his wrench down below.

[@Ben-pr4yd]

I always enjoyed climbing an icy tower in a snowstorm vs one on a clear and sunny day. Never felt as high in the snow.

[@infinitecanadian]

Bet you like it when it is close enough to the ground that you can talk to your buddy.

[@lnhislmage]

My first thought was “ hope he’s got hand warmers ! Nothing sucks like frozen hands. My next thought does that pay well? I hope so! And lastly I thought 🤔 50 ft ...they should have got you a lift. They are generally pretty reasonable and ice probably at least quadruples the risk . Be careful out there and tell them you want a raise!

[@No_ReGretzkys99]

Depending on how windy it was a lift generally wouldn't work in these conditions

[@Dittl0l]

Good thing it's a small tower so you are safe

[@standstillphil]

Watched this video 3 times now and I’m still wondering where the tower climb is?........

[@scottschwab3025]

Thanks for watching.

[@catphopfes126]

Right only looks like 45 ft ay but that ice makes everything harder id look at my foreman like he was a dick if he made us climb 100+ towers in these conditions

[@foreignfoamer3592]

Now do it by yourself or be quiet.

[@justicelut]

Here in Aus, the riggers and scaffolders say wet steel? No deal! "

[@matriix18]

So how does one get into one of these jobs as a line of work. This type of work looks pretty badass way to make money especially as a climber.

[@mccitstudent]

Was this tower on a hill? It’s not very tall.

[@scottschwab3025]

yeah it's on a butte. Used to be the old relay point from town to the north for emergency dispatch and then became a HAM tower by the previous owners of the home. I tore all that down and built it into an internet relay point for our WISP.

[@d1ckurkel]

Pretty neat still deathly afraid of heights tho :)

[@CHEFDALLION]

Omg no way in the ice and snow - be safe my friend.

[@SpectrumCommLtd]

Been there, done that! My hands got cold just watching!

[@jacksonwholeexperience409]

+Spectrum Communications Ltd. Yeah that day I won't ever forget. But I seem to have many of those types of days every year, whether on towers or roofs. Just be safe out there!

[@jmartmac]

That's why you make the big bucks... But it's days like this - you earn it.

[@elizabethannsmith5006]

Where up North was this video taken??? I heard him say he seen Elks!!!! I lived in Toledo next to Lake Erie, and it was cold as heck there!! This video looks like Alaska or Canada 🇨🇦

[@scottschwab3025]

This is Wyoming

[@millwrightdad3753]

should have the shock absorber attached to the harness, but holy crap brother how cold was it? WHOOP

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Ugh, looks like nasty conditions. Well, at least you didn't have to stand on the very top to change the light bulb in the beacon! :-)

[@weathermannax416]

At least you start the video from the ground and then work your way up. Not like some other videos that start when they are near the top. Awesome view! But it still kicks my anxiety into high gear especially when looking down.

[@devherrick5775]

Hey sir. I’m training to be a tower tech right now. Any advice? I’m very excited but a little nervous.

[@marshallgoetz8089]

Learning alliance

[@billdivine9501]

Does this video have a part 2? I want to see you do the repairs.

[@emmyloveslosing4107]

Hey why did you have to do this in these conditions. This is crazy

[@Scorp316]

Fortunately it was so cold, so the tower was a little smaller than usual.

[@DanCocoDotCom]

So where is your fall protection? No communications is worth dying for.

[@scottschwab3025]

Dan Coco I climbed 20’ then clipped in at 1:08

[@DanCocoDotCom]

Ok good. That snowy climb looked mad sketchy.

[@drewsmith8572]

2:59 a climbing bag with a synching top works amazing in the winter

[@judymotto236]

Much respect!

[@dominicbonavita2.087]

No wonder why this is his only video on his channel! :)

[@jerryanstey7058]

No ice only snow misleading we thought the tower was made of ice .And how high is that like 50ft ?

[@rowanneal5705]

Bruh, shut up

[@whatistrue0293]

Lineman for 9 Years. Man I hated ice.................

[@mason__hilliard]

My palms are usually sweating during these Videos .. this time , my nose was running

[@benk3999]

"I don't think so, Tim"

[@rdaw33]

No matter what, you don't get paid enough!!!!!....Stay safe!!!!

[@cdarting91]

Where is this if I may ask?

[@jessesouders-gochenaur5336]

i climb in -30 temperatures at 210 feet on a daily this is a wet dream of a job

[@justinlund1974]

Nice job free climbing. On a tower covered in ice. Way to keep those insurance rates down for the rest of us!

[@silverlightfox6621]

If osha saw this they would have a stroke

[@ballingrg1279]

Clip and climb?

[@km6mmo843]

Epic climb Ice Dude!!

[@RatBAMBI]

OSHA would love this guys boss

[@jeffowens8722]

I used to hook poles for a living and think this tower climbing would much harder. I could see this being more physically challenging. Ice is the worst tho

[@mantia39]

I don't give a damn what the problem is....I'd a told them..."wait till spring"

[@Burnt_Lamp764]

last tower climb I did was like this and halfway up I had a massive anxiety attack lmao

[@bmxmaster101]

Hey man! Do you work for dish network? I'm currently a sat tech with them, but your job look soooooo much cooler!

[@scottschwab3025]

Nick Groves Haha thanks! I work for a WISP (Wireless internet service provider). I design/build/maintain a wireless infrastructure.

[@SRG-ie3fe]

Looks like newbie; no pulley, any rope? Rebar hooks are too small for the shock lanyard and I did not see a working landyard or work tool buckets, for starters.