People are going to be angry about pylons.

Britain's power grid is turning inside-out, which means pylons are about to become a lot more controversial in Britain. At the National Grid Training Centre, I climbed one. ■ The "Great Grid Upgrade": www.nationalgrid.com/the-grea...
National Grid also asked if I'd plug their Early Careers page, for anyone in the UK thinking of joining the industry: jobs.nationalgrid.com/UK/cont...
Camera: Kamil Manysiak, Nathan Trays, Lauren Morley
Local production: Greg May and Matt Ellis at Broadcast Media www.broadcastmedia.co.uk/
Editor: Michelle Martin / mrsmmartin
Audio mix: Dan Pugsley cassinisound.com
Thanks to Dave Brain for camera-sensor-dust paintouts @davebrainvfx
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[@TomScottGo]

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[@johnchessant3012]

Thanks Tom for an astounding 10 years of weekly videos of such consistently good quality. Enjoy your well-deserved break!

[@noachav]

And this is your last regularly-scheduled video, congratulations for the run

[@paperburn]

well done.

[@thisguy00]

Well done sir! Thanks for all the awesome videos. Hope to see you again some day soon 🎉

[@arghya426]

@@noachav if his his newsletter is correct next one is the last video, not this one.

[@markrik1]

We require additional pylons.

[@Luzarioth]

I was searching for this one xd

[@mkelly0x20]

[protoss probe noises]

[@alveolate]

power overwhelming

[@clowncargaming8046]

You must construct more pylons

[@emurphy42]

All your pylons are belong to us

[@nationalgriduk]

A pleasure to have you on site, Tom! What a way to sign off a fantastic KZbin career! 🎉

[@Wannes_]

He'll be back ...

[@pakde8002]

Thank you national grid UK for keeping Tom safe and the lights on.

[@soundscape26]

@@ErandopiDrumayate I count on that, it'll probably be a wrap up video.

[@lifesbutastumble]

I've always wanted to know how you get the cables across the distance from one pylon to the next 😂

[@100dampf]

How is the safety cable attached, that they use to climb up the towers? Is it always there, does someone climb up an d attach it at the beginning

[@jansmycka4338]

The lady seemed super happy, either to be on the camera or proud of their work. Felt wholesome.

[@numbereightyseven]

Agreed

[@longjonwhite]

Just glad not to be up the damn pylon I should imagine!

[@cetyl2626]

All of the electric utility workers i know feel equally proud of the work they do. They take it seriously and work daily for safey and perfection.

[@ElDerpy]

could also be static discharge causing muscle spasms! ;)

[@reson8]

Of course she's happy, she's the diversity hire.

[@davimurph]

During bad weather, you often hear that the grid companies have engineers on standby. Remember that an engineer on standby uses 80% of the power of an engineer who is switched on.

[@dancingkitty11]

Facts!

[@gearmachine_4885]

The sheer dedication of not just memorizing that whole script, but even narrating is on top of a very high pylon is one of many things that fascinate me about Tom.

[@fireaza]

Plot twist: he just spoke random gibberish while he was on the pylon and dubbed it over later.

[@fieryr]

you don't need to memorize a script, if what you are learning is something you are genuinely interested in :) let's be real, tom wouldn't go on top of a pylon if he didn't care about it. too much of a risk for the guy hahaha

[@fabiankehrer3645]

​@@fireazaYou always saw the mouth move too clearly. He even has a video about how difficult it is to get a good dubbed clip.

[@althejazzman]

I wonder if he improvised it? There weren't any hard facts to remember.

[@Juidodin]

maybe he used a drone holding those big script cards ? :D

[@five-toedslothbear4051]

OK, I have to give you mad respect. For a guy who had to get over roller coasters, the fact that you are standing on a powerline delivering your prepared statement to what I presume is a drone, as steady as you are, I am entirely impressed.

[@nogmeerjan]

Amen to that. I had fear of heights just watching the video.

[@DLWELD]

I had to curl up into a ball and just listen.

[@cavemann_]

You're forgetting he flew a plane while being strapped to it, outside, standing. I doubt after that experience much could faze him.

[@krashd]

@@cavemann_ And driving some sort of electric buggy while facing backwards.

[@williamstrachan]

He's gamified self-improvement by convincing himself it's just to produce interesting and informative videos for people on youtube. His funambulism video where he learned to walk a tightrope (I'm sure the rope was not tight, but the exact term escapes me) was probably the best demo of how he's learned to acknowledge fear and then do something ridiculous anyway, then the rollercoaster one ofc... if he could teach that I'd hugely appreciate it. I hated even standing on the roofracks of the vans at work 😅😅

[@DuncanJimmy]

Can I just say how impressed I am with Scott's relaxed posture while standing hands-free on that pylon and then on those lines while delivering his memorized script. It's hard to believe this is the same guy who practically suffered a Code Brown on a roller coaster before publicly conquering his intense fear of them.

[@nyan2317]

to be fair, he did learn how to tightrope.

[@Ethan0433]

A: He's clipped in, so he's not going more than maybe a foot or 2 if he falls. B: I like to imagine when he got on the wires, there was the thought of "This isn't that bad, at least each foot gets it's own wire this time."

[@SoupMagoosh]

@@Ethan0433 uhm akchually🤓☝️

[@BlueZirnitra]

​@@Ethan0433Mate, we know he's clipped in. He's also harnessed in on a roller coaster. That's not the point, the point is that he has a history of being exceptionally nervous doing anything physical and high up, regardless of all safety features. People who are terrified of heights are terrified of heights, harness or not.

[@cncshrops]

I literally could not watch this. I'm typing while Tom talks. The visceral fear of heights knows nothing of ropes and clips: it just reduces you to a blob. So, well done Tom.

[@trbz_8745]

I've watched hundreds of these videos. You're not a national but a *global* treasure. Thanks for ten years Tom, we'll miss you.

[@missdonutaltaccount1380]

How do we know he's quit?

[@trbz_8745]

@@missdonutaltaccount1380 we don't but he said he's at least taking an indefinite break

[@Gareth.W]

Agreed, Tom should've been knighted instead of that Catweazle bloke who now runs Wetherspoons

[@ninjakannon]

Congratulations on completing your 10 years of KZbin, Tom. This was such a professional one to end on, too!

[@devonkennedy1386]

Kinda an awfully terrible/boring video to end it all on- don’t you think?

[@bwofficial1776]

@@devonkennedy1386 Not at all. Mass electrification is one of mankind's greatest achievements and that many others wouldn't exist without. While not the flashiest video, it's as important and interesting a topic as any. We don't notice pylons but it's an interesting look into these mundane yet critical components. I never imagined that people could walk on power lines.

[@Coffeepanda294]

@@devonkennedy1386 Nope.

[@abcdeisthekey]

I'm confused where this ten tears of KZbin thing is coming from. I see no posts about it

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@abcdeisthekey He made a video about it several months ago, saying he would stop making videos (for a while, anyway) by the end of this year. However, nowhere did he say that THIS would be the last one.

[@TapL]

Thanks for all the great videos over the years, Tom. Enjoy your much deserved break!

[@realFusionFusion]

Didn't expect to see you here💀

[@miscme6046]

@@realFusionFusion why is he here?

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

Touch grass bro

[@callmeenvi3135]

Didn’t expect you to watch Tom Scott, but im glad you got to see his amazing work!

[@penguinscanfly5796]

hey its the guy from the thing

[@erikvdb]

Hat tip to the drone operator and audio editor for delivering such cool shots and clear dialogue in those wind conditions. This video is a testament to how good the whole team has gotten over the years. Thanks for sharing all those amazing places and stories!

[@anklemonitor]

A final perfect example of what makes these videos so fantastic, an on-the-surface dull topic brought to life by fantastic editing, cinematography and script-writing. The things Tom is willing to do to make these videos as great as possible is truly inspiring. Hope you enjoy your well deserved break.

[@tylisirn]

Personally, I wanted to know more about these pylons themselves. Not just the powergrid in general.

[@mirzaaljic]

I don't find the construction and maintenance of the electrical grid to be dull at all.

[@SuperCatacata]

​@@mirzaaljicIf it was just a PowerPoint with nothing on site. Most people would find it dull. You are definitely different from most.

[@clownfromclowntown]

Thank you, Tom, for 10 years of Mondays which were made more informative because of you. Rest on your laurels, you’re more than deserving of it!

[@JaggedJack1]

Why is everyone acting like this is the end for him?

[@arghya426]

@@JaggedJack1 because its his second last video

[@ruk2023--]

He's taking an extended break from weekly videos after 10 years of doing them. He announced it in a video earlier this year.@@JaggedJack1

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

​@@arghya426its his second to last weekly videos. He still said hes going to make videos just not every werk

[@Mateus01234]

He should not only rest on his laurels but also on his yannys

[@thermitebanana]

Thanks to the national grid for saying yes when Tom asked "Can I climb it/ride it/drive it" And a huge thanks to Tom for all of these videos.

[@bobmcguffin5706]

The guy he went up with in particular seemed great

[@PTEC3D]

Takes me back! My job: Climb radio communication towers (~~300m) in the Aussie bush and re-seal antenna cable connections. Around seven a year along with the ground-based radio equipment... My heart was in my throat EVERY TIME . I did the job for several years and then illness prevented me from making the extertion the job required. (We hauled between 5 and 25kg of tools and supplies on a short line attached to our harness and a few metres below us as we climbed. A collapsed lung put paid to an otherwise well-paying job.) Congratulations on keeping it together for that climb, it looked every bit as adrenaline-pumping as I remember...

[@whebshow6610]

I hope you enjoy your break Tom. You've had such a positive impact on KZbin, and the whole internet, for ten years! That's such a long time. Thank you for all your hard work, and to everyone who helped make your videos.

[@piotrrywczak7971]

This was so stressful to watch. Tom Scott is so unafraid of the heights now. This makes me think he has already finished his "zombie apocalypse" training. He know how to rope-walk. He can operate all kinds of vehicles. He knows how all sorts of things work, be it the electricity infrastructure, water infrastructure, transportation, telecommunication. He knows how to herd animals. He knows parkour. He visited medical and research facilities. He is ready.

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

That's why he'll be taaking "a break." In reality, he's being sent to the world of 28 Days Later.

[@carlchapman4053]

The Tom Scottocalypse!

[@pakde8002]

You forgot explosives 😅

[@hondahirny]

Tom and Colin Furze are probably building a secret apocalypse bunker. 😂

[@NGCAnderopolis]

He is Patient Zero

[@praiserdusty]

You will be missed Tom Scott. Thank you for your service to information over the years. We look forward to your next big project

[@Lu-db1uf]

RIP Tom Scott :`(

[@Mateus01234]

ded

[@buggibii]

this reads like he's dying 😭😭

[@praiserdusty]

@@buggibii how it says we look forward to your next big project

[@threeholepunchmike3549]

​@@praiserdustybro you LITERALLY SAID you will be missed. People only say that about deceased people

[@jakejarvis6683]

I love how the experts get Tom to the top of the pylon, then they lean back and watch him give a monologue to prove why he's the expert in his own area. It was like they were captivated that not only did he make it to the top of the pylon, but he was able to recall and recite his monologue for us without any hesitation. I'm certain that they were as impressed with Tom as he was with them.

[@Moc_Builder]

An era ends today. Hat off to such a career, Tom! It was a pleasure having you here.

[@Shwafta]

What a way to end 10 years - climbing giant pylons. Thanks so much Tom for everything!

[@soundscape26]

So this should be the last regular Monday video.

[@pilotkid2011]

😢

[@jolness1]

NOOOOOO. 😢

[@rik94sivie]

I can't 😢

[@davidroddini1512]

😢

[@obonyxiam]

next week is!

[@HerrGreencoat]

Nobody can educate like you and I know we all will be here if you come back eventually to enjoy your wisdom. Thank you Tom.

[@mars8940]

I work for one of the largest transmission only companies in the US as an engineer. I always appreciate light being shined on transmission.Thanks for the great video.

[@Dusto9]

Man, i felt that silent ending as the drone flew away leaving Tom behind. I know it's not goodbye but after ten years it certainly is the end of a great chapter and i thank you for it Tom.

[@Elish-a]

Thank you for 10 dedicated years of unique and interesting topics presented with boundless enthusiasm and absolute integrity! You're a rarity on this platform and your weekly presence will be missed. Enjoy your well deserved time off.

[@lucie4185]

I realised watching this that Tom channels the same energy as Sir David Attenborough just the interest and joy he puts into learning that you can't help but be pulled along.

[@Elish-a]

@@lucie4185 Well said and I totally agree 🙂

[@thebilliestsilly]

I love how much care Tom puts into the subtitling on these videos. I don't necessarily need subtitles to understand what's being said, but I'm sure those that do love this guy

[@Name-nw9uj]

You were so brave, Tom! Even with all of that safety gear it takes a certain kind of person to quell their instinctual fear for being up that high in order to focus on performing a task like line work, or in your case, reading a script. Great job!

[@jenkathefridge3933]

I would stay stuck like glue on pylon if I climbed it

[@briangarrow448]

I’m going to send this post to a close friend of mine and just retired after over 25 years working as a union lineman in the IBEW Local 77. He has repaired and serviced lines in cities, in mountain passes and wilderness areas all across the western United States. Enjoy your break Tom. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of interesting things to occupy that curious mind of yours.

[@Flame19judgement]

He'll like the line about the wind whistling in the wires, very Glen Campbell Witchitaw Lineman

[@jdkuhl3096]

As an IBEW inside wireman, I have a heck of a lot of respect for the linemen working storms and even just day to day jobs. Much love from IBEW 369.

[@pmcKANE]

Much respect to the linemen. Seems like it's perhaps the single most underappreciated job in the world.

[@CASA-dy4vs]

⁠@@pmcKANEthey keep electricity flowing through the pylons and stuff I think

[@SnowIsMyTerrain]

Small world, and props to him. Our network, especially on the transmission side, out that way is in rugged as hell terrain.

[@Blue-Maned_Hawk]

Since, as you mentioned in your newsletter, this is the last of the proper “Things You Might Not Know” videos, i feel like now is a good time to say: Farewell to this series, and thank you for the work you've put into it!

[@jeff__w]

3:35 I love how those two guys are just hanging out, waiting for Tom to finish his spiel. (Not sure what _else_ they should be doing but, whatever it is, they’d probably prefer to be doing that.)

[@PrestonFrankel]

Possibly the best series on KZbin, as well as the best person to host it. I can say with full confidence that these were things I may not have known, but am more than happy to know about them now. Thank you, Tom. We'll all miss the regular uploads, and the newsletter.

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Tom has overcome so many types of fears over the years that climbing towers like this felt easy for him

[@minoxs]

The year went by so quickly, I can't believe I won't have Tom Scott to lighten mondays anymore :( Very well deserved break, however. Thanks for the amazing 10 years, Tom! If I speak english today, it's at least 50% thanks to you :)

[@Neilisthevideoking]

Thank you for such consistent quality over 10 years. I can only hope mainstream media can use your work as an example to aspire to.

[@Calverin]

Can't believe it's almost over after all these years. Thank you Tom for everything you've taught us along the way!

[@Chumpal]

I thought he'd still be uploading, just not as regularly. Am I remembering it wrong?

[@dylanharding5720]

@@kameljoe21 thing is, he is his brand. Videos without him don't fit the brand well.

[@aceman0000099]

​I'm more than happy for him to avoid adverts ​@@kameljoe21

[@james_77]

Mad props for calmly doing a successful long take standing on a wire 100 feet up in the air.

[@Sotanaht01]

0:54 Can we take a moment to appreciate that the national grid training center apparently has its own fishing lake?

[@John-rw2zf]

I had a really hard time concentrating on your central message because I was totally distracted by your display of aerial bravery. You people who climb those high towers definitely have a lack of fear for high places that I was not born with. I am always so amazed that people like you exist. You have a very special skill set.

[@KeithHearnPlus]

I'm really impressed that you were standing on the cables making gestures with both hands. During college I worked a summer job doing maintenance and repair on windmills in the Altamont Pass (Near San Francisco). We climbed 60 or 80 foot towers every day, and I was never completely comfortable letting go with both hands unless I could feel my weight pulling against at least one lanyard to keep me stable. As the French would say, "Chapeau!"

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Why would the French say "Hat!"?

[@oz_jones]

​@@MatthewTheWandererhardhat?

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I have no idea. All I know is that "chapeau" means "hat" in French.@@oz_jones

[@camajsterek]

It's akin to the English phrase "I take my hat off to you".

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@camajsterek Oh ok, cool!

[@Yelowchy]

You were a part of my childhood Tom, I’ll never forget you for that. Enjoy your well deserved break!

[@McSeal]

Im so jealous of everyone currently living in Britain, to have the energy that power your homes, your kettles and heats your teas, possibly be stepped on by Tom Scott. What a time to be alive

[@oflys8252]

but crime is very high as well

[@jockcox]

​@@oflys8252 No, it isn't. Even if it was, it wouldn't be relevant.

[@benrgrogan]

@@oflys8252 Crime in the UK is compared internationally fairly low and compared historically also low.

[@honeyloops]

You’re a braver person than many, Tom. Epic job.

[@dootss]

The English captions are great! Different colors for different speakers, great idea :) We'll miss you Tom!

[@GeorgeAylett123]

The best gift from Santa: a Tom Scott video about power grids 🎄

[@ayasekaru]

Okay but the shots of Tom explaining while the two other folks posed in the background?? That looked cool as hell

[@towrofterra]

What a journey it's been! Thanks for everything Tom & Team!! Always top notch work all round - enjoy your break!!

[@35mmpistol]

I love toms mild british snipyness when he's out of his comfort zone. That perfect balance of 'YES I KNOW I GOT MYSELF INTO THIS AND I'M STILL A BIT UPSET AT YOU FOR LETTING ME.'

[@ann18o96]

Thank you Tom! I sincerely hope you enjoy your freetime, you deserve it. Of all the humans I know, you're one of the really cool ones.

[@daviddun1389]

During my heyday, I worked with a team to install a fiberoptic groundwire in Kenora ON on a 110Kv transmission line (SK1) back in 88. We had a ground fault during the pull, and shut down the mill for a few hours. The linemen could not leave the grounding mat. I monitored the fiber optic event using a picometer measuring device, with an S4 sampling head. Those were the days. I was the engineer in charge for the telecom company doing the tests, the transmission lineman were both funny and awsome, great respects.

[@ethang6735]

Major props for going up there. I have no fear of heights when strapped into the proper safety gear, but I know thats not the case for many people. And the wind sure never does help, either! Great video

[@DeyvsonMoutinhoCaliman]

There is a pylon just behind my parents house, the only inconvenient is that they cut a mango tree we had there, but it grew again, and we have 3 more mango trees close by. I like it quite a lot, because it is forbidden to build houses nearby, so that pylon there was a guarantee that we wouldn't have neighbors in that direction. On the other side we had a cemetery, and the other side a small forest that was protected, placing the house of my parents in a perfect spot.

[@AdakStillStands]

Had videos like these been available in 1975, my life would have been drastically different. I would have seen experiences and exciting, diverse jobs I never knew existed but would have enjoyed.

[@easygoingdude9990]

Thank you for everything Tom and the team. Your work and dedication has been nothing short of incredible. These videos will be sorely missed but deeply appreciated long into the future 🙏. Wish you guys all the very best for the new year and beyond!

[@theEtch]

That sync with the drone at the end was amazing. An incredibly fitting video for the end of 2024 right back in Britain. Great work Tom!

[@UwBuis]

Thanks Tom we really do need additional pylons.

[@ke6gwf]

I used to do tree work and climb radio towers, and I am impressed by your speech delivery using both hands and not holding on! Well done Tom, and good on them for setting up this video shoot for you as a grand sign off.

[@idavid8391]

You're one of my favorites on this site, Tom. Thanks for all the years.

[@SRQmoviemaker]

Every Monday I've been able to get through the day knowing a video from Tom would be waiting for me to watch as I unwind for the day. Gonna miss it but excited for what comes next. Thank you for 10 solid years of top notch content.

[@Deltabreeze9]

Now, we must be the Toms in our own lives. It’s our turn to face our fears, learn from others, and share with the world

[@grant5227]

The teams that work on those distribution lines are crazy good at their jobs. You kind of have to be if you want to survive.

[@BULD0SIS]

yet most office workers that spend their entire day pretending to be busy earn more money... such is society unfortunately

[@Kanbei11]

Imagine their predecessors without the modern safety equipment. My legs were jelly and I was firmly on the ground

[@techheck3358]

@@BULD0SIScitation needed

[@evanepic3599]

YES! what is up with people making crazy claims with no link to a source? not saying these kind of people are always wrong, its just so annoying when people act like that with nothing to back them up.@@techheck3358

[@Flame19judgement]

@Kanbei11 I do a similar job but on the wood poles, started in 99. Saftey has taken massive leaps in the last 25 years. When I started you would regularly see people climb to the top of a pole with just some spikes on their boots to dig into the pole, and no saftey rope. Once at the top they'd attatch a belt round the pole to stop them falling off. These days I climb poles maybe 10 times a year as the company I work for has so many more cherry pickers, or vans with lifts on them.@@Kanbei11

[@romanrat5613]

Things that compliment any landscape: -Wind turbines -high tension power lines -trains

[@kriegnes]

bs

[@biteso2333]

Definetly feels like the end of an era, a fantastic 10 years!! I cant even think to count how many hours (days? Months?) of your videos Ive watched, always been informative and excellent! Thank you

[@scotty1928]

Tom, without downplaying any single video you have made over these past years: This might just be among the best! Also, thank you so much for all the knowledge you have made available in easy to digest bits and pieces for anyone to understand. Your work is worth so much!

[@mcb187]

I haven’t been here the whole 10 years, but I’d still love to thank you for your amazing dedication to your work. For the past 7 years, since 2016, I’ve been watching your videos, and Monday morning was always great because you’d put out a video. I’ll miss that now that you’re talking a break, but I totally understand why you’re taking one! Here’s hoping you enjoy yourself and still give us awesomely made videos in future, even if not every week.

[@rishi-m]

Thanks for all the videos Tom! Your presence here on this platform was much appreciated, all the best with all of your endeavours!

[@duncangibson6277]

Hats off to (a) a fantastic series of KZbin videos on interesting subjects from around the world, and (b) for the cojones of both you and your camera and drone operators to navigate the heights of pylon climbing without succumbing to vertigo. A big thumbs up! (y)

[@TheRealBobHickman]

Incredible unwavering delivery under those conditions. I have no idea how you kept it together at the end when everything was swinging in the wind and you're just casually standing on the wires delivering your piece to camera - astounding.

[@charmio]

Keep the pylons! Even if they're needed less now, infrastructure is very valuable to have on hand for future projects. It also adds redundancy having multiple paths available to route power.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

I think there's going to be more, they said we need 5x as much.

[@russianbear0027]

​@@Robert-cu9bm 5x as much new construction as the past 30 years. They didn't say how much that is relative to total network size. Probably a significant fraction.

[@fluidthought42]

Depends on where we're keeping them. Pylons are more of a liability than benefit in urban areas, since they limit development. "Who'd be stupid enough to build pylons in the middle of a city?" Los Angeles baby!

[@MrBirdnose]

@@fluidthought42Usually they're part of general infrastructure corridors with other stuff you don't necessarily want to build on, though, like natural gas lines.

[@nwerd7584]

@@fluidthought42 in the US thats more a zoning problem than anything else.

[@Ffish69]

I'm sat here in the comfort of my living room watching this, and yet my stomach is giving me butterflies just watching you climb! All the best with everything Tom - thanks for all your amazing videos!

[@stevenfragoza46]

6:44 I love the fact the wires make little guard rails

[@joebleasdale5557]

I love that Tom goes more Midlands the higher he goes and the more nervous he gets. If it had been any higher he’d have morphed into Charity Shop Sue 😂

[@gigabyte2248]

It's ironic, really, given how flat the Midlands are.

[@Azeria]

@@gigabyte2248 Nottingham is famously on a big hill, as is Lincoln, thinking about it

[@AnuragSingh-ib5lw]

10 years of regular uploads. Seems even insane to even think about that. Thank you Tom, for all these years and keeping us entertained and informed. Really hope that you continue making these videos but at your own pace.

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

Awesome profile pic

[@AnuragSingh-ib5lw]

@@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis thanks a lot. Same to you too bro.

[@pix_wbmr]

I worked on powerlines for 10 years... Glad to see you finish your YT-career on one of these. I saw you climbing a wind turbin and a powerlone. All I'm missing is a celltower and you have climbed all the structures I built in my life :P

[@agamer9347]

A fantastic video to end on seamlessly mixing the perils of pylon work, the reasons they're made and maintained, and the issues they'll face in the near future. Having the workers spread out to fill the frame in the drone footage was a nice touch too

[@bensaveragefan5177]

I lived next to pylons my whole life and I still learned so much from this video. Your videos are an an absolute treasure Tom and thank you for entertaining and informing us for all this time. I’ll continue to follow your other projects!

[@heinzerbrew]

Hey mate, can you tell me what he was mad about? What is wrong with pylons?

[@AliveisKip]

​@@heinzerbrewI presume mostly the fact they're quite the eyesore

[@bensaveragefan5177]

@@heinzerbrew biggest thing is that they’re ugly, lots of people think they ruin the view of the sky. Plus they can hum quite loudly when you’re directly under them. I’m sure some people have some health concerns but from what I can tell they’re harmless in that regard

[@heinzerbrew]

Growing up I alawys thought they looked cool.@@bensaveragefan5177

[@ayushneekhar]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!! Saying I will miss tom's upload would be a MASSIVE understatement. I haven't the slightest clue about what I will be doing every Monday evening anymore. Thank you for the years of knowledge from languages to computers to just general cool stuff around the world which I would have never known existed had it not been for you!

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

@@freighter1097 You don't understand

[@techheck3358]

⁠@@freighter1097where did you get “don’t know what you’ll do with your life” from?

[@Ditocoaf]

@@freighter1097 Hyperbole? On the internet? This cannot stand! No need to worry, though, freighter1097 is here to clear things up.

[@Ditocoaf]

@@freighter1097 You're doing the Lord's work. If we allow people to use hyperbole, next thing you know they might use synecdoche, or even *sarcasm!* The damage would be incalculable.

[@techheck3358]

@@freighter1097 is "every monday evening" the entirety of their life? or is it only 10 minutes that theyll need to fill up?

[@AK-nb6hz]

Love you Tom. You've kept the dark, bright and the lonely manageable and there is a huge back catalogue to keep that going. Hope you enjoy your time back.

[@Benzy670]

We love you, Tom. Thank you for all of your entertainment and educational videos over the years. You will be missed!

[@LarryBloom]

The rep mentioned helicopter pilots. As a pilot, I was stunned to be driving along and see maintenance work being done on a tall high voltage transmission tower, with a man standing on the helicopter skid while he worked on the lines it was hovering next to!!! Quite a feat...and it is obviously routine!!

[@Cirdon91]

Had to listen twice at 3:05 to realize he said “there’s plenty of people that don’t get up here.” I thought he’d said “there’s plenty of people dogging up here.” My American brain struggled with the accent, but knows JUST enough British slang to get a very strange mental image 😂

[@dominateeye]

Couldn't be people dogging up there. There isn't a parking area.

[@thisguy00]

O_o

[@johnkelly6488]

Tom, thank you for helping spark curiosity and understanding in me and so many others over the years. I look forward to seeing your next steps. Thank you for your continued positive impact on the world.

[@nickdawson9270]

I am amazed how large the stacks of insulators and arc-over devices are! They don’t look much from the grown. So thanks for climbing to the top and then tackling that scary ladders.

[@irfannafiz]

Electrical engineering undergrad here. I recently completed 2 courses on power systems and this video came up in such an apt time. It's nice to see what i learned in action. For those wondering what the disk like things are hanging from the pillar arms, they are insulators that seperate the wire from the pillar which is essentially connected to the ground. You can also see a round loop of wire at the lowest disk insulators, those are guard rings which is a safety measure for the insulators. They work, in simple words, by providing a compensating capacitance that balance out the capacitance between the insulating disks and the pillar body. This helps with something known as string efficiency. Cool stuff!

[@LeviticusStroud]

Are you referring to the Arcing Horns?

[@FindLiberty]

A smile, nod and hat tip honors our good friend, “eLi the iCe man” (who's always CIVIL if respected properly). Stay safe everyone. Please take care of you and yours.

[@jaggydproductions]

One of the best to ever do it, thanks for the 10 years Tom! Enjoy your well deserved break!

[@michaelleitold2446]

Thank you Tom for all the videos you posted over the years. I’m not usually too nervous about heights, but some of the camera angles you were taking had me looking away! You are one brave dude to go out there. All the best in your future endeavours. I’ve been subscribe to your newsletter now for about a year. Looking forward to seeing what you have to say every week in my emails. Mike from Montreal.

[@andreaedwards2518]

For some reason this one made me feel very uncomfortable whilst watching 🤣🤣 hats off to you Tom for doing this one and memorising a script whilst climbing and standing on this incredibly high tower!!! I’m going to miss your videos but enjoy your well deserved break x

[@Pelasomma]

Hi Tom! As an ex-linesman this was exciting to see and there's so much more to learn and experience. I wish they could have gotten you out on a spacer cart that would have been brilliant.

[@DadgeCity]

My dad was a power engineer. A job that doesn't get talked about much, but it's vital (and quite dangerous, when you realise that the men are either climbing pylons or working on live cables).

[@yih]

Thank you for your service, Tom! I always loved learning from you and will continue to follow your work in the future too. Thanks for the past 10 years! 💕

[@MarcoTedaldi]

That was awesome. Thank you Tom! It's been a great journey and I'm sad that it's going to end (for now). But I fully understand. Take care, follow your passions! And if you're keeping us updated, that's a nice bonus. Again a heartfelt: Thank you!

[@ShukenFlash]

Amazing, and right up my alley. I inspect smaller wooden poles for my job. You nailed the point at the beginning about why we put up "old fashioned, ugly" overhead lines still. I have to explain that to people all the time. Nobody thinks about the maintenance, repair, and replacement that goes into transmission and distribution wire (except those of us who work with them.)

[@circleinforthecube5170]

to be honest they arent really ugly, the poles themselves atleast, they follow basic symmetrical designs. it might be cultural conditioning, people need to see the beauty in infrastructure, the way the wooden and metal poles gracefully skip across the landscape in a continent sized system, there are some big ones in my local state park due to the third largest coal plant in my country being there, and even if the coal plant is ugly the pylons look like cool metal trees and they are BIG, If every city had underground lines including the small wooden poles it would feel like a bit of character and history is lost and the cities visual flair is a bit more boring with strictly architecture and trees

[@kevinlee6089]

Thank you Tom. You showed me a whole new different world that I never even knew existed.

[@outlanderfrog]

I love the lads just leaning back in seemingly precarious positions and waiting for Tom to film. As someone who likes climbing structures like this, there's nothing like sitting and looking out. Thanks for all the knowledge across the years, Tom!

[@KurtVW]

My lord, all those videos you did where you appeared to be afraid of high places, and then here you are in this one waving your hands around as you narrate a piece to camera (drone). You're far braver than me. Just watching this made my knees wobble.

[@Phillbie]

I'm going to miss these regular Videos. All the best Tom, enjoy your break.

[@IanGrams]

Cheers to an amazing 10 years Tom. I'm so grateful to you and your team for teaching me so much about the many pieces of our world. I hope you enjoy your thoroughly deserved break.

[@BakeBakePi]

Those drone shots of you talking are so cool! I love the zoom out at the end! Great video!

[@dahn57]

Credit to you Tom, as always! I was feeling a bit of vertigo just watching you on the wires and from near the top of the pylon. Impressed that you could so casually talk through your script in such a place. Really going to miss your always so informative and so brilliantly made videos, but you enjoy your break for as long as you need. 🙂 I hope you'll return to educate us all again in the future one day.