Taking The Emergency Exit From A Wind Turbine
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- Wind turbines have emergency exits, but they might not be for the reason you think. • Thanks to Octopus Energy: octopus.energy/octopus-fan-club/ (This video isn't sponsored, but obviously they did let me go up their wind turbine.)
Drone camera: Tom Francone
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
Thanks very much to all the team at Octopus Energy and EWT!
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I couldn't find a way to fit this into the video, but rather wonderfully, this turbine is called Octopus Energy's "#1 Fan". Thanks to all the team there, and the rope access team at EWT. This wasn't sponsored, and Octopus had no control over the final video, but obviously they did let me go up their conveniently-branded wind turbine in an effort to boost their brand. (If any other companies would like to show me around their conveniently-branded spectacular facilities, they should definitely get in touch...!)
This was pinned 2 days ago tf
@@bluemarvel5970 yea do you not know how yt works?
@King of kings shut up
Hi
hi tom
If you didn't have a heart attack, use the emergency exit to get one.
Good one!
Funny
😂 I actually laughed out loud there
😂😂😂
Nice! 😄🤣
Tom Scott is going for the platinum trophy in the game of life. Every quest, every minigame, full map exploration.
yes
100% glitchless
And he's Lets Playing it all
😂
i wonder what the world record is for that category
shout out that turbine worker who was an absolute DUDE the whole time, made me want to work on turbines
It pays well
Replace DUDE with CHAD
I work on them and most of the people are like that guy, it's the chillest job
@@patrickreilly6272 do they pay you good
@@saednoor5766 wind turbine workers are notoriously well paid. it's an extremely fast growing and lucrative business. you'll make a mint if you work in it
Worker: "I think I've twisted my ankle! I can't get down!"
Emergency Services: "Better use the emergency exit, then."
Worker: "Actually, my ankle isn't too bad. In fact, the pain is gone already. Hey, who's up for a game of football when I get down?"
Fun fact: Tom Scott has never taken the ladder down a wind turbine.
Now my favorite random fun fact.
Neither have i
he’s taken the ladder up once, but never down.
Neither have i
When you're a skydiver you often think to yourself how few airplanes you have actually landed with but how many you've actually taken off with.
To this day Tom is still whispering to himself “I’ve got two wires”
right?!
It isn't even 20 mins to upload..😂
this ^
8 minutes later tom is still saying this
That's a good motto in life
One thing I really appreciate about you, Tom, is that you get to the point. You don’t add loads of nonsense or uninteresting fluff to your videos just to get them to the 10 minute mark. You actually value quality over quantity.
Right? One of his most interesting videos imo, is not even 3 minutes long.
I thought the 10 minute rule for video monetization was removed a long time ago, I could be wrong though.
Yep. Checked out his over videos & I'm subscribed. So glad I cut my cable teevee years ago. What a waste of idiotic programming from these stiff, old & clueless teevee executives. In a few more decades, cable teevee will go the way of the teevee antenna.
When the "teevee generation" of tens of millions of mindless soap opera, sit com, "tv drama", & "hollywood award" ceremony watching boomers eventually bites the dust, cable will become like the antenna & unlike the antenna which costs little to produce, the cable companies will collapse & bite the dust as well!
@@Post_Stall_Maneuver na its still active
Most Americans couldn't do this job. They wouldn't even fit up that ladder.
Leaning back on that two rope system 50 meters in the air is probably one of the hardest things to watch, can’t imagine how you did that in person.
I've actually done that. Not from a wind turbine, but in basic training back when I joined the U.S. Army. You have to learn how to rappel down a 40ft wall. It's scary stuff if you've never done anything like that before.
@@Gogeta70 I remember seeing a video of soldiers training and they showed that part and how one of those trainees froze up. Deffenite hard step to get into the mindset of trusting the equipment to get you down safely.
when I did waterfall rappelling it was the same thing. Even worse because you have all the powerful water coming on your side and to walk down you have to do your steps on slippery wet rocks. I froze and couldn't move at some point and somehow I found a hole behind the waterfall where I went inside sat down and chill for a bit, hoping the guys would understand to come and rescue as i wasn't going anywhere. Then I remembered this was a jungle and there could be snakes on that hole. I left the hole and descent faster than the water itself 😂
@@TheHunter2 damn
I once did ziplining 50 feet above the ground, in the mountains. The line moved very slowly because the people ahead would freeze up when it was their turn. The workers had to convince them to go, or get off the ramp. Workers weren't allowed to push them (I wish they were allowed to). It was mainly women who were the cowardly slowpokes. Next time, don't go ziplining if there are many women ahead of you... it'll take forever
“I’ve got two wires on me” is the politest way Tom could keep himself from soiling his trousers lmao
Can’t get demonetised now
soiling his trousers lmao
I've rappelled once or twice, and it truly is nerve wracking. I had to go down maybe a 3 meter wall-- nothing big enough that I'd die if I hit the ground, but certainly it would hurt-- and my brain wouldn't stop telling me about how it was going to end. It's so darned difficult to put your faith in someone and something other than yourself
They didn’t show the soiled trou...
@@DarthTofu2 My old high school's gym has a climbing wall with top rope, probably about 7-8 meters and we actually used that in PE. We paired up and took turns climbing and belaying. We also made a trip to an indoor climbing center with taller walls. Retroactively, I'm a bit baffled how casually we were putting our lives literally in each other's hands, but I'm also positively reminded how responsible everyone was behaving.
"And if you fall down, itll break"
*Double checks what guy said*
"itll brake"
oh thank god
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"It'll BREAK"
*_panik_*
"That's your braking system"
*kalm*
Technically it does both, one fall ruins that 400 dollar piece of equipment, about a 1 foot fall
@@a.wosaibi the braking system is broken
*panik*
@@junan6183 facts
When they say the emergency services won't climb a wind turbine, that isn't completely true. In most cases because of these systems we don't need to. However in the event it is needed we have specialised teams, the Hazardous Area Response Team, who are trained in accessing these kinds of areas and rescuing patients from similar awkward locations.
What I always love about toms videos about different fields is that the people in them always seem so genuine and happy with their jobs and overall just so eager to talk about it and help Tom understand it better
If you're a company trying to get some low-cost PR by inviting CZcams personalities to visit your facilities, will you send a happy and eager person or a sad and uninterested person to talk with them?
"If you fall, it will brake." Gee--that's a LOT clearer in writing than in speech!
I interpreted it as "if you will fall, it will break" as in, it will trip, it will break in the same sense as an electrical breaker. I can see how it could be confusing though.
@@tomysshadow I looked at it both ways and wasn't sure which was right and was satisfied with the notion of "either way, it'll stop you"
@@tomysshadow electrical breakers physically break the circuit. It would be like having an automatic rope disconnecter that dropped people to their death to ensure the rope didn't snap.
the fall arrests we use on roofs really do break, theyre designed to do so in order to provide a softer catch than the snatch of rope, the rope/strap is designed to unravel and appears broken!
“If it breaks, you will fall.”
Honestly, Tom’s video ideas are getting more and more niche, yet still getting more and more fascinating
probably generated by an AI
The more niche, the more interesting, because they get to be more specific videos. Tom gets to take twice as deep a dive in the normal timeframe into a topic that gets more fascinating the deeper you dive.
I think that's the trick. Tom has the passion to make almost everything interesting, why waste it on some mainstream topic, that has been covered multiple times already.
From the
your username is cursed
this idea reminded me of the two dutch men in Ooltgensplaat that were last seen hugging on a burning wind turbine. both didn't survive. one jumped and one burned to death.
I remember that. Very sad.
Same. The fire would have burned the ropes I assume.
@@Wolf_Ghost actually no, they use fireproof ropes literally for the Ooltgensplaat disaster
@@rsplatpc nice! I'm glad to hear that. I wish they had them available. That whole disaster was heartbreaking.
@@rsplatpc is fireproof rope not just steel cables like these? if it is in contact with flames enough for that to matter, how do you descend it?
Tom is officially an adrenaline junkie, if the last 30 times didn't prove it.
The 2 things I learned from this video :
1- The view at the top is amazing
2- He's got two wires on him
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the view from the top is worth trespassing for
3- Turbines now have an emergency exit due to a fire that killed two repairman, and trapped them at the top.
@@jsl6155 I was surprised they didn't mention the risk of fire. Sounded like this emergency exit is only meant for one person, meaning this wouldn't even solve that issue.
Tom is taking us on a tour of literally everything there is in every country
Hi doggo
Di hoggo
Oggod Ih
I'm down for that. If anyone can make utterly mundane sounding topics interesting, it's Tom.
@I_WANT_S_Έ_Χ ! SΣΣ ΜΥ VΙDΣΟ !!! Yes, and also the
I gotta say my favourite thing about all these types of videos are finding out about the cool intelligent people doing a job so well you don't even need to know it exists. Like logically you know there must be people to repair turbines, but you don't think of all the extra technicalities involved and you don't need to thanks to these fantastic people on the ground doing the invisible jobs.
and now imagine that this is actually a tiny turbine by modern standards, now they are easily 3 times as high
"It will break."
Wait...that's bad.
"It's a braking system."
Oh, that's good.
Oh, English language, you rascal.
“The braking system will break”
“That’s bad.”
@@friendgray1 But it comes with a frozen yogurt, I call frogurt
Breaking Bad?
But the braking system is cursed.
Oh, that's bad.
"and for some reason, they said yes"
even tom is surprised XD
You're at 665 likes. Take my updoot.
dang 3 bots on a single comment
They might been surprised someone asked to try the emergency escape and just got their guys 2 yearly practice of trying out the escape along with it.
@@jk-gb4et ik its getting ridiculous
@@jk-gb4et Yup. Gets annoying. Right my fellow humans? *beep boop*
That's a hard pass from me. That one moment where Tom was panicking about trusting the ropes, that would've been me from the very beginning. Acrophobia ruins a lot of things. Even carnival rides give me intense vertigo.
make baby steps my friend you wont regret it, trust me
@@knaxel true! I was thinking about Tom’s descend and how nerve wracking it must be to go fully horizontal like that, but I thought about when I do indoor rock wall climbing, it’s nearly the same thing
am i the only one whos like; berlin television tower, tall roller coasters and flying in a plane? no problem. stading on a 3 steps ladder? nearly panicking
You aren't the only one going: Nope nope nope.... NOPE!
@@k3v1n73 dawg I've been on a plane, ridden a lot of roller coasters and thrill rides and I absolutely refuse to climb ladders. They're Shakey and aren't nailed to the floor and just ugh.
Having done something very similar to drop down a wall the size of 3 floor building, I'm impressed by Tom's quick commitment to what is literally walking backwards off the edge of a tower. It's not easy, even when you're not afraid of heights!
Tom's the only guy some random energy company's gonna ask "hey, wanna climb our wind turbine"
@@avw5kt sound about right
4:56 Tom: "You dont even need to be conscious"
Tom's voice in his head: "I wish I were unconscious right now "
i really love that there are exit signs within the climbing tube
Tom, you are making the most of your life. You have a true adventurer's spirit. Thank you for taking us on your adventures. From the longest echo in the world, to a stone-turning witches cave, to the shortest ferry ride in the world, and everything else in between, thank you.
The "I've got two wires!" bit really hit me because it really seemed like it was just Tom thinking aloud, convincing himself this very unsafe-seeming thing was in fact perfectly safe.
I caught that too. That was genuine self-talk we witnessed.
It's letting go that is the problem. Your brain just doesn't want to be convinced to do it. The moment your body wegiht is acttually supported entierly by a harness, 90% of anxiety goes away. Unless you're reylly overthinking and/or have severe agoraphobia that is.
I think it seemed like that because it's literally what was happening. Definitely awesome, because I'd be too scared to even convince myself it was safe. 😂
@@mancubwwa well your brain is thinking that you're just falling backwards from a very high point and doing everything it can to stop you from letting go.
@@mancubwwa the fear of heights is Acrophobia, Agoraphobia is fear of going out into situations that may cause anxiety. Close in both spelling and in this situation meaning, so I'll let it slide this time😜
The eternal conflict between "That took a decade off my life just watching it" and "I would plonk down serious money to be allowed to do that"
While doing it off of a wind turbine specifically is probably not goint to happen there are loads of places you can go absailing.
This feels a bit like a recruiting video for the job - go get paid to do it!
Wow! This reminded me of when I was rock climbing with an expert who had to get me to "trust the rope". It is so counter-intuitive to the way my brain is wired, which is to hold on for dear life and not let go! We used a second person called a Belayer while these guys use the automatic device that allows ascent while locking up if there is a fall. I found this very informative and fascinating.
This reminded me of rock climbing as a kid too :)
Love it! The training and professionalism of EWT fully evident - great job to those guys!
"I've got two wires on me I've got two wires on me I've got two wires on me" hahahahaha love it
Whats so funny
@@YodsYunkestYriver him trying to be rational in the moment while every cell of his body probably screamed "DONT DO THAT" totally relatable to me :D
Hi wren
*SNAP* I've got one wire on me... I've got one wire on me....
He'd be a terrible undercover cop
Ah yes, the Fight, flight, or "I've got two wires on me" response.
This is so underrated! 😢
People often forget that there is a third “F” and in situations like these it is more than likely the response we’d expect - FREEZE !
@George - Good point. I’d not considered that one but I concur that it belongs in the list.
@George I assume the other two are more recognized due to predators not caring to much about fawn or freeze, the other two also have a quicker and more direct result with both animals and humans
GREAT JOB TOM! You made it look easy going over the threshold like that! Leaning back into your harness toward certain death, and trusting gear only shown to you moments prior, takes immense strength! What a phenomenal video! 👍🏼
I love how 'I have two wires' just becomes your calming-mantra immediately hahah
Someone really needs to make a compilation of Tom saying "I got an email...[something probably very crazy]"
It's a good opener. Ties the fantastic to the everyday, and also suggests to other people with neat stuff that they can just reach out.
@@adamsbja yep, also works as a way to show the video wasn't sponsored
Exactly!
It's also rare for him, to GET emails-
Reminds me of top gear and Clarkson's "I went on the Internet and found this"
Im getting sweaty hands and elevated heartrate by just watching this video. good work on doing this, and also to the team that helped you.
Thank you for that. I used to be an electrician when I was healthy and was always fascinated with turbines. Your video answered a lot of my questions. Thanks again!!
Thanks, got sweaty palms now.
Yup
Are your knees also weak?
Spaghetti derivative present upon an article of your clothing?
Might you be an aircraft, with payload bay open?
When you open your mouth, do the words come out?
Tom: I've got two wires on me.
Tom's brain: No, you're on your feet. If you lean back you'll fall.
Tom: I've got two wires on me.
Tom's brain: Don't let go you're gonna die!
Tom: I've got two wires on me.
Tom's brain: Oh I get it, we're good.
Lmfao
If you've never been abseiling that initial lean back and trust your legs/the rope is definitely the most scary part
I suspect his brain didn't get to that last part till his legs were on the ground.
@Ķévïņ Bŕëēmànşhow about no
I'M A STICK!
Fond memories of helping my friend at the old Ilfracombe wind turbine.
Sat on the top once , never again 😀
You don't see that everyday! Amazing. Thanks Tom and the crew. I've drove by turbines often and wonder what it's like in there.
Love the exit signs that just point down
The signs are required to be accurate, not helpful.
there are types of injuries where you have a loss of orientation so it helps there actually
@@megafrodo100 good point
I think it must have been designed by Aperture Laboratories. At least you've got your Long Fall Boots... you do have your Long Fall Boots, right?... ah, never mind.
Plot twist: Tom really just didn't want the effort of going back down the ladder
No joke, climbing ladders that high is a serious workout!
ikr
@@kevinkottom1526 Did you notice how fast the technicians were
@@armyofsporks1 I couldn't believe how fast they were. It was the equivalent of sprinting for ladders.
Tom Scott is an absolute CHAD! Bravo. I didn't know just how fearless Tom was. Now I know!
My mother told me: "Never meet with strangers from the internet who ask you if you want to come to their wind turbine!", and then there's Tom Scott.
Your mother was strangely specific.
@@twistedtachyon5877 Still good advice. Then again, Tom's a trained professional
@@twistedtachyon5877 Instructions unclear, something caught in a 500kW wind turbine.
You know it’s a good video when it starts with “I got an email from a company”
It's called PR (Public Relations).
I work for Vestas and make blades for a living, it's truly amazing how big they are in person and how they work
I just built a mock up of one of these units in a classroom for Pinnacle Career Institute in Kansas City Missouri. It is specifically to teach the rescue procedures and climbing the correct way with all thier rigging. I am super proud to help and be a part of this. Thanks for the pov perspective as I have not been lucky enough to get up inside one yet ! Hahahha.. Awesome...
Today on "Things I didn't realize existed, but make complete sense when you think about it": emergency exits on wind turbines.
Unfortunately it wasn't that common until recent years. In the Netherlands two people died after a turbine fire. One awaited his dead on top of the windmill, the other one jumped. There's a heartbreaking video out there seeing them hug each other before one jumps.
@@Simadalen1 One of the many sad stories where safety measures are implemented only after a tragedy demonstrated their necessity. Can't imagine how it must be to decide whether to burn to death or make a big splat 100m below.
Comorack exactly like the triangle shirt fire. Many people died, though the later things that were implemented because of it saved many lives in 9/11
@@ragnkja Me too, but then again its easy to say that. Probably a tad bit harder decision when youre looking down from like 150 meters or something, your survival instincts would do whatever they can to stop you from jumping
Safety regulations/changes are written in blood.
i like that tom never tries to seem tough or like he's not scared when doing this sort of thing
They just cut that bit out 😁
That's true boldness! Someone who doesn't show actual fear doesn't show actual bravery either.
@@TheExop all i know is, i wouldn't dare
Exposure therapy, perhaps. If you watch his Pulpit Rock video you will see a whole another level of "never trying".
I love how clean it is
1:44 I appreciate the person who put the exit sign on the wall pointing down in case I ever got lost in the tiny tube and somehow forgot which way was up and down
*4:59* "All i need to do now is sit, and wait."
*Voice from top:* "We've reached the max length of the rope Tom you're on your own."
This is one of the common mistakes that happens in abseil accidents: too short rope, and the person forgot to add a stopper knot at the rope.
@@nolyspe yikes.
25 or so years ago, someone died after trying to escape the Allegheny County jail in Pittsburgh from top floor by repelling down with bedsheets. They did not have enough and tried to jump several floors.
(I believe the windows in the cafeteria on the open.)
What I really want to know is how long it took to get down.
@@nitehawk86 Now this guy really wanted to get out.
Tom Scott knows precisely the content his audience wants.
@@Brabant076 hes the only big youtuber i have respect for
@@thatxonexguy5438 Mr. Beast is good.
@@CR7GOATofFootball am
@@CR7GOATofFootball coryxkenshin also has quite a wholesome community
he can mind read us
Great episode Tom! Worst part of abseiling... letting go. Defining moment!
Excellent video, Excellent team with perfect team members working 👍🏻👍🏻
This is why we've got CZcams. No way in any hell I would even think about doing that.
I would
This would be so fun!
The logical next step is for someone to make a VR experience out of it.
I've rappelled down a 40ft/12m tower twice, and I can promise you that the "two wires" part was the single hardest portion of the entire thing. Once you've done that, it's so much fun it's great! Once you know the rope's gonna hold, it's fun and exhilarating!
Nope, nope nope nope.
You know your doing well in life when a company invites you to get ontop of a wind turbine
Yes
Doing well... or really, really poorly. ;)
@@SacredDaturana 56.000 a year doesn't sound like really, really poorly
@@MrShepard65 My implication was that if you're "invited" up there to be flung off the top of it you're doing very poorly in life. :P
But hold on, does Tom Scott make only 56k a year? That's not bad for a normal person but I assumed a top CZcamsr like him would be making a lot more.
Gosh just looking at the height of the turbine makes my palms sweat
Great video, I'll never forget that haunting photo of the two workers holding each other ad the turbine burned & they knew they would die.
I got that "falling sensation" when Tom started leaning back
Same here!
It's like vicarious panic.
Yep, my stomach turned there.
The weightlessness
I got a similar sensation, but I call mine _"AAAAAAAAAAAAA"_
1:50 genuine terror in toms face contrasting against googly eyes on helmet
I completely missed the googly eyes until you pointed them out :D
I hope they're painted and not glued on there. We once had a whole batch of helmets fail inspection because they had numbered stickers on them. The sticky stuff in stickers and such contains chemicals that soften plastic. Small sticker (or googly eyes) stuck on a helmet? Won't pass inspection, permanently unfit for its purpose (on paper at least).
@@SirPrizeMF thats interesting, I work in a sign shop and I regularly make numbered helmet decals. must be a regional restriction? possibly the 3m material we use doesnt degrade plastic?
Haha never even noticed the googly eyes til your comment
I am an emergency medicine physician for ten years, saw many death people, gun shot wounds, chopped legs arms but dont have nerves like this GUY... Dude... I had anxiety atack...
Nice! I like the way you reasoned your way over the edge! I've been there before, and I relate.
I like the disembodied legs on the left at 0:06
This is just Harry complimenting his own legs and no one can prove otherwise!
Wait...
By the pile of long stuff
What the heck is that? Person with their body obscured? Other thing that just looks like legs?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Tom: I'm sure it's not possible can I leave via the emergency exit?
Octopus PR team: yes
Tom: damn
Definitely feels very much a: be careful what you wish for.
@@autohmae I don't think so, safety stuff neededs to work 100% of the time
That space inside looks so claustrophobic yet so cozy at the same time.
Thank you Tom ✌️
This is terrifying! Good for you mate! Jeeeez!
I’m actually surprised that there aren’t any comments because usually people with verified checks get so many comments.
@@krishkabob9847 Comment.
Burgers
Burgers
If you ever get the chance to rappel down a climbing wall or whatever is available to you, I really recommend it. Initially it’s really scary depending on how much rope-trust experience you’ve had, but after that, is a wonderful experience!
Ben's such a genuine dude, so passionate about his job too.
I mean when you're carrying your company's name on your back you wouldn't want to act just numb or they might fire you, but I still like the idea that Tom is one of his favorite celeb nonetheless xD
"In my opinion"
@@helper_bot I don't think they're allowed to fire someone for something they say about the brand, unless it can cause damage to their brand.
@@helper_bot My companies name is on my work outfit, i'm still utterly miserable. Ben clearly likes his job
Dude fuckin loves his job. Rare imo.
I just got hired as a wind turbine tech in the US and this was very informative. Thank you
It's so obscure, I love it.
"Quick, the turbine is on fire, take the Emergency Descender ..."
*_elevator music plays_*
Ugh just the other day i had to share the turbine emergency descender with THAT coworker, you know the one
Or Metallica since it's a huge metal fan.
“Fourth floor, Lingerie”.
In a fire on the nacelle you must not take the descender, you always have to take the ladder. Those things burst in flames quicker than you can descend, and the rope is flammable...
@@Isgolo is that why the 2 guys who died didn't make it?.
Can you imagine passing out, then someone yeets you out the emergency exit just for you to wake up on the way down
Probably pass out again!
That sounds about .5 seconds of not being passed out, then, lights out again
That's how you fix constipation.
Sounds fun!
@@EthosAtheos 😂🤣😅
I like how when you're climbing the ladder there is a regular Exit sign pointing downwards.
Watching him step off made my heartrate go crazy and my palms are now drenched in sweat
As a final safety feature: the red shirt means that it wouldn't get ruined in the unfortunate even that Tom did indeed fall off...
Deadpool uses a read suit for the same reason! :)
Forgot his brown pants. ;-)
From what I've seen though that indicates one is expendable.
@@quillmaurer6563 I 100% anticipated the 'expendable' reference would be in the replies.
Fortunately he's not in Star Trek, because the people in red wouldn't have made it down in one piece.
As a kid my uncle who works at the water treatment plant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, took me and my family there and explained everything about how it worked, and now I want Tom Scott to explore a water treatment plant
Water in treatment, or water out treatment?
@@Gastell0 If only I remembered
"Water treatment plant" - is this where the CIA do their interrogations in Guantanamo?
Maybe The John Oliver Memorial Sewage Treatment Plant in Danbury, Connecticut?
Did someone say water?
I'm so terrified of heights !! Just watching him go down had my heart beating so fast.
For those that do maintenance on air turbines, I give it to you all, that takes guts and bravery.
That Demonstration is so Totally Right On!
Thank you and my Grandchildren thank you as well ❤️
"500 Kilowatts of energy."
500 kilowatts of _power,_ sir.
I was so glad they didn't say Kilowatts per second I totally missed that
Kilowatts per hour*
in military, we did an ascend like that on a mountain wall. There were guys on top to feed more rope as we ascended. My guy was not paying attention and kept feeding more rope, even when I got to a difficult spot, where I needed more time. That resulted in me turning upside down, which was probably the scariest moment of my life
I descended down upside down for a bit. Only difference was it was with my dad and his canyoning buddies and the spotter was at the bottom and I was still an amiture repeller.
Ultron: "there are no strings on me...."
Tom: "Well I've got two wires, and I'm *very* happy about that!"
Definitely something they can charge me for the opportunity to do. I still remember climbing the inside of very large containment facility outside of Ballston Spa NY. That was much less safe as we had no safety gear and zero authority to be there. But the feeling and the view was amazing.
Can I point out that the camera work WHILE HE"S UP THERE is done SO smoothly that you never stop for a moment to think: "Wait, where IS this camera and WHO's operating it?!?!?!" Smoooooooth! Kudos
I think its a 360 camera, so all the panning and such is done in post so tom doesn't have to worry about it as hes worrying about being on top of a wind turbine.
@@jetison333 omg! you're right, I JUST noticed the stick holding the camera has been taken out in post and even THAT is done so smoothly... wow (you see the shadow of the stick, but the stick itself is out)
@@joanbennettnyc If the stick is aligned properly and fits between the lenses (i.e. not too thick or bendy), it shouldn't be visible in the videos created as it is in the camera's blind spot. Removing a tripod can be a bit of work, which is why some use a ground stake type rather than one with legs or just tell the software to replace the nadir with a logo.
I spent the entire video trying to spot the cameras at work here.
I exist in this weird cycle where I think I'm not afraid of heights for months at a time, then someone reminds me how high heights can go.
No, higher than that.
Heights are just depths from a different perspective.
That makes sense, actually. My brain works the same way.
I'm not afraid of heights. I'm not afraid of falling. I'm afraid of that bit where you're suddenly NOT falling.
Thank you Sir. I live near 127 of these disgusting machines. Always wondered how the emergency exist worked.
Also the fact that it is just a ladder that you have climb hundreds of feet straight up is brutal
Well done! Enjoyed that immensely!
Legend has it that Tom still says “I’ve got two wires on me” to himself whenever he’s about to do something challenging
German mafia kingpin: "So, Tom, you have ze briefcase, ja? Und no one followed you here?"
Tom _[whispering]:_ "I've got two wires on me, I've got two wires on me..."
Tom, unsure how to jumpstart a car: _I've got two wires on me_
@@deusexaethera you set up this reply perfectly. I had the exact same idea when I red the comment
buying drugs
Something challenging but not electric.
Wish I could get emails like that.
Same
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At 2:23 you remove someone else’s fall arrest lanyard within 6 feet of an open hatch without a second fall arrest lanyard being placed. All while talking about safety. Smooth.
I remember doing that from a training tower when I worked for (defunct) Clipper Windpower. The one you used is sloooooooww compared to what I used, though I am sure the safety technology has improved greatly from 2008.
can we take a moment to appreciate the googly eyes on Tom's hat
I didn't even notice them until I read your comment 😅
"I've got two wires on me, I've got two wires on me..."
It's funny to see Tom so desperately reassuring himself; I'd imagine that being lowered down that thing is absolutely terrifying!
i actually have to give props to him for not completely panicking n being able to reassure himself like that
These things are terribly huge...
Tom has guts 👊
I love the exit signs pointing down all the way up.
I did that training in Stockton for offshore windarm job in Holland,thoroughly enjoyed it,especially escaping through trapdoor on reels!