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#1 User is offline   DSTM 

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 09:19 AM

These Guys must have nerves of steel,to climb down this sucker. :thumbsup:

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 09:30 AM

Whoosh! The sound one makes falling.
The only easy day was yesterday.

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 09:34 AM

Good one,Koan.
I feel uneasy, just climbing on the Roof,at my age. :thumbsup:














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Posted 30 October 2008 - 09:43 AM

Climbing or altitude has never bothered me.
But I'm a bit put off now by the 'whoosh'.
The only easy day was yesterday.

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 11:03 AM

God that is 1 big Shaft, I'm not too keen on Heights like that 1km down not the nicest place to look down :thumbsup:
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 01:26 PM

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Climbing or altitude has never bothered me.
But I'm a bit put off now by the 'whoosh'.


And the sudden stops :thumbsup:
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Posted 30 October 2008 - 03:11 PM

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Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:42 PM

I don't know what I would do if I saw that in person.... :thumbsup:
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 09:01 PM

Ditto.....
"Ototo'i wa usagi o mita no...Kino wa shika...Kyo wa anata." -Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad) [see below for translation]
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