not a job for me

[rdking647]

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/27/7990852-engineers-rappel-down-the-washington-monument

[rurallib]

1. wonder how they got up there? Helicopter?

That right there would be the end of me

[sharp_stick]

2. A little trapdoor at the very top

you can see him standing on it in the second picture. I guess you climb a ladder up there from the observation deck and there is a little platform that you can hook onto as you venture outside.

I'm glad someone can do it.

[sharp_stick]

3. Here's another one

Antenna repair on top of the Empire State Building. You can see the boot of the guy taking the picture on the left hand side.

[HappyMe]

4. Made my palms a little sweaty

just looking at those pictures.

Hats off to those guys.

[gratuitous]

5. I suppose if they paid me enough

But I'm not sure how much value they'd get for me screaming like a little girl with my eyes shut tight until someone got me the hell down from there.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. awesome photo

[banned from Kos]

7. I could easily do that - but put me in a ground hole or tight confined space

and I freak out in minutes.