My solution to the "Bridge" dilemma!

[Dougstermd]

Funny. the boats tied up there don't look very recreational to me.. unless you consider target towing recreational.

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Sporting Clays

 

[oldnavy]

Very Good point !
Avoid the bridges at 2am in the morning !

however, feel free to use it at 2am in the evening or 2pm in the morning.

 

[Agee]

well there is that
They insisted I hook up safety lines while working aloft. Worst that would happen is that I'd get a killer wedgie and hang from a rope/harness till they could pull me back up.
The ladders going up the mast have a track up the middle that you're supposed to hook this braking device to. It's supposed to move up freely and lock when coming down. It was about 15 lbs of brass that hooked to the waist and then hung down about 6". Affectionally know as the "ball buster"
Climbing back down was a real PITA. You had to maintain an upward pull on the brake while moving it down the track.

Been there, done that... Luckily never got "ball busted". Remember dropping an open end wrench while doing an antenna install on the Nimitz, look-out below...

 

[itsbob]

just put up fences like they have on other parts of the bridge...cheap and easy

Why should one or two jumpers ruin my view??

 

[aps45819]

Been there, done that... Luckily never got "ball busted". Remember dropping an open end wrench while doing an antenna install on the Nimitz, look-out below...

used to cut up one of those compressed sponges and then put them in a baggie full of water before going aloft.
Then I'd play "sniper"

 

[Ed Zachary]

I think that there ought to be a separate walkway constructed underneath the current bridge so that people who are insistent on committing suicide can do so without disrupting the routine daily traffic. You know, park at the boat ramp under the bridge, walk to the apex using the walkway, and then jump. No fuss, no muss.

People can stand on the banks of the river and "score" the jumper, using the official Olympic grading scale.

 

[Agee]

used to cut up one of those compressed sponges and then put them in a baggie full of water before going aloft.
Then I'd play "sniper"

 

[Agee]

I think that there ought to be a separate walkway constructed underneath the current bridge so that people who are insistent on committing suicide can do so without disrupting the routine daily traffic. You know, park at the boat ramp under the bridge, walk to the apex using the walkway, and then jump. No fuss, no muss.

People can stand on the banks of the river and "score" the jumper, using the official Olympic grading scale.

Always thought a walkway under the bridge would be a great idea, for walkers and bikers. Invisioned some sort of retaining fence around it though, so people couldn't jump. Great minds don't always think alike

 

[aps45819]

Always thought a walkway under the bridge would be a great idea, for walkers and bikers. Invisioned some sort of retaining fence around it though, so people couldn't jump. Great minds don't always think alike

But then everybody could see just how bad the concrete was under there

 

[desertrat]

But then everybody could see just how bad the concrete was under there

And getting conked on the head by falling chunks.
And jumpers.