chris says:

If you fell off the pole it is likely the tool bag would catch on the hand holds, and you’d fall in an arc directly into the pole.

deowll says:

We are told the ancestors of humans once lived in trees. They might have had a blast using something like that as a play ground. If so I’m not all that closely related to them.

There is no way I’d climb that; not even if I had six hands and a prehensile tail.

I will add that I’d love to see those two videos in supermax and 3D while strapped into a theater chair.

N. M. Obama says:

Eeeeeyaaaaooouuugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buster Brown says:

Nice to know people in High Places.

Nugget Coombs says:

Don’t these people believe in strong ‘Occupational Health and Safety’ laws?

There’s no way known that anyone would be fool enough to climb anything like that height without proper safety protection, here in Australia. Maybe still having strong trade unions here still means something.

Publius says:

Much, much higher structures are coming. Let’s call them fountains of paradise. Nanotech may be the key to outer space meeting the Earth’s surface.

wetback says:

Maybe we should build the border wall this high, that would help end the debate and pass a reform.