July 11, 2017

"A roofer escaped a burning building in the city of Irmabyen, in Rødovre, Denmark on July 6 by holding onto the lifting hook of a crane..."

13 comments:

Lyle Smith said...

I haven't done it or seen it, but this is how people sometimes get off oil rigs at sea. They have to hold on to a roped dinghy while a rig crane hoist them on to the ship that will take them back to shore.

What this guy did was less safe.

traditionalguy said...

Thank God. He lives another day. That's not Dresden is it.

Michael K said...

Usually this is done by standing on the hook and holding on to the wire.

That guy had a good grip.

Howard said...

I'm getting that chinup bar today

rhhardin said...

Grue is french for crane or prostitute. Apparently they meant the bird.

Also phil 101 for blue before 2000 and green thereafter. A challenge to ideas of what counts as evidence for sky color.

Intelligence officer candidate's answer to name three kinds of cranes

1. Gantry
2. Tower
3. Whooping

Etienne said...
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Hagar said...

Irmabyen is a housing complex in Rødovre, a suburb of Copenhagen.

gerry said...

Irmabyen is a housing complex in Rødovre, a suburb of Copenhagen.

Was this a cladding fire like Grenfell Tower?

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

I've always wanted to do that!

Graham Powell said...
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Graham Powell said...

Pfft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwOFYzEpocQ

Anonymous said...

Sometimes there's no substitute for grip strength.

Peter

Helenhightops said...

Functional fitness