Look Mum – no Health and Safety!
This was so refreshing, I had to put it on here – thanks to Smoking Hot we now have a Youtube version.
Enjoy five minutes of escapism far from the Nanny state!
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March 16, 2011 at 16:55 -
Wouldn’t work on my comp … found it on youtube though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOwJRwNfhg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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March 16, 2011 at 17:01 -
Yeah , you really have to be in good condition to do this. Did a similar walk in Bulgaria up mountains … stopped many times saying ‘l’m too old for this shit’ … got there in the end though.
The walls round the fortress in Quebec have no guardrails and have gaps between the walls of about 3ft that you have to step across. Not in the Pulpit class but no H&S and everyone of all ages walks the walls.
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March 16, 2011 at 17:34 -
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March 16, 2011 at 19:35 -
I was afraid I would and therefore didn’t watch …
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March 17, 2011 at 09:51 -
I wasn’t going to but I couldn’t resist. And now I feel ill. It’s a good job I didn’t get out of bed this morning.
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March 16, 2011 at 19:43 -
Sitting? Sitting? I’ve spent most of the past 5 minutes lying on the floor clutching the sofa leg and whimpering.
Anna, I appreciate what you’re saying here, but I’m going to need a lie-down to recover.
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March 16, 2011 at 19:10 -
Now this IS interesting….
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March 16, 2011 at 19:11 -
oooooh er…..I hate heights……(feels faint)
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March 16, 2011 at 19:32 -
Not a suitable location for walking Fido. (Doggone it! posting 14/3)
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March 16, 2011 at 19:49 -
How many H&S Officers, council busy-bodies and “Diversity Coordinators would fit on top? It’d be a shame if any fell off.
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March 16, 2011 at 20:11 -
Cliff Top Awareness Officer needed. Circa £35,000 per annum, negotiable. Experience of heights not necessary. Viking council is an equal opportunities employer, and applications will be welcomed from all ethnic minorities, and those who have a fear of the out doors or heights.
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March 16, 2011 at 20:44 -
Would this give a Health & Safety person a heart attack?
Spot the man in the picture – click to enlarge.
For reference read my previous comment.
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March 16, 2011 at 21:59 -
SBML
Been there too. This is called (somewhat prosaically) The Bridge. It’s spectacular. But, it’s true, you can play on it. However, truth to tell, once you’ve said ‘I should coco’ but given it a go nonetheless, it’s actually like a bloody football pitch on top, with no impression of height or scariness. Hence the itsy bitsy image of the man (you?).
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March 16, 2011 at 22:12
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March 16, 2011 at 20:47 -
so where’s that man from Dorset with the dog
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March 16, 2011 at 20:54 -
Or, how my old Corps used to do things..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1EH6vkJugs
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March 16, 2011 at 21:12 -
So. It is an interesting place with a good view but there are others in the world of greater heights. Why the emphasis on H&S I don’t know.
H&S is the result of people not being responsible for their own actions which is a step from kids not being taught to think!
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March 16, 2011 at 21:59 -
That is awesome. Gave me the jitters just looking at the pictures. But very refreshing.
I imagine there have been some ‘accidents?’
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March 16, 2011 at 22:31 -
I offer you Hogs Back, Utah. http://www.so-utah.com/hwy12/hogsback/hogsair.jpg
Just before you get to that section is a motel with attached gift shop. The second time I drove that section, we stayed the night there and they sell T-shirts and other items with the caption “Life’s too short for guard rails”.
The first time I drove that section, I was not expecting it and while I was dimly aware of the spectacular view and the way the ground dropped away on both sides, I was grimly concentrating on the road. It’s one thing having a steep drop on one side and a wall of rock the other, but I was not prepared for the wall of rock to be replaced by another steep drop.
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March 16, 2011 at 23:07 -
Oh, I do remember trips like that: you go to spectacular or unexpected views and then – nothing on one side and everything on the other side … unpleasant, but bearable, until you you get to the “nothing” on one side and “nothing” on the other side and turning back is worse [ leading nowhere] than continuing … aaaahhh. Good thing is: you survive and the rest in life is a peace of cake
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March 17, 2011 at 10:35 -
Ahh – fond memories ! …
I now live in Stavanger – some 12 years ago, I “did” the Pulpit rock and the Kjerag ‘bolt’ (the sone wedged between the two rock faces) – not actually a very hard walk up, as long as you pace yourself – it’s coming down afterwards, when your knees start to buckle ! …
There are some truly mad buggers who go up there – not content with normal parachuting, some leap off with wingsuits and level off over the fjord (at low level) before opening their ‘chutes – others have launched themselves off on mountain bikes, letting them dangle on a long cord when half way down, and only then popping their ‘chutes …
Not to mention the ‘bolt’ – balancing artist upside down on a stack of kitchen chairs – and the guys who spent an afternoon pole-vaulting from side to side – nobody used a safety harness ! …
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March 17, 2011 at 12:17 -
I’ve noticed over ten years or so of going to Sweden, Norway and Finland to ski and for other winter activities (snowmobiling, winter walking, dog sledding etc) that there’s a very different attitude to risk – i.e. that its accepted and even healthily welcomed that there will be some.
Seems to start really with the toddlers being taught to ski at 3 or 4 years old , continues with parents being happy for their 8-10 years old to ski without parents attending (but always with a ‘ ski buddy or in a group) etc
I’ve seen more daring ( but not dangerous) off piste and free-style skiing there than anywhere else. Wilder and faster snowmobiling ( 120kph in Finland one year and jumps encouraged – even on a tourist excursion – truly awesome) etc – I’ve never seen safety instructions skimped or reasonable restrictions ignored. But I have seen people have a whole lot more fun – it’s a refreshing and very wholesome change from our nanny state
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