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Science and logic lovers, I need your help

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Ok..
We all know that there are so many kinds of electric pylons and transmission towers.
The layout of these indispensable pylons is very, very diverse.

The truth is that they are incredibly different than one another.
To begin with, European pylons are different than the American ones.

Well...I need your help, guys.
I am going to post several pictures of a specific transmission tower.

I am going to describe it. Structure made of four façades, each of them with 45 degrees inclined diagonal bars.


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Question
Is it possible to climb this specific pylon to the top?
Or at least, 6 or 8 meters?

I think it is impossible. I tried to climb to the first three diagonal bars...but at the third I was stuck.
I felt like I was being dragged.

What do you guys think?
Please...this is very important.
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
What is the vertical spacing between the attachment points of successive diagonal bars to the vertical ones at the corners?

I note the pylon has been taped off. Do I presume someone is alleged to have climbed to the top and electrocuted himself?

I think that the first diagonal bar is 1.50 meter long at least...
So...does that help?:)
 
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Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
What is the vertical spacing between the attachment points of successive diagonal bars to the vertical ones at the corners?

I note the pylon has been taped off. Do I presume someone is alleged to have climbed to the top and electrocuted himself?

I am not good at maths...
If you need the proportion between men and pylon

Btw the pylon is 13 meters high and becomes thinner and thinner

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Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
In the last picture you can see they use a lift on a crane so...it is the proof you need a machine to get to the top
 

Mock Turtle

Oh my, did I say that!
Premium Member
Virtually anything is climbable, given the right tools, but this seems eminently climbable without assistance - given that there isn't a big enough space between items that could be used.
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
I am not good at maths...
If you need the proportion between men and pylon

Btw the pylon is 13 meters high and becomes thinner and thinner

View attachment 57921
That picture helps a lot, and I see indeed it has been cordoned off by the police as I suspected.

I believe it would be quite easy to climb to the top, if you climb at one corner, placing alternate feet at the points where each diagonal bar is attached to the corner vertical column. You would need a head for heights obviously, but the spacing is about 60cm, quite manageable.
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Virtually anything is climbable, given the right tools, but this seems eminently climbable without assistance - given that there isn't a big enough space between items that could be used.

We are speaking of 45 degrees inclined diagonal bars. Very few inches wide
 
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exchemist

Veteran Member
We are speaking of 45 degrees inclined diagonal bars. Very few inches wide
Could you imagine yourself climbing on them?
See post 8. You climb at a corner, on the outside of the tower, placing feet at the junction points between the diagonals and the vertical.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
Seems to me that if someone were physically strong, agile, and determined enough, they could climb up into this tower on a vertical corner.
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
See post 8. You climb at a corner, on the outside of the tower, placing feet at the junction points between the diagonals and the vertical.

The problem is not where you put your feet on.
It is where you put your hands on.
Where your arms can be sustained.
We are speaking of sharp bars
 
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Mock Turtle

Oh my, did I say that!
Premium Member
We are speaking of 45 degrees inclined diagonal bars. Very few inches wide
Could you imagine yourself climbing on them?
As long as one is in contact with something by one foot and one hand, and can progress, then one can make progress to gain a higher station with either the other foot or other hand - it seems to me. Perhaps it depends upon how tall one is though. The bolts are also an option to use for many.

I wasn't that good of a climber but if sufficient money was laid on the table, and I was younger, I would no doubt have climbed this. :oops:
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
As long as one is in contact with something by one foot and one hand, and can progress, then one can make progress to gain a higher station with either the other foot or other hand - it seems to me. Perhaps it depends upon high tall one is though. The bolts are also an option to use for many.

Yes.
In your opinion, why did they make 45 degrees diagonal bars?
Why not straight bars? Like a staircase, for example.
;)
 
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Mock Turtle

Oh my, did I say that!
Premium Member
Yes.
In your opinion, why did they make 45 degrees diagonal bars?
Why not straight bars? Like a staircase, for example
I'm not into the engineering of pylons or as to the prevention of trespassers so can't say, but most things like this are climbable it seems to me, knowing the abilities of the best climbers. They need very little to enable them to gain height, and there is plenty here for such, even if it means they have to take up contortionist positions in order to do so.
 
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