giascle said:
Dang, that was quite a story. I was afraid you were going to slip off.
I was freaking terrified I'd fall off.
To keep the story short, I left one thing out. There was only a railing on one side of the catwalk. On the other side, and running parallel to the catwalk, was a four foot pipe. Standing on the catwalk, the top of the pipe would be about 1 foot below your eye line. This left a gap of about 2 1/2 feet between the edge of the catwalk and the lower side of the pipe. If it had been a high voltage short, it could certainly have blown me off the catwalk through that gap.
I don't remember if it was a year or two before or after this that a close cousin of mine, who was a lineman in South Dakota, was killed on a high voltage tower because some incompetent moron forgot to shut the power off going to that tower. So many years ago and it still makes me sad.