tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post4700652501194770965..comments2024-03-22T14:40:33.276-07:00Comments on Blood, Sweat, and Tedium: Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer: Breaking the RulesMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-75932673718636812012010-11-29T17:53:22.506-08:002010-11-29T17:53:22.506-08:00Michael
When it comes to a condor making the big ...Michael<br /><br />When it comes to a condor making the big fall side ways. I hear the old guys say if you feel it go, unhook/cut yourself free and pray you got time to jump to safety.<br /><br />One man lift, yeah you really don't need a harness. If you fall out of that you bigger problems than being dead or injured. Someone up stairs in the big office hates you pretty bad.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-4968818391986210462010-11-29T16:52:30.069-08:002010-11-29T16:52:30.069-08:00Phil --
Me too -- I loved to climb trees as a kid...Phil --<br /><br />Me too -- I loved to climb trees as a kid out in the sticks. There's not much opportunity for such endeavors here in LA, nor an excuse -- if any is really needed -- to indulge. Not many jobs in our increasingly abstract society allow for such all-around physicality as being a grip or juicer in the film biz.<br /><br />Jason --<br /><br />You speak of boots. I know nothing of boots...<br /><br />Niall --<br /><br />A harness while working up high on a scissor lift makes a certain sense, especially if you're on a big one outdoors. It's really not that hard to tumble out of those things. I'm dead set against using them in single-man lifts (which are pretty much restricted to stage use), and am not so sure about wearing one in a condor. At worst, a harness in a condor could act like a bullwhip if the rig tipped over, with predictably fatal results. At best, it could prevent you from making a last-second jump to get out of the way of all that metal -- which might be your only chance to survive. I know a guy who lived through such a fall only because he made a perfect jump at the last possible moment. He still got both ankles crushed, but lived to haul 4/0 again.<br /><br />Speaking only for myself, I avoid wearing harnesses whenever possible. I just don't like them.<br /><br />Anonymous --<br /><br />Well, yeah -- an earthquake could certainly pose problems while standing on top of the rails of a lift or walking the pipes. The thing is, you don't stay up on those rails -- or out on the pipes -- for very long. Less than a minute, for the most part. The odds of the Big One hitting just then are reasonably slim. <br /><br /><br />That said, I heard about a guy who was atop a ladder on stage at Warners when the Northridge quake hit -- he came down FAST and hit the ground running as the set collapsed around and behind him, like a scene from an Indiana Jones movie.<br /><br />Never say never...Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-414008829767547822010-11-29T13:52:25.585-08:002010-11-29T13:52:25.585-08:00I hate to ask, but... what about earthquakes?I hate to ask, but... what about earthquakes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-33323183929542233072010-11-28T17:21:46.573-08:002010-11-28T17:21:46.573-08:00Sometimes you have to break them rules.
Granted ...Sometimes you have to break them rules. <br /><br />Granted any time I'm up in a condor or scissor lift I wear a harness. I've almost taken a lethal tumble out of one a while back that scared the fear of god into me about lift safety.<br /><br />Standing on the top step of a twelve step ladder, meh. Just need good balance and soft PA to fall on.Niallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-56788833924331178062010-11-28T13:32:14.977-08:002010-11-28T13:32:14.977-08:00I know those boots!I know those boots!Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-84897513120567278302010-11-28T12:46:18.815-08:002010-11-28T12:46:18.815-08:00I've always enjoyed climbing. One location in ...I've always enjoyed climbing. One location in a barn I once climbed up the side wall using the support beam to set a bottomer really fast before a second take. Humans enjoy climbing. I wish I could do it more often in this flat city of Chicago without having to get some gym membership.Phil Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617169205395145946noreply@blogger.com