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I used to do tower work in my younger days. This guy is free climbing which is against every regulation in the US. OSHA would impose massive fines against your employer if you get caught doing that here. This guy clips off to rest, that's it. He's just begging to die.
We were required to have at least 3 points of contact with the tower at ALL times. We had to wear a climbing belt (like a lineman's belt) and a harness with a rope/carabiner attached to the back.
To climb we reached up as far as we could with the rope, clipped it to the tower, climb a few feet, belt off, move the carabiner up as high as we could again, release the belt, climb a few feet and so on. It was quite literally impossible for us to fall if we were following safety procedures (and if we didn't we'd get fired on the spot).
Some towers do have a built-in cable for a sliding safety device which replaces the lineman's belt but you're still required to use the harness with the rope.
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