THE VIDEO SHELF · steeplejack chimney climbing
Fred Dibnah laddering a chimney (Part 1)
Fred Dibnah, the English steeplejack, shows how ladders are fixed up the outside of a tall brick mill chimney. The footage was filmed in the mid-1990s and is part one of two.
Why HN readers recommended it
People point to it as a vivid explanation of how industrial chimneys were climbed for inspection and repair.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Matibeos
- Topic
- steeplejack chimney climbing
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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That is a pretty crazy way to make a living. Here is a vid showing how they setup the ladders on the side of the chimney. [VIDEO]
Element_ on Hacker News · 2012-05
In Why are the cooling towers on nuclear power plants funny shaped?Regarding the bricklayer - if you have not seen it there is a great series showing how industrial chimneys made of brick were climbed for inspection and repair. [VIDEO]
Cerium on Hacker News · 2021-07
In Camera Repair Course (2019)
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