German Engineering at its best

[tuttlejr]

I understand very little German language but the pictures speak for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE

[Alex Franke]

Wow -- that's insane! Thanks for sharing

[chopnhack]

wow, that operator has nerves of steel!

[Uncle Cracker]

There's a man with a lotta faith in his hydraulic fluid...

I'm wondering, though, if a ladder wouldn't have been a tool better suited for this job...

[Richard in Smithville]

Then he had to do it all over again......down!

[Pappy]

I saw what was, I think, an earlier 'practice run' of the climb. It was done in more remote area without a public audience.

Even knowing the crane had hooks built into it and the tower was made to lock in the boom plate, that had to take a steady hand and nerves of steel to accomplish.