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Great Adventure Boards => Great Adventure Chit Chat => Topic started by: ChuckR on September 27, 2006, 07:59:54 PM

Title: On the top of the World's Tallest Roller Coaster!
Post by: ChuckR on September 27, 2006, 07:59:54 PM: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3g_aMo_9Y&mode=related&search=

Insane!
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Post by: SilverBullet on September 27, 2006, 08:07:45 PM: Haha, I love this video.

Very lucky guy. Wish I could do this one day.
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Post by: snowboard101 on September 27, 2006, 09:23:54 PM: Wow that's so cool but I know for a fact I would s*** myself up there. You can really here the wind up there lol
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Post by: rjholla2003 on September 27, 2006, 09:38:37 PM: That's pretty interesting. It must look so insane in person. Just being on the train looks a lot higher than that, so standing on it must be incredible.
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Post by: OrlandoRocks on September 27, 2006, 11:05:18 PM: Thats a nice find chuck !
It would be awesome if they could do a two person tour every morning to the top.
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Post by: PcMan on September 27, 2006, 11:09:41 PM: Cool
I would love to get up there.
When I win the own the Park contest I will be up there while the train is riding by. Now that would be awesome
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Post by: chilled182 on September 27, 2006, 11:59:41 PM: i have the very first picture of the top hung on my wall at home. the one the iron workers took on the very first track walk. such a sweet picture.. with the snow on the ground and all still
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Post by: PcMan on September 28, 2006, 01:12:51 PM: Here is one that really shows how high the King is

(http://www.darktipper.com/129.jpg)
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Post by: overlord on September 29, 2006, 07:07:09 AM: I wish that guy would have held this camera straight. It makes me nausea from all his jolting.
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Post by: WadeJ on September 29, 2006, 08:26:29 AM: I'm assuming it was probaby a digital still camera in video mode. They are very difficult to hold steady yet alone at those hieghts and in the wind lol
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Post by: peterpjr on October 01, 2006, 10:29:19 AM: Ok, stupid question. Who was that person and how did he get to go to the top of Ka?
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Post by: Bubba Z on October 01, 2006, 01:22:25 PM: Iron worker or one of the many other people involved in building KK.

Now that I watched the video again, The guy in the video looks like one of the maintenance workers I have seen before.
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Post by: SilverBullet on October 01, 2006, 09:12:38 PM: Quote from: Bubba Z on October 01, 2006, 01:22:25 PM
Iron worker or one of the many other people involved in building KK.

Now that I watched the video again, The guy in the video looks like one of the maintenance workers I have seen before.

Yeah, it's during Pre-Morning checks for sure. It wasn't during construction because Toro is already built/being built.
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Post by: David Jr on October 02, 2006, 07:05:10 PM: I hope those guys get paid very well. Me on the other hand, i'll do it for free. All i'll need is a safety harness, my digi-cam and my video cam.