About 100 ft higher than you could get me to go... the kid's got titanium ones.

http://www.wimp.com/viewship/

 

Wow! I got the same feeling watching that I do when I see roofers on a 4 story or larger house with an angled roof-God thank you for not letting me have to do that!

 

looks like fun, keep you in good shape as well. the view from the top is best.

Their safety line technique could use some work, many of the "anchor" points they are clipping to could come loose in a hard fall. And of course during much of the climb they are not clipped in at all! Many years ago I used to do a lot of big wall climbing, including in Yosemite Valley, learned a lot of proper rope handling, and how to manage fear of heights (it is always there, it is a matter of managing it so you can continue to function).

 

Maybe they figure if you fall, by the time you reach deck height, the deck's moved so you fall in the water behind the stern.

Although they want an authentic ship, some modern safety lines would be desirable.

Poida

 

HMS Ganges was a British Navy shore training base, now closed down. The button on the mast is 143ft above the ground. Film of 'manning the mast' used to crop up regularly and terrify us on a childrens tv programme 'Blue Peter' when I was a kid.

Manning the mast from about 2.20: Button boy doing his thing from about 3:30



http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/features/height_of_dread_for_ganges_boys_1_115759

 

In 1929, as a young man, Irving Johnson sailed from Europe to Chile, around Cape Horn, on the Peking. It was one of the last of the large square-riggers to make the voyage. He made a famous movie of the experience, including scenes of a violent storm, taken from the rigging, with the ship rolling so bad that green water was sweeping the deck -- a couple of men were washed overboard. In their free time, for the fun of it, they would slide down the bolt ropes on the edges of the square sails.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLuIp7lFqdk

Irving Johnson | Wikipedia