In this industry, you are your brother's keeper. You depend on each other up on a tower,” says Chase Goins, a cell tower climber turned broadcast tower technician.
Goins’ view was echoed by several of the telecom tower climbers that DCD spoke with for this feature. Brotherhood is a recurring theme, as if those in this profession feel a part of a club that many wouldn’t dream of joining.
Having spent most of his career climbing cell towers, Goins is well aware of the dangers of the job.
Scaling cell towers, which can reach several hundred feet, is a daunting prospect. Broadcast towers are often taller, with the tallest, a KRDK-TV mast, spanning 2,060 feet (627.9 meters), located in Galesburg, North Dakota.
It’s these sorts of heights that make the job of climbing a tower one of the most dangerous in the world.
