All done without the aid of a mobile phone, hard hat or high viz jacket.

Wow as for me NOPE

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Diferent era. Diferent peoples builded this things. Nowe we are degradeating.

What a fearless legend. RIP Fred.

Fred Dibnah was a ‘British Institution’. A steeplejack, steam engine enthusiast and industrial age walking encyclopaedia. I used to love his TV shows, especially when he used to take down those old industrial chimneys. If you haven’t seen them you can probably get them on KZfaq.

how the hell he got the ladders up over the overhang in the first place amazes me. proper balls of steel. will never be another fred ever. rip fred loved watching you.

It is 70+ if we want to be correct.

Fred had a great voice.

🫡

When men were real men

Cant believe his wife😮😢

He secured the ladders to begin with! Legend? Doesn't even cover the man….He's god!

Happiest man in traction engine club. How can you not love this man 😂

2:34….. man…. The passion of his statement….

Dude musta been built like a stack of bricks….

Howd he get down

The most dangerous time is at 5:50 and doesn’t involve Fred.

Anybody else finding it hard to breath?

R.I.P. Mr. Dibnah, we'll never see his like again.

If anyone has climbed a vertical ladder before they'd know its hard, but to climb then go at the angle he's going with the overhang at that height is just insane hahahaha. balls of steel. Legend

I would be shitting bricks if i had to climb up there bugger that for a job.💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

Fred Dibnah often appeared on NZ TV when I was a kid in the 1980's . I loved and still do love to watch his adventures

And now that child lives in a multicultural nightmare.

Not even got a safety harness on!!mad❤

🍻 from Florida. I wish every middle aged guy getting comfortable with slowing down could be exposed to Fred Dibnah. F*** those chauvinistic social media neo-“alpha males.” Fred was the real deal. I’ve been enjoying the series and specials over and over for a decade now. I only wish I could’ve had the chance to shake his hand and thank him. He’s been an inspiration to me. Work hard to truly live.

They don’t make men like this anymore. A true fearless gentleman.

The moral of the story: Humans will do anything for money, even if it's 'upsetting' and destructive.

Not a safety harness in sight... balls of steel.

9:09

That's got to be very dangerous is a failure happens right!!!!????

What a Stoic fella, wish we had more like him around nowadays. I was born in 1971 reminds me a bit of my Dad who was a Lancashire lad

The bravest man on Earth! How the hell did he climb like that? Awesome! Respect!

Absolutely amazing and so were the brick layers that built it in 1870.RIP Fred.

All the weight of that scaffolding and boards etc. It's all connected up together too. I, don't even understand how you can build a round chimney with rectangular bricks. All I do know is it takes a lot of stamina to do what Mr Dibnah did. I, also know I would never ever do this type of work for love nor money. Not so much scared of heights as shit frit of falling from them. Belated respect to him. Response to video only.

There was a better time

Loved Fred and his knowledge but lets be honest he did not treat his first wife right.

Guy Martin is all we have left

The best thing to put in a Rirz is nothing. They are super delicious plain! I live these player pianos. There is one at the McDonald's in the town of Biltmore. Instead of yellow letters in their sign, they have gold ones

Lunatic

Amazing. No safety lines....

imagine how much more scarier is the way down. the first step on the overhanging ladder...

What a master of his work love his vidios country's strong men are all leaving us rip fred

Steeple jacks were exempt from fighting in the war, and we know why. They had balls of steel. Most people would rather be on the battlefield, than hundreds of feet in the air, dangling on a bit of old rope.

I have listened to this song for for going on 43 years now.

"it's definitely half a day out with the undertakers" 😂😂😂

When he climbed over the board, i almost croaked.

I fell of ladders many times and decided to pick another career. No matter how careful one is, no matter the equipment...it's always dangerous.

Every time I see a Fred video, I know it's going to make me nauseous to just look at it... but here I am.

How did he get the ladders up there??