Afraid of heights? This is not the job for you | SciTech Now

Mysterious stains on St. Louis' Gateway Arch prompted a tricky testing procedure.
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The iconic St. Louis gateway arch, an engineering wonder that towers high above the skyline, is now 50 years old. Discoloration on the stainless steel exterior has building doctors climbing 630 feet up the arch to examine the cause of some of those mysterious stains.

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[NolanSanchez]

As impressive as these inspection folks are, I have to give supreme kudos to the folks that built this structure 57 years ago. The technology and safety measures that they utilized were not what they are today... amazing stuff.

[rawtalentmagazine]

First time seeing this, I live in St Louis, and this building aways mystifies me.I love the Arch and it represent us.

[jokerace]

Having touched this magnificent structure myself, it is difficult to imagine exactly how those sides of the arch would be cleaned in a practical, safe manner. It's one of the rare large scale shapes I've encountered that is a bit disorienting to look up at, standing underneath it. I suspect that effect is magnified up there on it, looking down.

[dmomintz]

What an amazing piece of engineering...50 years later and structurally flawless.

[StLProgressive]

The Arch is about 3 miles from my house. I love seeing it on a daily basis, it means home to me, lol. I’ve been up in it a few times, even tho I’m afraid of heights. They did a massive renovation of the museum underneath it a couple of years ago. The Arch itself was closed for a while for reno as well. This was really interesting.

[jdacosta]

I’m not sure how the arch could withstand the weight of those workers balls

[stephenlennartz]

When I was in high school in St. Louis ... my best friend's father was a professional photographer. He was hired by the local utility company's ad agency to go out on top of the arch (there is a hatch at the top) and film one of their techs changing the lightbulb at the very top of the arch. Yes ... there really is a bulb at the top. The photo was used in a print ad with a headline that said something like, 'We Go to Great Heights to Get You the Power You Need'. It was a pretty cool ad. My buddy's dad was a fairly laid back guy & told me that going forward ... he preferred to work on the ground.

[stevehammond]

There is not enough gold in all of FT Knox to get me up on that arch tethered only by a rope. Not only no but HELL NO

[ridgec]

Wonder where they got rope strong enough to hold Dave and is massive balls up there? And notice how when they interviewed him they only showed him from waist up.

[elconquistador]

I have Aeroacrophobia. There is no way I could do that. My legs trip out and go wobbly just watching this stuff.
And to think about all the work I performed on lifts, laders and scaffolding before I developed this super fun phobia.

[jime]

Been to the arch 3 times. Still my favorite modern structure(skyscraper). One of the most amazing designs ever.

[mvtv-montanavigilantetv]

I don't consider myself scared of heights but damn sure was anxious going up to the top of the Arch. The little pod "elevators" were freaky enough but couldn't get over the curve up there and how you could lean into the windows (so I recall) and look almost straight down. Epic engineering!

[wegankpvp]

Having lived in stl all my life, its easy to take the arch for granted. It really is massive though in person, these photos cant do it justice.

[ericcrites]

I've been to st louis so many times, the arch is such a staple in my life. It's breath taking getting inside it

[bysquared]

My father and my sister we’re delivering a part to the arch when it was being built and they were asked if they want to walk to the top of it which they did. One of the ery first people that were not working there to go to the top of the Arch pretty cool.

[man_on_wheelz]

I'm from Chicago and just a few months ago I visited St. Louis for the first time, with special interest in visiting the Gateway Arch. I tend to always think about things technically, so it's funny how when I was there I was thinking about "How do they clean this thing?" and trying to point out all the difficult access points during my tour while up in the arch and from what I could see on the ground... then I stumble across this video.

[lawandamanning]

Me and my grandson just went to the top yesterday.. Beautiful renovations 🎉
Even better Views from the top 😊❤
I truly love My City 🙏💋‼️

[petatrethewy]

These people are beyond brave. Can't imagine having the cojones to appear so nonchalant. Kudos to them all.

[jackson]

Just take a giant Brillo pad and a 630 foot long stick!

[maemae]

I lived and loved this city half my life. And it's a BEAUTIFUL WONDERS OF ART!! And not 1 person died while building this historic monument?