I used to work in the field service NDT industry. We would climb flare stacks, smoke stacks, and water towers up over 300'. The sway at 300' is incredible. I can only imagine the sway at 1768'.
I would climb the tower with a stack of x-ray film in my back pocket, a crank assembly & guide tubes over my shoulder, two rolls of tape on my wrists, a lead number belt in my front pocket, two radiation survey meters on my harness, and finally a 65 LB Isotope projector hanging 6' below me.
I got out of field service for a reason. That was of the many reasons I left field service.
I don't miss it at all.
Tom