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Fred Dibnah How to climb a chimney overhang at 50+

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Fred Dibnah How to climb a chimney overhang at 50+

Footage of British steeplejack Fred Dibnah climbing a chimney overhang at over fifty years old, without a harness. It is a short clip from his steeplejack work.

HN shares it as a dizzying example of Dibnah's fearless chimney work, in threads about heights and climbing.

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