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Guam/Hawaii

posted in Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, blog Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Let me first briefly explain what these tower jobs are.  I always get asked, “Tower jobs? What?”  I would love to simply clear it up for everyone who has been asking.  It starts back when I was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  A man named Gary owned a local photo/print shop as well as President to a company called “Tower Inspection.”  I printed all my work at his shop so we quickly became aquatinted.  He enjoyed my work so he asked if I would be interested in documenting projects here and there that TI was involved with.  Initially, I thought….”What a random job.”  However I came to soon fall in love with it.  I had to get tower certified so I could climb these towers and photograph the employees on and around the towers.  I have mixed emotions about heights.  Sometimes it freaks me out, where as others I am absolutely loving it.  I only went on my first roller-coaster ride in 15 years, this past year, when I was succumbed to peer pressure from the great dudes in Relient K.  I even got nervous when I did my tower climb test.  The tower was only like 50ft.  It is weird just hanging off and letting the wind move you, nothing below your feet.

In Guam we stayed at the OKA towers, which had an amazing view all the way around.  The balcony wrapped halfway around the 14th floor.  It was unbelievable.  Some pics of the building.


View from room each night.

View from right side balcony

Each day after work. Balcony....beer.

Anyways, here are some photos from Hawaii and Guam.  The locations were, again, absolutely gorgeous.  The tower sites are always in beautiful places around the world.  No photos of the towers yet, however here are some random photos from the trip.  Wish the internet could do panoramics some justice.  Each one is MASSIVE.  Can’t wait to print some of them off.

Working in Hawaii

Cheese!

Thankful, thankful, thankful, extremely thankful every single day. I can’t stress that enough.
Tower photos coming soon.  Many more posts soon too.

Hope everyone is well,
Cale Glendening

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