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Salisbury Cathedral: Breathtaking video from tallest spire | Salisbury Cathedral: Breathtaking video from tallest spire |
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Spectacular video has been captured by conservators working at the top of Britain's tallest spire. | |
Two men filmed themselves climbing 404ft (123m) to the capstone of Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire to replace a faulty weather meter. | Two men filmed themselves climbing 404ft (123m) to the capstone of Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire to replace a faulty weather meter. |
The footage shows the breathtaking views only usually experienced by the Cathedral's peregrine falcons. | The footage shows the breathtaking views only usually experienced by the Cathedral's peregrine falcons. |
Clerk of Works Gary Price described it as a "heart in your mouth" experience which heightens the senses. | Clerk of Works Gary Price described it as a "heart in your mouth" experience which heightens the senses. |
"When you climb out of the weather door it's quite wide, but the higher you go the more narrow it gets - and that is when you question if it'll take your weight, but it will," he said. | "When you climb out of the weather door it's quite wide, but the higher you go the more narrow it gets - and that is when you question if it'll take your weight, but it will," he said. |
"It's quite exposed because you can see all the way around you. | "It's quite exposed because you can see all the way around you. |
"If there's two or three of you up there, and one of you moves, you can feel the spire slightly swaying. Not a massive amount but enough to notice that it is moving with the wind." | "If there's two or three of you up there, and one of you moves, you can feel the spire slightly swaying. Not a massive amount but enough to notice that it is moving with the wind." |
Mr Price was joined in the work by two architectural conservators and rope access specialists. | Mr Price was joined in the work by two architectural conservators and rope access specialists. |
To access the top they climbed 332 steps through the cathedral's roof spaces, then a further 144ft (44m) up ladders inside the spire before climbing out of a weather door and scaling the final 49ft (15m) outside using metal hoops in the spire's masonry. | To access the top they climbed 332 steps through the cathedral's roof spaces, then a further 144ft (44m) up ladders inside the spire before climbing out of a weather door and scaling the final 49ft (15m) outside using metal hoops in the spire's masonry. |
The purpose of the work was to replace a faulty anemometer, which was working intermittently, and also plug a leak discovered after the September storms. | The purpose of the work was to replace a faulty anemometer, which was working intermittently, and also plug a leak discovered after the September storms. |
Salisbury Cathedral | Salisbury Cathedral |
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