One St. Peters Square (CRANE), Manchester
It's probably been 3 years since I last bothered with a crane, mainly down to sheer laziness on my part I guess!
The last crane I climbed in Manchester was the old Origin crane which has long gone, to fill the gap there hasn't been much on offer other than SC which again purely down to cba I simply didn't bother with
(looking back I kinda wish I had made an effort really)
Since then these things are getting a lot trickier to conquer, gone are the days you can just rock up and climb a ladder hassle free to the top and back for a few snaps, it's probably better that way anyhow
Since last July/October respectively (once preperation work had been completed), Manchesters' latest additions to the skyline were erected
There are two cranes on site here, the bigger one obviously being the main target for anyone that way inclined, the height (85-90m approx)
Like anything out of reach, the more you stare at, the more you want but like most stuff these days I kept looking instead of bothering to have a crack
Props to fishbrain and Userscott for first hitting it up earlier in the year and followed up by > http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/high-stuff/77466-one-st-peters-square-crane-manchester-jan-2013-a.html
Having since been up understand the challenges one faces with today's tower cranes
Massive shouts to Ninjaboy, having talked about this one for long enough now we decided to just go for it
Although we did have a quick poke about the building itself, we were there for the crane and nothing more, besides it's mainly a concrete shell and fairly shite
Time was against us, it was all or nothing
You're a good way up before you encounter any real 'problems' with a locked hatch for starters amongst others, still we hadn't come this far to concede
With a little effort we were both where we needed to be and quickly on our way to the top
The weather was perfect, the views were decent although a tad windy for pics
We didn't want to hang about either as we had a small window so a couple of snaps before heading down for a much needed gulp of water and some Zzzzz
I haven't got a clue what I'm doing with a camera outside of drains
..oh if anyone is interested here is an ongoing time lapse of the build
http://www.cctvmon.com/videos/timelapse/argent/mth/mth.mp4
