What left the biggest impression on me is that this impressive piece of 80-ton equipment can be dangerous in the wrong hands (mine, right now). The aerial, the ladder and bucket extends 95 feet into the air from it steepest angle of attack and with two firefighter in the bucket, extreme caution should used and competence exercised. The aerial alone weighs 50,000 pounds (25 tons).
The Dodge Retort.
That's me getting up after crashing on my bike in September, 2017. I rode another 24 miles with three broken ribs to finish the Seacoast century. Heroic, yes. Stupid, yes.
