Energized transmission line repair

[jeebusmn]

I got in a discussion with someone about repairing transmission lines. I know you can work on a live line if you are dropped on with a helicopter. I could have sworn ,though, that in China they have a method of getting up and onto live lines (more than once!) without using a helicopter. Am I wrong about this? If not, where can I find info on this?

 

[bacon4life]

You can also use bucket trucks that have insulated booms.

 

[jeebusmn]

What I think I remember is something like climbing over the insulators from the support structure to the line? Could it have been an insulated ladder?

 

[bacon4life]

Here is a video of someone bonding off a hot ladder.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=43581835