This Video of a New York City Window Cleaner Is Equal Parts Stressful and Fascinating [Video]

Window cleaners (they don’t like the term “window washer”) aren’t just the random guys who get saved in the first act of every superhero movie. Some of them do their jobs because they love it — like Brent Weingard, who’s been in the business for 35 years and who was interviewed by The New York Times the other day.

Warning: if you get vertigo easily or have problems with heights, you probably shouldn’t watch this. You know, because of the heights.

(via Neatorama)

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