geoff wrote:

having had an Indonesian take a 5m dish up the frame of a 50m tower
with it roped around his neck and wearing a pair of flip flops

I found it surprising that India is trying to phase this sort of thing out -
see he
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6804512.ece

Actually, there's an opportunity here for the uk.d-i-yers to invent
something good and win the prize.