Schiavo wasn’t really using any energy either. The only thing going for her was pulminary activity. This guy is crawling around on a crane, stressed out, sleepless, and god knows with what kind of heat conditions.
The weather’s actually been pretty mild here the past few days. Had he pulled this in, say, July, it would’ve been over in a matter of hours, methinks.
As discussed, Geobabe-we’d have gotten him down, but too many whiners would have faulted the method. 