On this episode of Worlds toughest Fixes, Riley teams up with the guys who put their lives on the line to keep you plugged in. Every day of the week electricity linemen conduct critical repairs on the nations grid but when it comes to conventional wisdom these guys have to throw away the rulebook. There are too many people depending on electrical power every minute of the day and night they just cant afford to shut the lines down so the linemen do their repairs with the juice still turned ona crackling half million volts of high voltage electricity that must be handled with care. Riley learns how these guys bond on so the current passes around their bodies safely and learns how to use the tools of the trade Hot sticks Dead End Ladders and ultimately joins the high wire club by connecting to five hundred thousand volts from a helicopter its high voltage shocking and sometimes just too hot too handle.
