Dushanbe, Tajikistan is home to the tallest flagpole in the world. David Chambers, owner of Trident Support which builds flagpoles worldwide takes us on a tour.
The World's Tallest Flagpole
The world's tallest flagpole (165 meters) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
The world's tallest flagpole (165 meters) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
David Chambers, owner of Trident Support which builds flagpoles worldwide, sits by the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
David Chambers gets ready to climb the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
David Chambers gets ready to climb the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
Inside the world's tallest flagpole looking up in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
The view from the world's tallest flagpole with the Tajik flag waving below in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
David Chambers inside the world's tallest flagpole as it is being built in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 13, 2011. Photo courtesy of David Chambers.
David Chambers on the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 13, 2011. Photo courtesy of David Chambers.
A view of Dushanbe from the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
A view of the Palace of Nations from the world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
The world's tallest flagpole has 14 landings, spaced 12 meters apart, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks
A curious observer pokes his head into world's tallest flagpole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 29, 2011. –VOA Photo Y. Weeks