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Rush brought his message to the North Ogden City Council on Tuesday, seeking leaders’ support in discouraging the activity. Whatever the case, it’s worrisome for Rocky Mountain Power officials and other leaders because of the potential dangers - from falling while scaling the towers or electrocution. “There is a good view and it’s isolated,” he said. Sometimes they hang their hammocks 10 to 20 feet off the ground. Hadley said those who frequent the towers seem to be younger couples and teens, by and large. “We’re going to try to step up our enforcement, see if we can discourage them,” Hadley said. In Pleasant View, Police Chief Ryon Hadley said he plans to pay closer attention to the towers. Call said the city plans to raise the issue and the dangers of messing around the towers in an article in the North Ogden Connection, which serves as a city newsletter of sorts. Rocky Mountain Power officials plan to put up signs in the area along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, where the towers in question are located, warning hikers that frolicking on them is trespassing. “They’re hanging their hammocks on the towers and they’re technically trespassing because it’s private property,” said Jon Call, the North Ogden city attorney. Now, officials in both North Ogden and neighboring Pleasant View plan to keep a close eye on things and get the word out to the public to steer clear of the towers. “Without getting too graphic, (it) cooks all your electrical wiring inside your body and blows body parts off,” said Rocky Mountain Power Regional Business Manager Steve Rush, describing the impact that much power can have on a human.Ĭoncerned with a seeming uptick in teens and others stringing hammocks at the base of the towers and otherwise climbing the structures, Rush brought his message to the North Ogden City Council. NORTH OGDEN - With 230,000 volts of power passing through the cables they hold, the transmission towers along the East Bench above North Ogden and Pleasant View aren’t places to play.