I've seen numerous people using a similar technique to get videos over crowds. No idea how wobbly the resulting video is though.
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Starting from Squirrel sounds like a good first step.
Sadly due to the guttering running across rather than down the side of the roof, I don't think a fishing pole would cut it.
Possibly worth getting Nav and his camera involved though :)