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Anybody afraid of heights?

Started by SawyerBrown, March 09, 2015, 10:02:54 PM

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SawyerBrown

Just got back from a weekend in Chicago.  Had some time this morning before catching the train home, so the Mrs SawyerBrown says, "Why don't we go to the top of the Willis (Sears) Tower?"  OK.  I think she especially enjoyed pushing me out onto the skydeck, I'm not sure whether she was hoping it would break??  Anyway, I decided to take a picture of my shoes, which are a very nice color as you can see.  I must not have been too much of a chicken because there's no (obvious) pee running down my leg.  And, yes, those objects to the right are the tops of already very tall skyscrapers.


 

But it was a beautiful view from up there -- sunny and clear and bright ... and not stuck in traffic ...  This is looking NE out over Lake Michigan.  I can almost see your house, @Jeff.


 
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sandhills

Yep!  Wasn't in my earlier years but scared to death of them now, at least in certain situations  ::).  That looks like some view you had there!

coxy

if that was me there would have been more than pee  :D :D it took me over a month to get use to the log loader on the truck and still don't like it  :)

sawguy21

x2  :D I don't like being on a ladder.
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NWP

I think I have permanent bruises on my arm from wife gripping it when she stepped out on that platform when we were there a couple of years ago.
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drobertson

yea, did lots of high diving back in the day, never gave it a thought, really pretty high cliffs, but now, just watching gives me the willy's
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WmFritz

Great pics.

I worked on the 3 tallest buildings in Denver back in the '80's. Even though they were tall, they're still only half the height of the Sears Tower.
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yukon cornelius

In my former life  ;D I rode and drove the ladder truck and did rope rescue. one fire dept. had its own tower. we dangled off ropes a lot for training. its amazing how much the wind moves a 75 or 100 foot ladder or when water is sprayed from or shut off the from the tip

Im not scared of heights or falling but im scared of hitting the ground after falling  ;D and spiders :o
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Roger2561

I used to be able climb heights with the best of them.  Something happened back in the 90's that I now cannot climb any higher than the 3 rung on a ladder (dad said it was common sense setting in).  When my oldest brother lived in NYC, the first time I went for a visit (it was a week long visit - 5 days too long - that ain't living) he took me to the Empire State Building observation deck.  There absolutely no way in heck was I going out onto the open air deck.  I scared as heck watching people looking over the edge.   My dad had a saying - If I was meant to climb, I'd been born a monkey.  Roger
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coxy

I have the same saying about flying if I was ment to fly I would have been born with wings and feathers  :D :D

goose63

At my age I like my feet with in ten feet of the ground
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submarinesailor

Like many of you, when I was young heights were no problems.  I think what messed it up for me is when I had to work on the very top step of a 14' step ladder wiring EXIT lights.  You know the one labeled, "Do Not Use This Step."  After that, anything over about 8' brothers me now.

pabst79

In high school I use to try and get 30' plus when bowhunting, now I just duck hunt with my feet firmly in the marsh!  :D
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PineNut

Heights don't bother me at all as long as I can keep one foot on level ground.

sandhills

I have 2 recurring nightmares, one is when I'm climbing very steep stairs to the nose bleed section of some event center and fall, the other is dad deciding we're going to start raising hogs again  :D, not sure which one is worse.

Magicman

My pole climbing years are well behind me.  My fear of heights has been replaced with the fear of the sudden stop at the end.  (old saying)
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sawguy21

It is funny, I hate being on a ladder or any similar implement of destruction yet I thoroughly enjoyed flying in helicopters, only got in with a pilot I knew and trusted though. Too many yahoos in that industry but that's another story.
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Jeff

I have terrible issues with heights, but I have a plan. If I can get back under the max weight limit, I plan on a trip to Connecticut to go skydiving with @Tamiam

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SawyerBrown

Wait, you have issues with heights, but you're going to jump out of a perfectly good plane??  What's wrong with this picture?   ;D
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Tam-i-am

someone else said it earlier, it's not the height most of you are afraid of it is really a fear of the fall.  Jumping out of the plane is so exhilarating that you forget your fear.

The first free fall portion is exciting and a major adrenaline rush and then the chute opens and you float along -peaceful, serene and spectacular.

@Jeff after my last accident I have gained some common sense and or realization of my bodies limitations and sky diving is probably not in my future.  :(  I will take you, support you and wait for you at the bottom.  I'm sure Dee will go with you!
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sandhills

Quote from: SawyerBrown on March 10, 2015, 10:46:35 AM
Wait, you have issues with heights, but you're going to jump out of a perfectly good plane??  What's wrong with this picture?   ;D
Sorry Tamiam, but with all do respect I was going to answer his question with A LOT!  :D

Roger2561

Or, the catch phrase we used in the EMS when someone came to an abrupt stop - rapid deceleration(a.k.a splat)!  Roger
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pine

Since my first attempt at climbing a robe in PE class at 12 yr of age, I have found that I had/have a fear of heights. 
After the military told me that I was going to paratrooper school I have discovered that if I have a safety line attached or have a parachute on, to stop a fall I have no fear. 

Thus what I have is a health fear of the abrupt stop.  Put me in a helicopter door with a safety harness hanging on a skid 1000 ft up no big deal, put me in a harness swinging on a cable from a tower no big deal, put me behind a sturdy railing I can look over the edge with no trepidation. 
However a ratty railing or no railing and the fear factor is extreme.
I figure it is the security of knowing that the safety devices will keep me from falling thus I am comfortable.

pigman

I got the shakes when I was on top of the highest mountain ( hill) in Michigan. ::)
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