<p>I do not like heights. I climbed the ladder to clean windows in our old house’s two story foyer, felt better when I could touch a wall. I remember being as far up on the old World Trade Center and not liking it at all but I didn’t want to miss it. Likewise the Hancock building in Chicago. </p>
<p>Flying and Ferris wheels I like. I didn’t have trouble with the Vancouver Capilano bridge because I could hang onto the handrails and enjoy the scenery. Roads where I can’t see the ground near me are scary. Before they redid the Milwaukee spaghetti junction I always tried to use the inside lanes, it was worst heading south with upper stories of old buildings not too far. Yellowstone- heading in from the NE they were redoing the pavement and there were no lines- I was the passenger and kept noticing how close to the dropoff we were and- with so many curves we couldn’t go over the supposed midline, either. I don’t like bridges you can’t see land or water from. The worst for me is the Mackinac bridge from the UP to lower Michigan, even though there are high side rails. I looked it up- it’s 8 miles and 551 feet high! Plus wind to make it sway (they close it in too much wind). I don’t shut my eyes as there is also fascinating scenery with heights, or I’m driving and it would be a sure disaster. I just get through it- as fast as I can to shorten the experience.</p>
<p>I think for me when it comes to heights , I need to feel like their is some type of railing or wall to make me feel like I am not going to fall. If it is waist high or lower ( when walking ) I just can’t deal with it. Same trip where I had problem with the mountain road, we were driving on a highway and had the choice of taking a very long tunnel ride thru an alpine mountain or be very high up. Thank goodness it was the tunnel or I might have been a lot worse than I was. It was truly a beautiful ride with the scenery, but looking at the little houses on the sides of the steep mountains made me glad that I am a flatlander I wondered if the local people who lived there would feel nervous being in the ocean if they were visiting my area ?</p>
<p>OK… Nik Wallenda is about to start his skyscraper walk here in Chicago. H told me Discovery Channel is covering it, with a 14-second delay in case something happens, but you can watch it online live. We flipped to the Discovery Channel just to see what they were talking about (knowing the walk hadn’t started yet), and they showed a live view from the air of one of the lines he will walk. Just looking at the line made me feel sick. H and I looked at each other and said, “Nope. Don’t wanna even watch this part before the walk.” I don’t know how people are watching it live downtown.</p>
<p>This is for you @Nrdsb4. I can’t even comprehend the type of personality that can take this on. Would love to meet one of these guys just to get some understanding of how they think. And yes I am afraid of heights.</p>
<p>My D went skydiving, and told us about it after the fact. I was so distraught I had to leave the room. </p>
<p>I am so afraid of heights, I had to stop reading this thread about the middle of page two. I couldn’t get through everyone’s descriptions of what they were afraid of. I just can’t deal. X_X </p>
<p>I wasn’t always so afraid of heights and in September I really wanted to go on the Ferris Wheel at Santa Monica Pier. The second we started going up I said to my H that this was not one of my better ideas. I was scared the whole time especially when we were heading up and seemed to be right out over the ocean. I seriously thought about asking them to stop the ride but was too embarrassed. I was so happy when it was over…I doubt I will ever go on a ferris wheel again.</p>
<p>My brother went skydiving and didn’t tell us, but just sent me the video and asked me to pass it around. When my Mom watched it, she kept saying, “No, no, no, don’t do it!” I had to keep reminding her that he couldn’t have sent it to me if he had not survived it.</p>
<p>D1 says skydiving is on her bucket list and I told her she absolutely must not tell me until after the fact or I will have to be sedated.</p>
<p>I’m usually terrified of heights. I can’t even go on my roof. I have trouble on trams etc and typically shut my eyes when I go on these. For some reason, I’m not afraid of planes, helicopters or even balloons.</p>
<p>Im not afraid of planes either, but I am enclosed so I feel ok. I just went to see a concert with all of my daughters and their guys…the seats were high up at the TD Garden Center in Boston. I was really uncomfortable , until the lights went down and someone brought me a beer</p>
<p>Many years ago Florida high school swimming & diving team competitions used to have diving from highest height off a tower events. Someone must have wised up one day and figured out this wasn’t too safe an event after one of the kids at a meet announced he was going for broke to win the event at a high school meet. The old FHSAA record books have the old winners from past state meets archived.</p>
Somehow I missed this thread when it was posted two years ago. I also have a fear of edges - mountains, balconies with low railings and ferris wheels. I love zip lines and flying. I think it has something to do with control. If I’m belted up, I feel much safer. I also love roller coasters - but those harness make me feel safe.
But that slide only goes down one floor, teriwtt. If it went down all 70 floors, wrapping around and around the building, that would really be something!
Yea, but it’s 1,000’ up in the air, and made of glass, so there’s nothing left to the imagination as to how far down it is to the street underneath you as you’re sliding!
In general no problem with heights … but … we went to St. Paul’s Cathedral in London many years ago and decided to brave the climb up into the Golden Gallery in the dome. Uh oh. Fortunately, then 8-year-old D decided it was not for her and I graciously (cough cough) accompanied her back to the beginning of the climb while wife went on ahead. I also told D (while we waited for mom to make her way around) that I felt exactly the same way. It was basically a perforated metal staircase. I shudder as I type this.
I wondered if the local people who lived there would feel nervous being in the ocean if they were visiting my area ?</p>