# Afraid of heights? I dare you to watch this video.

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**Created:** [August 26, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-i-dare-you-to-watch-this-video/763995 "2016-08-26T05:32:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-i-dare-you-to-watch-this-video/763995/3 "2016-08-26T05:48:07Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> :: faints ::

I have a truly visceral reaction watching this. It stirs a hardwired primal fear. I don’t understand how anyone can do this, but many people do.

This classic photo of steelworkers sitting on a beam causes a similar reaction in me, though not quite as strong.

> **[Lunch Atop a Skyscraper Photograph: The Story Behind the Famous Shot](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper-photograph-the-story-behind-the-famous-shot-43931148/?no-ist)**
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> For 80 years, the 11 ironworkers in the iconic photo have remained unknown, and now, thanks to new research, two of them have been identified

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