# Afraid Of Heights? Then Don't Watch This Video Link

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502 "2014-01-11T09:42:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502/21 "2014-01-11T21:00:44Z")

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Rock climbing bothers me less - you’re clinging to a mountain. This, with the 360-degree openness, made me antsy, and I’ve never had trouble with heights. Hell, that thing had to be swaying back and forth, too. I’d seriously rather they flew a helicopter into position and rappel down than climb up it - yeesh.

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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502/22 "2014-01-11T22:28:11Z")

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Bloody hell, my hands _and_ feet were sweating by the time he got to the top. I would only do that for lots of money and if I were a skilled skydiver who was allowed to jump off.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502/23 "2014-01-11T22:34:10Z")

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> [@epbrown01](#):
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> Rock climbing bothers me less - you’re clinging to a mountain. This, with the 360-degree openness, made me antsy, and I’ve never had trouble with heights. Hell, that thing had to be swaying back and forth, too. I’d seriously rather they flew a helicopter into position and rappel down than climb up it - yeesh.

[That’s what these power line workers do](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_1T2_l43Xo).

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502/24 "2014-01-11T22:47:20Z")

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I thought this looked familiar. [there was a thread on it in 2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578368).

The guy who made this originally posted it and then had to take it down because others in the industry were none too pleased that he didn’t use his safety harness like he should have.

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**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afraid-of-heights-then-dont-watch-this-video-link/678502/25 "2014-01-12T05:49:25Z")

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Last spring, I took a glacier tour, and the tour bus driver was talking about the mountains surrounding the glacier: “… an experienced climber could get back down in about four hours. An inexperienced one, about four minutes.”

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