Reply to: That makes my stomach turn

[Goatfell]

I walked there last summer and had a peer over the edge. There were bits that looked distinctly dodgy, ie likely to detach.



No need. I used to hate heights and at one time could not have gone anywhere near the edge. Same with spiders, used to terrify me now I can rescue huge ones in my hand. Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.

Anyone who is afraid of heights need their head looking at, I can stand, sit or even swivel on a unicycle looking up at heights all day.

Depths on the other hand scare the utter tulip out of me...

[OwlHoot]

Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.

apart from phobias about the risk of missing the Archers on the "wireless", or Newsnight

[xoggoth]

I walked there last summer and had a peer over the edge. There were bits that looked distinctly dodgy, ie likely to detach.

I wonder how one trains themself out of this fear?

No need. I used to hate heights and at one time could not have gone anywhere near the edge. Same with spiders, used to terrify me now I can rescue huge ones in my hand. Phobias tend to diminish as you progress into old farthood.

[VectraMan]

That's probably not going to make any of his songs more cheerful.

[anonymouse]

This happens if you get it wrong.

Nick Cave's son Arthur dies in Brighton cliff fall - BBC News

[shaunbhoy]

That makes my stomach turn

It would take a lot more than that to make YOUR stomach turn MF. I reckon that some heavy plant machinery might be required.

[tractor]

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For the non climbers amongst you, it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom.

[VectraMan]

Anyone sitting near Zeity is.

More likely to be lethal too.

[BrilloPad]

Your office chair is not flush with the ground, can be approached from any direction, and is not subject to gusts of wind.

Anyone sitting near Zeity is.

[unixman]

It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now-

Your office chair is not flush with the ground, can be approached from any direction, and is not subject to gusts of wind.

[original PM]

Probably cannot see it from this picture but thus building is a bit scary

[MyUserName]

I am scared of heights but managed to do one of those Go Ape things. You just have to force yourself to be rational and just ignore the feeling of terror!

[OwlHoot]

It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now, ...

Yes, but your office chair probably isn't made of crumbly chalk, or covered in a slippery grass and loose tufts of turf.

Also when you get up, you're unlikely to be startled by a noisy seagull wheeling close by, or unbalanced by a sudden unexpected breeze.

Face it, anyone who sits over a 300 foot cliff edge is bonkers and asking for trouble.

[VectraMan]

I guess the most dangerous bit of that cliff sitting nonsense comes when you manoeuvre your body into/out of that position.

It's not really dangerous though. I'm sitting in an office chair right now, but I'm not likely to fall out of it. Nor am I likely to fall over when getting up or sitting down. The proximity of a deadly drop doesn't make those things more likely; probably less likely in fact, so really it's not dangerous in any way.

But then you wouldn't catch me anywhere near a cliff edge, or on a crane, or on that Grand Canyon walkway.

[unixman]

I guess the most dangerous bit of that cliff sitting nonsense comes when you manoeuvre your body into/out of that position.