kennethcooke
Veteran
- Location
- Leeds West Yorkshire UK
Climbing is one of those things that I find really cool when ithers do it, but I have no real desire to do it myself... I guess I'm just not quite comfortable enough with heights; I can scramble a little while hiking, but that's usually my least favorite part...
I was always happy on rock or ice but ladders? no, ladders terrify me Peter
It isn't the climbing that scares me....so much as the falling!
I don't have the upper body strength to rock climb, plus I am very uncomfortable with open heights. I can go up in a glass elevator on the side of a building just fine, but put me near the edge of a 2 story parking garage, and my knees begin to wobble.Climbing is one of those things that I find really cool when others do it, but I have no real desire to do it myself... I guess I'm just not quite comfortable enough with heights; I can scramble a little while hiking, but that's usually my least favorite part...
Funnily enough....talking about heights.....I recently revisited the details of the tight rope walk between the two towers of the world trade centre back in the 1970's. I remember the guy had no safety kit and actually laid on his back on the wire at one stage. I saw a documentary film about it, and remember busting out in a sickly sweat when I saw what he was doing.
Phillipe Petit was his name, Here is a youtube video of stills.