Anyone else scared of heights?

burbguy82 said:
If I remember correctly, from US Army Airborne school.....the mock jump towers had a floor height of 34'. This height was deemed the height at which a person has a fear or heights........and whether or not an individual would be scared enough NOT to jump and cause a safety concern for those left in the stick.

But fear of heights and fear of falling are two different things IMO. You have to trust your equipment!

hmmm, kind of agree

Funny enough, with nearly 1000 jumps as a younger person, both in the Military and as a civilian, I don't like ferris wheels.
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Similar situation... Heights don't bother me in something that's moving. But a ferris wheel or anything else that holds me up high and doesn't move much gets the tingling and sweating started. The high, fast parts of roller coasters don't bother me but that starting hill where they stop you at the very top.. hate it.
 
burbguy82 said:
If I remember correctly, from US Army Airborne school.....the mock jump towers had a floor height of 34'. This height was deemed the height at which a person has a fear or heights........and whether or not an individual would be scared enough NOT to jump and cause a safety concern for those left in the stick.

But fear of heights and fear of falling are two different things IMO. You have to trust your equipment!

hmmm, kind of agree

Funny enough, with nearly 1000 jumps as a younger person, both in the Military and as a civilian, I don't like ferris wheels.
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A bit more depth on the Army Airborne School 34 foot tower.

A study conducted by the Army resulted that a human would jump at 33 feet or less and believe they will/may survive a jump/ fall, and they will jump.

At 35 feet or greater, a human will jump thinking that the jump is fantasy/surreal, and they will jump.

At 34 feet, the Army determined a human will not jump, as their brain tells them they won't survive the fall, and it is not surreal/ fantasy.

That is why the Army's airborne training tower is exactly 34 feet tall. A "leg" (human) will freeze at 34 feet, and that is where the Army training requirement is to overcome the freeze from the 34 foot height.
 
Pablo said:
It gets way worse with age

I no longer can get on a pitched roof. Scramble a ladder no issue up and down. My leg 🦵 is physically capable but mind will not let it swing onto the roof!
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I agree with the age thing. When I was 6 years old I had no problem going up the CN Tower and standing right up against the bars of the observation deck (which is open to the wind). When I went back there with my son about 11 or 12 years ago I was terrified the moment I got off the elevator. Same thing when I was at the outdoor observation area of the 30 Rockefeller building in NYC in 2014 🫣
 
As an amateur radio operator, I rent a 55 foot man lift every few years to work on my antennas and antenna rotator. Up in the air, I try to stay focused on the antennas and the horizon, and not look down.
 
gman2304 said:
I often feel a bit queasy watching certain movie scenes…:oops:
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I actually like heights, from a generally safe place. I like the see through walkway around the Seattle space needle, for example, or looking out a top floor of a skyscraper.

That said, this movie unnerved me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_(2022_film)

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As @Pablo said, it gets worse the older you get... or at least that is also true for me. I never liked tall bridges, especially when going up and lose the horizon. Once over the top where I can see the other side, it gets better. Texas has a lot of interchanges with some over 100' high. I used to take these bridges, but now find alternate routes. When planning cross-country trips, I will go on Google Maps and drop the guy on some of the roads so I'll know what to expect.

There are some bridges having people who will drive your car across for a fee. I believe the bridge between NJ and DE has patrol officers whose job is to do this at no charge. I've driven it several times in years past, but probably would let my wife take over while I kept my eyes closed.

Last time I was in London I wanted to go for breakfast at the Duck & Waffle, which is a restaurant located on the 40th floor in the City of London. Got there about 6am and soon learned the elevator was all glass and on the exterior of the building. I got in, mashed the button, and closed my eyes, making sure when I opened them I would be looking at only the elevator buttons. They were going to seat me at a table next to the glass so I could watch the sunrise and look down on the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. I asked to be seated at a table close to, but not immediately next to the glass. I did work up the nerve to get close to the glass for pictures. When I left, I was petrified getting on the glass elevator, but found the correct button to mash and closed my eyes. The food was good and the view spectacular. Once on terra firma, I found a bathroom as the entire process scared it out of me. Even as I'm typing this, the fear I felt returned a couple of times.
 
rstcso said:
As @Pablo said, it gets worse the older you get... or at least that is also true for me. I never liked tall bridges, especially when going up and lose the horizon. Once over the top where I can see the other side, it gets better. Texas has a lot of interchanges with some over 100' high. I used to take these bridges, but now find alternate routes. When planning cross-country trips, I will go on Google Maps and drop the guy on some of the roads so I'll know what to expect.
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I used to travel this one daily.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_&_Veterans_Memorial_Bridge_(Texas)

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GON said:
A bit more depth on the Army Airborne School 34 foot tower.

A study conducted by the Army resulted that a human would jump at 33 feet or less and believe they will/may survive a jump/ fall, and they will jump.

At 35 feet or greater, a human will jump thinking that the jump is fantasy/surreal, and they will jump.

At 34 feet, the Army determined a human will not jump, as their brain tells them they won't survive the fall, and it is not surreal/ fantasy.

That is why the Army's airborne training tower is exactly 34 feet tall. A "leg" (human) will freeze at 34 feet, and that is where the Army training requirement is to overcome the freeze from the 34 foot height.
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Me. No problem with regular ski lifts. But big problems with ferris wheels, the walking bridge at Grandfather Mountain in NC, the open-air cable cars in Luzerne Switzerland, the Grand Canyon and even the Eiffel Tower. Bad inner ear issues.
 
I've skied nearly all of my life. As I get older, I have huge anxiety about the height of the lifts. It makes no sense since I've probably taken 20,000 lifts in my life.
 
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