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Would you do this? Not for a million bucks!
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Feb 25, 2017 12:52:59   #
hotshot1 Loc: Bayou Teche Area
 
Huey Driver wrote:
Would you do this? Not for a million bucks!


I might try that if I had a parachute on my back "just in case".
I have actually been to top of a 500' radio tower with a harness and belt.

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Feb 25, 2017 13:13:22   #
Dallas P
 
Now it does :}

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Feb 25, 2017 13:54:50   #
DRG777 Loc: Metro Detroit
 
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Would you do this?


I've come pretty close.



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Feb 25, 2017 13:55:04   #
whitewolfowner
 
One good fart and she's airborne!

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Feb 25, 2017 14:04:49   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
I used to climb mountains & I know climbers that do things like this on a regular basis. They do not seemingly have 1 ounce of fear about heights. I am not one of them! I know this is perfectly possible for many climbers to casually sit like this feet dangling over empty space. I have eaten my lunch while sitting on a 10 inch ledge, feet hanging over 2,000 feet of space but I was roped in with multiple pitons (not kosher any more) & chocks or wedges holding me safely from a slip. LOL...but I also was a tourist on top of Half Dome in Yosemite that had to crawl on my hands & knees to the edge, then lie flat on my belly to look over the edge! Two young lady schoolteachers walked right up on each side of me eating their sandwiches & casually held a conversation while looking over! I was too embarrassed to crawl back until they left & had to lay there for another 10-15 minutes! Felt like hours!

I suppose this could be photoshopped but I choose to really like it & take it for real....looks like dirt & wear on the part she is sitting on from other daredevils too. Anyway, thanks! Makes me remember things from my past! Take care, Walt

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Feb 25, 2017 14:29:29   #
sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA
 
Never, never, never, Huey!! My goodness, I go the "heebie-jeebies" just looking at it! But it's a great shot! LOL

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Feb 25, 2017 14:29:44   #
Murray Loc: New Westminster
 
Huey Driver wrote:
No idea it was sent to me. Real or not it bothers me just to look at it and think about it. I'm afraid of heights. People usually laugh when I say that when they know I flew for a living for a number of years. But that's something different than this.


I am a former pilot myself, and was once told by a doctor that a fear of heights is common with pilots... don't know if true or not, but weird.

That pic scares the stuffing outta me.

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Feb 25, 2017 14:30:34   #
Mickey43 Loc: metro Philadelphia
 
Maybe her boyfriend was down there ready to catch her? Do you think?

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Feb 25, 2017 14:40:55   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
Erv wrote:
I just think she is pretty!:)


Yep, pretty stupid.

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Feb 25, 2017 15:06:06   #
Huey Driver Loc: Texas
 
I was surprised at a reunion of my Army flight school classmates that many of them had the same fear of heights as I do. I have done just about everything in a helicopter and airplane including aerobatics with no fear but put me on a ladder more than 3 feet off the ground or in a tall building or on a roof and my knees at knocking. I can't explain it.
Murray wrote:
I am a former pilot myself, and was once told by a doctor that a fear of heights is common with pilots... don't know if true or not, but weird.

That pic scares the stuffing outta me.

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Feb 25, 2017 15:19:30   #
EdU239 Loc: The Northeast
 
Huey Driver wrote:
Would you do this? Not for a million bucks!


Just seeing the picture should be good for a week or so of nightmares....

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Feb 25, 2017 15:21:51   #
jcave Loc: Cecilia, Kentucky
 
Height isn't the issue for me. A fall from 40' can be as deadly as one from 400'. Slippage on loose gravel and the potential of having the ledge break off like the nose on New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain's bother me. Also, with so much to live for, I find a disregard for life, especially one's own, very sad.

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Feb 25, 2017 15:50:49   #
Hbuk66 Loc: Oswego, NY
 
I was a rock climber in my late twenties, and for anyone who was or is a climber, that would be like you walking to your mailbox...

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Feb 25, 2017 15:53:10   #
Elliern Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC
 
Huey Driver wrote:
Would you do this? Not for a million bucks!


Makes my feet and palms sweat just looking at it!

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Feb 25, 2017 16:04:21   #
Ricinus Loc: Leduc Alberta
 
I tried Googling the image, lots of sharing, but little info about it..

Mike

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