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Then don't watch this:

http://www.flixxy.com/tower-climbing.htm

I'm not afraid of heights for other people. Mine comes and goes. I'm ok with tall buildings. And roller coasters. I can't step out on the invisible-floor part of the CN tower, though. And I've tried climbing walls twice and dragged myself to the top both times using only my arms because I couldn't step up and push off with my legs. Somehow that was too scary. And up high on ropes courses I have been known to lose it. I get through it, but not without a lot of sweating and shaking.

not in the least. i climb trees still and have done the climbing walls, jumped off cliffs into water (not exactly cliff diving), done sky-diving and bungee jumping and much of the work i do is up in the air

Awesome video, Sallers. Much better than that one of the guy who tries to dive into a river and smacks his face on the way down that some of my co-workers tricked me into watching.

I'm not afraid of heights, although I have faint memories of a helicopter ride in my pre-teen years that I've almost completely blocked out. My gf is deathly afraid of heights and hates when I'm motivated to climb things and walk to the edge of cliffs when we go hiking.

I'm afraid of man made heights. I don't like being on towers, in elevators, on top of buildings, or on upper stories of tall buildings.

I don't have a problem with cliffs or tall mountains, even ropes courses are ok while I'm in the trees or connected by a rope.

That video made my feet and palms seriously sweat in fear.

Holy Bejesus yes. Inside. Outside. Looking up. Looking down. I'm a goddamn Dr. Seuss book of afraid of heights.

I hate heights. As a child, climbing stairs without backing (open style stairs, like at stadiums) would simply paralyze me. I also still get sweaty palms when watching movies like Vertigo. I'm a baby!

RandomAnthony wrote: "Holy Bejesus yes. Inside. Outside. Looking up. Looking down. I'm a goddamn Dr. Seuss book of afraid of heights."

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i'm not afraid of heights, but glass floors freak me out. i will not stand on them.

I just watched the video. I'm sick.

I might be able to do the first part - where he seems to be climbing inside some type of cage. If I'm surrounded by walls I'll feel better. But the free climbing part, no way. The last 60 feet is insane. And then at the top, standing on a platform no wider than his two feet. Pass.

I'm okay with regular heights, with guard rails and stuff, and I've even done stuff like rapelling, but that tower climb was insanely high, and made me extremely tense.

Most definitely! Any place where I can look down from a great height and I get woozy, which I got from watching just half of this video. Holy crap.

Deathly! And I was stupid enough a few years ago to believe that you have to face your fears.

Oh yea! I did the stupid. I went on one of those large bungee/swing rides at an amusement park with my niece and her boyfriend. I wanted to cry 1/2 way up!!

Go ahead and laugh. My husband did. And I do now that time has gone by.

Though at the time, when I finally got off the &%&)#)# ride, my legs were so shaky, I had to sit down immediately.

Sad to say, now I'm more afraid then before.

I used to rappel (sp) a lot, so I had to get over that fear pretty quickly.

My husband and I stood on the top of Tokyo Tower in Japan and I loved the area that had a glass floor. I couldn't even get my husband to walk over it. He's terrified of things like that.

I will not bungee jump. I just can't be falling through the air! No!

Yes, I am.

I’m a real man only below 2000 ft. approximately.

depends. inside tall buildings,no...on top of ladders or looking down a long flight of stairs, yes..I'm afraid of falling. I have balance problems and osteoporosis...more a fear of falling than a fear of heights I guess.

I'd take that job in a minute if I could get it.
I love heights, love the sensation falling.

Where I may have trouble is the wind. High winds make me anxious.

I'd go up in a hot air balloon, I'm fine on a plane, I'll even climb a pretty high cliff, but no freakin way would I climb up that builing...waaayyy too high, and only one little hook for saftey...no thank you!
I'm still fighting off the dizziness from watching that video!

I love heights. When I was a girl, I had this awesome tree in our back yard that was perfect for reading. My twin,however, is so wussy about heights that she avoids bridges and overpasses. She sticks to surface roads and takes FOREVER to get anywhere that way.