Are you afraid of heights ?

[TT Eric]

Took this small video in AZ last week!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUlchF5UhFc

Eric

[CoreyB]

Not really, but you couldnt get me to do that you crazy bastard.

[AdamVR4]

Did you reach out with the camera to look down or were you leaning?

[TT Eric]

Reach out with the camera mostly! The first spot I did both I think, but on the second spot it was not really safe to go further then one foot, there was a non inviting crack! You'll see on the second pic, why I would not put my 2 feet like I do on the 3rd pic.

The emplacement :

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/Eric21/IMG_5484.jpg

The hard to thrust crack :

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/Eric21/IMG_5483.jpg

With better ground it's not a problem, you gotta watch for wind though.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/Eric21/IMG_5463.jpg

Eric

[UTRacerX9]

LOL I'm not afraid of heights... I'm afraid of the wind blowing and shaking me while I'm up there haha ;)

[TT Eric]

Yup they say most of the accident there are cause by the wind, so you gotta be careful! I know and I was keeping that in mind. Because about 20 years ago I had been push by the wind when I was too relax while watching the scenery and almost fell. You know when you are on your toes and making round with your arms in the air silently. :s

Eric

[DocWalt]

I'm afraid enough of heights to not get that close.

[Erron Spalsbury]

Yes, yes I am.

That's down right scary.

[onebadmollafolla]

Dislike.

[FeaRpb]

Im not scared of heights, im scared of hitting the ground hard.

[KPZVR4]

If you wer my Chinese cousin, I would name you Sum Ting Wong. I am not afriad of heights, but that is just mental. :)

[TT Eric]

Hahaha maybe it's worse in picture then it is in reality! If you think about it, how often you fall from a sidewalk or the stairs ??

Let say you stand on the sidewalk to watch a car or talk to somebody, what are the chance you'll fall into the street ? It need a huge inadvertence or a huge wind rush to push you out. Most normal people would not fall from the sidewalk even when stalling there for hours... Transport this situation near a cliff, it's the same thing beside that it's not 6'', but 3000''. Now if one as vertigo this is another story. Some people are relax about it (not a lot), some others are not.

Nevertheless it give a pretty cool view & feeling to be there!

Eric

[KPZVR4]

I still say your chesse slipped right off your cracker. :)

[93STLTH]

I love the Grand Canyon, it's one the most amazing sights on the planet to stand on the edge and look down at the bottom over a mile away.

[AgentOblivious]

Reminds me of the top of the Lake Louise ski area in Alberta. I'm not too bad with heights, do way more free climbing at work than I should be.

P.S. Est-ce qu'il avait d'autres avec vous là, ou juste votre groupe? J'ai entendu du français dans le vidéo.

[TT Eric]

C'était la voix de mon fils, il était plus loin, bien sur je ne lui avait pas permis de descendre ou j'étais.

Eric

[vr3.9]

I am only afraid of 2 things. Heights? yes. Used to work construction and learned to walk beams and all that crazy stuff before there were 100% tie off rules. Stomach stayed in knots and just learned to deal with it. Fear will kill you. Oh, the other thing....... Canadians with dark tans. Dude were did you get that?

[GTOJOE]

Nice hiking boots :lol:

[onebadmollafolla]

I am only afraid of 2 things. Heights? yes.

Exactly. Heights and spiders. Both a phobia, and both something I can manage. A spider in my household has a life expectancy of 6 seconds.

[DrkZide]

Is it tall enough to base jump off of? I want to try it with a squirrel suit

[VR-4 0wnz j00]

I am scared of heights but usually will do stuff involved, IE bungee jumping, skydiving, rappelling, ect. I wont get close like you did anymore. Literally one slip and your dead. Not worth it.

[TT Eric]

I am only afraid of 2 things. Heights? yes. Used to work construction and learned to walk beams and all that crazy stuff before there were 100% tie off rules. Stomach stayed in knots and just learned to deal with it. Fear will kill you. Oh, the other thing....... Canadians with dark tans. Dude were did you get that?

When I was a teen, I worked on roofs (2-3 stories) and discover I was not afraid at all of the heights, in fact I would take my brake sitting on the edge with my legs hanging down. I have never been afraid. Props to you to be able to manage that fear.

About the tan, since I sold my business in spring I'm outside many hours per day, in Canada we are still in 75-90 usually in the summer and I tan pretty easily. That been said, we went to Hawaii for 10 days before AZ, and I thought I would get some more tan there, but we didn't got that much sun, it was often cloudy and we took too many tour on all those islands involving staying almost every day in a bus visiting. I only went snorkeling 3 times, involving a big 2.5-3 hours total of snorkeling :(.


Nice hiking boots :lol:

Hehe those Merrell have Vibram sole, has the same sole of a pair of very good pair of hiking shoes, they have so much grip it's hard to believe. Wet and dry.


Is it tall enough to base jump off of? I want to try it with a squirrel suit

Yes I think so, never did base jumping, but I would think it's possible (are they allowing it ? That I don't know)

Eric