Re: you should have corrected me...
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JamesJM
that last line... I should have used the word 'technique' instead of 'talent'.... don't you think it plays better.
Ok, this topic is now beyond my ability to figure myself out. I climbed trees as well, didn't bother me in the least. I think the operative word here, for me that is, is 'cliff'.. the edge of a precipice. Any precipice.
But then... that doesn't really work either.
For example... Climbing a tree to 35' high wouldn't bother me... HOWEVER, when I put up scaffolding on the top of my roof to raise a telescoping antenna... 10' above my rooftop, or maybe 35' high... I was jello. That makes no sense, does it?
I have climbed Half Dome in Yosemite many times. Photo included. As you can see it's quite a 'cliff'. I have to get down on my stomach some 15' from the edge and inch my way to the edge and when I get there I can only put one eyeball over the edge to peer down... not a chance in hell I'm looking with both eyes much less hanging my head over. And while doing my 'inchworm impression' it's quite common for people to nearly jog by me stopping in an erect position with their toes hanging over the edge. Which brings up another of my little idiosyncrasy's.
When others do that I want to harm them.... not lethally but badly. Hell, maybe lethally. - JamesJM
Well, yeah, "technique" would have been better. But I already have a problem being overly pedantic, so it's good I missed that.
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Cool photo. I really need to get to Yosemite. Maybe when I go out to see a Rams game.
Pretty funny image of you climbing all the way up to that cliff, and then struggling slowly to the edge, as thousands pass you by, your blood boiling ever more, as you invent ways to make them suffer, slowly, maybe by taking away their cell phone right before they try to take a selfie, or something.
I climbed up to the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland and got as close as I could to the edge. Not as close as some intrepid young people, but close. Again, I have no problem looking down from great heights, as long as I feel reasonably certain I won't fall.
I wonder if they're serious psych studies about "fear of heights" that take folks like us into account. I mean, I don't think it's a "phobia" to fear falling from great heights, when one is fine about being waaaay up in the sky in the first place. Wouldn't that be, well, um, an aspect of sanity?
