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Interesting thing about heights....

July 10, 2018 10:09AM
my fear of heights is overcome by the love I have for heights. And yes, I know, that makes little sense.

Yet... I cannot stand on the edge of a cliff. Bailing out of a plane, yes. Standing at the edge of a precipice for a bungy jump, yes (although with some anxiety)... but just walking up to the edge of a cliff... a straight down cliff of some height? Not a chance.

You know the mountain Half Dome in Yosemite? I have climbed it several times. The edge is literally straight down for 4000'.... far steeper than the Grand Canyon, for example. To look over the edge I must lie prone on the top some 10' away from the edge, minimum, and then low crawl to the edge and even then I'm lucky to get ONE eyeball over the edge to peer down. When I have done this other's simply stroll up the edge at full speed stopping with their toes hanging over. It makes me want to beat the living @#$# out of them. - JamesJM
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  FINALLY going parasailing this week!

Ramgator425July 08, 2018 04:43PM

  Done it once..

sstrams164July 09, 2018 03:08AM

  LOL My Wife reads me like a book.

Ramgator249July 09, 2018 03:20AM

  I did a parachute jump out by the Space Center

RamUK255July 09, 2018 09:42AM

  Never did it...

JamesJM171July 09, 2018 02:42PM

  Holy crap Jimmy

RamUK152July 10, 2018 07:51AM

  A funny storry about Fokker's

RamUK167July 10, 2018 07:59AM

  LOL

IowaRam148July 10, 2018 08:05AM

  Flipping hilarious. LOL (nm)

JamesJM167July 10, 2018 08:12AM

  they have it in Maui

ferragamo79241July 09, 2018 07:14PM

  Have never done either

IowaRam216July 10, 2018 08:00AM

  Just reading this thread is making my knees feel a little weak...

RAMbler202July 10, 2018 10:01AM

  Interesting thing about heights....

JamesJM297July 10, 2018 10:09AM

  Another funny story

RamUK168July 10, 2018 10:54AM

  Had to be Tioga Pass, right?

JamesJM296July 10, 2018 12:27PM

  No, it was a different time Jimmy

RamUK159July 10, 2018 02:07PM

  re. our old friend Bradley

21Dog172July 11, 2018 08:33AM

  You'd love the Virtual Reality course.. Attachments

sstrams261July 10, 2018 11:01AM

  You reminded me of a story... (of course)...

JamesJM264July 10, 2018 12:42PM

  I want to do that!

RamUK209July 10, 2018 02:11PM

  Its pretty freakin' cool, UK...

sstrams355July 10, 2018 02:29PM

  I'm on it!

RamUK219July 10, 2018 02:33PM

  Hey I'll hook ya up..

sstrams183July 10, 2018 02:36PM

  Bummer I'm on a Mac

RamUK177July 10, 2018 02:52PM

  Yes, it will work...

JamesJM242July 10, 2018 03:01PM

  I meant to say

RamUK261July 10, 2018 03:07PM

  Yeah, if yours is newer..

sstrams219July 11, 2018 04:02AM

  Well, am referring to the..

sstrams186July 11, 2018 04:00AM

  Funny thing about Thunderbolt...

JamesJM187July 11, 2018 07:29AM

  I like the thought of SSD drives..

sstrams252July 11, 2018 07:56AM

  Did it yesterday! It was a LOT of fun!

Ramgator160July 11, 2018 03:51AM

  Did the rough seas..

sstrams166July 11, 2018 04:03AM