#187105 - 01/08/09 09:20 AM
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Originally posted by Acefighter: I'm the same as some of you guys - I don't mind flying or being up in skyscrapers, but I can't stand ladders. Now, that being said, I'm seriously considering going sky diving for my 21st birthday next month.  i HATE TALL BUILDINGS i went up in the washington mon. and when i got to the top and the doors opened for the elavator i froze, and turned pale white  but i can fly ... idk im just wierd lol
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#187106 - 01/08/09 09:28 AM
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false sense of security, mayhaps? In a bird and rollercoaster, you're encapsulated, strapped down, and otherwise immobilized. That and the bird and rollercoaster are FOREVER going through inspections.
Step up to the ledge of a tall builiding or other sheer drop, and it's just you and eternity should you take your curiosity too far. You, individually, do not have an armored crash-tested bubble to help you survive that fall like a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft.
That and I'm pretty sure it's evolutionary learning. A bunch of our ancestors probably went over a cliff, ala lemmings, and the survivors went to check the carnage.
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#187107 - 01/08/09 10:59 AM
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Everyone is born with some sort of level of fear to a stimulus and to heights, that is due to the whomb. You are suspended, therefore that is the height fear; and the stimulus fear is due to you not hearing squat outside the liquid you are encapsulated in!
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#187108 - 01/08/09 12:29 PM
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Those wing suits are awesome, I don't know if I'd want to base jump, but I'd love to sky dive with one of those.
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#187109 - 01/08/09 12:49 PM
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Originally posted by 4drgt: Originally posted by Acefighter: [b] I'm the same as some of you guys - I don't mind flying or being up in skyscrapers, but I can't stand ladders. Now, that being said, I'm seriously considering going sky diving for my 21st birthday next month. Yep. If I'm forced to the top of a building or anything, there is no way I'm going to enjoy myself. Or go near the edge.
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#187110 - 01/08/09 02:02 PM
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usually you can't get anywhere near a ledge for liability reasons.
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