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VERTIGO  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
29519 posts
9/14/2014 11:37 am
VERTIGO





How are you with heights? I’m okay up to a point. I’ve been up the World Trade Centre and looked down on a glass walkway to the pavement below. That was a fantastic experience, as I wondered about Isaac Newton’s laws of gravity stating that it takes the same time for anything, whether a feather, a coin or a grand piano, to reach the ground when dropped from a great height.

But there are limits with heights for me. The last time I reached my limit was when I visited Ireland’s magnificent Cliffs of Moher - see below. I could not stand at the edge of the cliffs; I had to lie down and edge my way to see the sheer descent to the swirling sea underneath.

But I’d still love to see the America’s Grand Canyon, Malaysia’s Petronas Towers and Venezuela’s Angel Falls (see below) to experience heights. Those bloody mountain goats and skyscraper workers shouldn’t have all the thrills!

How are you with heights?
Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been?
Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you?


I would love to go bungee jumping.

I also like the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock-directed thriller film, Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak







kissing_softly 109F  
216 posts
9/14/2014 11:43 am

Oh HELL no. Think the highest I been was the crown in Statue of Liberty when I was a child and couldn't get closer than 8 feet to the window.


pal334 69M  
45821 posts
9/14/2014 12:33 pm

How are you with heights? Horrible.

Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been? The roof of a three story house


Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you? NOPE! Put my life in the hands of UNTRAINED teens and early 20's, using equipment like that?

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sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
9/14/2014 1:47 pm

How are you with heights? not good with them
Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been? up jumping out of a plane but it wasn't my choice. .It was for work!
Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you? Hell NO way.. hugsssssssssssss V

I don't care for heights but you do what you have too..

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lok4fun500 M
51906 posts
9/14/2014 8:34 pm

I hate heights I tremble when I fly! I have been at the base of the CN tower and looked "up"!


sexysixties2 106F
39750 posts
9/15/2014 3:14 am

I hate heights....probably the highest I have ever been is the 12th floor of a building but I was inside and didn't look out.

Never been bungee jumping.


"Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age."

~~Anais Nin~~


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
9/16/2014 8:34 am

1. Not good at all.
2. Do hills count? If so 16,000ft. Otherwise, if a building, probably the World Trade Centre too.
3. Nope, no chance.

I'd be exactly the same as you on those cliffs, hands and knees then flat on my front!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/18/2014 1:49 pm

    Quoting kissing_softly:
    Oh HELL no. Think the highest I been was the crown in Statue of Liberty when I was a child and couldn't get closer than 8 feet to the window.
The Statue of Liberty is high when you're up there. Thanks for stopping by.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/18/2014 1:52 pm

    Quoting  :

I'm in total admiration about your bungee jump. The closest I got was at a local village fete when I was determined to do it, but didn't; it was only a 100 feet!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/18/2014 1:53 pm

    Quoting  :

You make me want to to go the Grand Canyon even more. We don't have canyons here!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/18/2014 1:55 pm

    Quoting pal334:
    How are you with heights? Horrible.

    Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been? The roof of a three story house


    Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you? NOPE! Put my life in the hands of UNTRAINED teens and early 20's, using equipment like that?
It may reassure you that if you ever come to the UK to have a beer with me, I live in a ground floor apartment.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/18/2014 1:57 pm

    Quoting  :

Thanks for correcting me. I always get confused with vertigo and acrophobia. And thanks for stopping by.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:25 pm

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    How are you with heights? not good with them
    Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been? up jumping out of a plane but it wasn't my choice. .It was for work!
    Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you? Hell NO way.. hugsssssssssssss V

    I don't care for heights but you do what you have too..
I don't think I would want to jump out of a plane for work. But the best news is that you made it to the ground safely.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:26 pm

    Quoting  :

With heights, like you, I'm much better inside a building than outside on a cliff.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:29 pm

    Quoting  :

You were brave going up the CN Tower if you don't like heights.
I'd love to go up the CN Tower.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:30 pm

    Quoting grayblue1:
    ...I worked high construction most of my life ...so the heights are more of an adventure than fear....I flew helicopters up to just a few months ago...so I have been high.....

    ..I would go bungee jumping if I was tied together with Mrs sweet V....

    Blue....
I used to work for a helicopter manufacturer, but the company never allowed me to go up in one!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:31 pm

    Quoting lok4fun500:
    I hate heights I tremble when I fly! I have been at the base of the CN tower and looked "up"!
Sometimes looking up high is as bad as looking down from high!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:36 pm

    Quoting AmeliaCox:
    I'm not good with heights...

    Probably the 35th level of an office block but no closer than 15ft/5mtrs from the windows.

    I have never been bungee-jumping and am very unlikely to.
If you ever visit me, you'll be pleased to know I live on the ground floor!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:37 pm

    Quoting  :

Manhattan is a brilliant place to visit. It's one of the few places I've been to where it's just like it is in the films.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:38 pm

    Quoting sexysixties2:
    I hate heights....probably the highest I have ever been is the 12th floor of a building but I was inside and didn't look out.

    Never been bungee jumping.

I'm generally okay with heights especially if I'm inside a building.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:39 pm

    Quoting  :

I love maps - or should I say blaps - but I've never got high on a map!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:40 pm

    Quoting apollorising2021:
    How are you with heights?
    Yes!
    Not counting flying, what’s the highest you’ve been?
    30 feet!
    Have you ever gone bungee jumping? And if not, would you?
    No way on bungee jumping!
I dare you to go higher than 30 feet!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
9/19/2014 12:42 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:
    1. Not good at all.
    2. Do hills count? If so 16,000ft. Otherwise, if a building, probably the World Trade Centre too.
    3. Nope, no chance.

    I'd be exactly the same as you on those cliffs, hands and knees then flat on my front!
16,000 feet is high, many times higher than anything in this country.


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