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Climbing the worlds tallest antenna at 1768 feet high... I can not express the levels of anxiety watching this gave me.
When I watch this i keep flipping between two thoughts "what if your hand slips! How many people die doing this"... and "Ok this is really the only big fear I havent conquered, how could i learn to do this".. not that I ever would, it might be too big a fear to get over. But I learned to scuba dive out of a fear of it (partly) and while the first dozen or so dives were very scary after that it wasnt scary at all, now I dive down to where the light doesnt reach and wont bat an eye. I have to wonder, could I maybe learn to overcome a fear of heights the same way? Maybe I should learn to mountain climb...
@Pat well just because I have no fear doesnt imply ill be dancing along high-wires either :)
@freemo
Yeah, rationality works just as good as fear (for most people).
@freemo yeah, no! I'm afraid of heights where I don't feel safe. 😂😨
I haven't even watched it yet but I think it's the same one I saw where there's only like 6 guys in the entire USA that will fix these towers because they're crazy and somehow lack fear.
@freemo K so yeah just watched it. My body tingled and several times I felt like throwing up.
You could put a loaded gun to my head and say "climb" and I'd just tell u to pull the trigger because I'm not going anywhere 😂
@Wetrix Same, I mean I'd try to climb it, but by the 3rd rung I'd just lock tight in place and be unable to move.
@freemo
I think the adrenaline rush would exhaust me
@lucifargundam You would probably get used to it and not have much of an adrenaline rush. Much like looking over a cliff from a secure location
@freemo
Specific phobias are one of the more treatable mental disorders. Usually by gradual desensitization, which sounds like what you did with scuba diving. Although we have fear for a good reason, so I'm not sure you'd want to extinguish that one!