No thanks....far too high

mapuc · 03-21-16, 06:53 PM

I am suffering from vertigo just looking at the picture made me feel uncomfortable

Markus

vienna · 03-21-16, 09:07 PM

To give you an idea of how high up the slide will really be, here is a segment of a TV program produced by the late Huell Howser for the local Los Angeles PBS station in 1994; Huell actually was allowed to go to the very highest accessible point on the tower and then was lowered over the side in a scaffolding used by the window washers:

@Neal: I have the very same reaction to heights; a psychologist I used to work with told me the "want to jump" reaction is very likely a by-product/side-effect of vertigo; when we feel the discomfort we feel, it triggers a sort of "flight or fight" response and, given the shortest distance is down and the quickest means of ending the discomfort is to jump, we feel the inclination to do so; fortunately, reason overrules instinct and we don't take "the easy way out"...

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fireftr18 · 03-22-16, 08:21 PM

That slide's no fun. Now if it went all the way to the ground...

vienna · 03-23-16, 01:59 PM

Well, if none of y'all wanna do the slide, there is always the annual stair climb to the top of the tower; its only 75 flights of stairs over 1,000 feet:

http://www.ymcala.org/ketchum-downto...ir-climb-event

They raised over $730,000 for their fundraiser...

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03-21-16, 09:07 PM	#2
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	To give you an idea of how high up the slide will really be, here is a segment of a TV program produced by the late Huell Howser for the local Los Angeles PBS station in 1994; Huell actually was allowed to go to the very highest accessible point on the tower and then was lowered over the side in a scaffolding used by the window washers: @Neal: I have the very same reaction to heights; a psychologist I used to work with told me the "want to jump" reaction is very likely a by-product/side-effect of vertigo; when we feel the discomfort we feel, it triggers a sort of "flight or fight" response and, given the shortest distance is down and the quickest means of ending the discomfort is to jump, we feel the inclination to do so; fortunately, reason overrules instinct and we don't take "the easy way out"... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

03-22-16, 08:21 PM	#3
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	That slide's no fun. Now if it went all the way to the ground... __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

03-23-16, 01:59 PM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Well, if none of y'all wanna do the slide, there is always the annual stair climb to the top of the tower; its only 75 flights of stairs over 1,000 feet: http://www.ymcala.org/ketchum-downto...ir-climb-event They raised over $730,000 for their fundraiser... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

03-21-16, 06:53 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I am suffering from vertigo just looking at the picture made me feel uncomfortable Markus