tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post6950355414000520231..comments2024-03-28T11:20:22.595+00:00Comments on Going Gently: don't look down.......John Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-39134475676784304542014-01-22T22:54:13.130+00:002014-01-22T22:54:13.130+00:00I am not afraid of heights, per se, although i don...I am not afraid of heights, per se, although i don't trust in my own abilities of balance to help me, so i avoid standing on the highest rung of the ladder, for example. <br /><br />Like Mitchell is moving, i have a fear of that "step off the ladder to the roof" thing. I didn't realize how bad it was until this fall when i sealed the storm window for winter (old house has old windows with the storm windows one seals shut for winter), and i had to walk to the edge of the roof and go down the ladder. I had worked out that it was easier to put the storm window through the open window, and crawl outside to the relatively flat roof part to seal the window, and simply use the ladder when i was done to climb down.<br /><br />Until i actually had to get on the bloody ladder. No idea why i got so worked up and had to take teeny tiny baby steps to get myself to do it. Halfway down the ladder i started shaking, and i sobbed as i got near the bottom rung. I was relieved and angry and startled that i had gotten so fearful.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-72334757012753676432014-01-21T02:30:25.568+00:002014-01-21T02:30:25.568+00:00I'm right there with you, John.
I have to say ...I'm right there with you, John.<br />I have to say that he is crazy, but if it helped his life, more power to him.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-26381535815118613352014-01-21T02:20:49.757+00:002014-01-21T02:20:49.757+00:00We don't mention THAT movie around here.We don't mention THAT movie around here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-29348841717556717122014-01-20T21:57:53.941+00:002014-01-20T21:57:53.941+00:00I had a similar experience to you in the Toronto C...I had a similar experience to you in the Toronto CN Tower. I had to be led off. When in Seattle I much prefer going to Pike's Market than to the Space Needle. Even reading everybody's comments my stomach is churning. The older I get, the worse the fear gets. I come by it honestly, my Dad is still terrified of heights and is now 88!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465050441931715127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-89617983463579817422014-01-20T20:30:26.463+00:002014-01-20T20:30:26.463+00:00Going to the top of my step ladder in the kitchen ...Going to the top of my step ladder in the kitchen terrifies me. I've eaten in the Space Needle restaurant a few times, but I don't think I ever went outside.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-39119888644274663062014-01-20T17:44:34.557+00:002014-01-20T17:44:34.557+00:00I am somewhat catastrophic too so add that to the ...I am somewhat catastrophic too so add that to the height problem... When I ride one of the scenic elevators it is all I can do to not break the window and fling myself out ! hahahahahaha not so great if you don't like heights !<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52527708226197801562014-01-20T16:48:34.803+00:002014-01-20T16:48:34.803+00:00I enjoyed playing in the scenic elevator at San Fr...I enjoyed playing in the scenic elevator at San Francisco's regency hotel...... It was in the film towering infernoJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-18411116188802268272014-01-20T16:47:28.460+00:002014-01-20T16:47:28.460+00:00Let's have a lady blog entry photo up a ladder...Let's have a lady blog entry photo up a ladder then!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34454767872996135432014-01-20T16:46:59.361+00:002014-01-20T16:46:59.361+00:00I know what you mean.. The last time I was up the ...I know what you mean.. The last time I was up the Empire State. The sight of planes landing and taking off in Newark made me shiverJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-30641764053736082012014-01-20T16:45:55.819+00:002014-01-20T16:45:55.819+00:00Funny how sometimes our psychi allows us to do som...Funny how sometimes our psychi allows us to do some things but not othersJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59906250318974140962014-01-20T16:40:40.284+00:002014-01-20T16:40:40.284+00:00Copenhagen and Spain hopefully!
Are there any sky...Copenhagen and Spain hopefully!<br />Are there any skyscrapers in Sweden?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-53532796301117018922014-01-20T16:39:45.519+00:002014-01-20T16:39:45.519+00:00...large gin........large gin.....John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76003346568868839562014-01-20T16:39:19.018+00:002014-01-20T16:39:19.018+00:00You know me so well ,!!You know me so well ,!!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66060771248774023052014-01-20T16:38:28.377+00:002014-01-20T16:38:28.377+00:00Me too....... You feel as though you are in a set ...Me too....... You feel as though you are in a set of a film on a plane though don't you?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-25118942816116069312014-01-20T16:37:44.293+00:002014-01-20T16:37:44.293+00:00I think he came over rather well tooI think he came over rather well tooJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-25166702423900010732014-01-20T16:36:57.424+00:002014-01-20T16:36:57.424+00:00So many of us have the same fear!So many of us have the same fear!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-2356396075147151752014-01-20T16:36:24.528+00:002014-01-20T16:36:24.528+00:00Now I loved the eye
But I made sure I didn't ...Now I loved the eye<br /> But I made sure I didn't look directly DOWNJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-31278342914334921992014-01-20T16:35:28.031+00:002014-01-20T16:35:28.031+00:00Good point!
For some in the reactionary press the ...Good point!<br />For some in the reactionary press the programme would incite silly climbing behaviour.... But in my mind it could inspire young people to better things.... The boy/ man in it was a creditJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27619442575473761872014-01-20T16:34:01.185+00:002014-01-20T16:34:01.185+00:00I broke my collar bone as I recallI broke my collar bone as I recallJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-41540350635665787212014-01-20T16:33:38.117+00:002014-01-20T16:33:38.117+00:00I never got the chance to go up the trade centre
T...I never got the chance to go up the trade centre<br />Though I remember standing beneath it once and it took my breath awayJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-3174922936727702222014-01-20T16:31:43.928+00:002014-01-20T16:31:43.928+00:00Perhaps that why I like hen houses..... Only one s...Perhaps that why I like hen houses..... Only one storyJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-13934463034683988082014-01-20T16:31:05.306+00:002014-01-20T16:31:05.306+00:00I always get the urge to fall forward over a sheer...I always get the urge to fall forward over a sheer drop......John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-17139806419365777462014-01-20T14:48:16.790+00:002014-01-20T14:48:16.790+00:00Oh the critics will slate anything as they seem to...Oh the critics will slate anything as they seem to think it means people will immediately be climbing up the sides of skyscrapers as soon as they've watched it.DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199859409385042568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-56374222255647021182014-01-20T14:36:13.877+00:002014-01-20T14:36:13.877+00:00Fear of height is very logical, John. Especially ...Fear of height is very logical, John. Especially if you fall or a plane should crash. Planes travel at 500 miles per hour and at a height of 37000 feet plus. I find plane flight very boring and can't wait to get my feet back on the ground. I will still fly though. Thinking of going on a sun holiday soon. Have you any holiday plans?northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-89005328323687764682014-01-20T14:30:01.080+00:002014-01-20T14:30:01.080+00:00My late father was a mountain climber, but I haven...My late father was a mountain climber, but I haven't inherited his extreme madness. During a recent building project, Lady Magnon was shinning up and down very high ladders (and an even higher roof) without the slightest sign of panic..... I was amazed and very impressed. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com