I have an intense fear of heights. The four minute mark is where

[Former_DU_Member]

this guy completely loses it. Don't know how anyone can be so nonchalant about being this high and almost out of control.

[MicaelS]

1. Great video, great music

I would never get in one of those things, more power to those that can.

[RebelOne]

2. I would love to do that.

I have been skydiving, flown a small plane and been parasailing, so that would be a much bigger thrill than just coming down in a parachute.

[Major Nikon]

4. I've flown powered parachutes a few times

I think paragliding might be actually safer than flying a powered parachute. With a powered parachute, you have to land the thing much like an airplane, except they are much more tricky in crosswinds or strong winds. With paragliding, you just come down more or less like a parachute.

[Baclava]

3. you'll love this

[Former_DU_Member]

8. That is just too cool, thanks for that, simply amazing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava



The history of baklava is not well documented. It has been claimed by many ethnic groups, but there is strong evidence that it is of Central Asian Turkic origin, with its current form being developed in the imperial kitchens of the Topkapı Palace.[2]

Many Ottoman sweets are similar to Byzantine sweets, using dough, sesame, wheat, nuts and fruits, and some were similar to the Ottoman börek, halva, and so on. Indeed, Vryonis identifies the ancient Greek gastris (γάστρις[3]), kopte (κοπτὴ σησαμίς , kopton (κοπτόν , or koptoplakous (κοπτοπλακοῦς ,[4] mentioned in the Deipnosophistae, as baklava, and calls it a "Byzantine favorite".[5] But though gastris contained a filling of nuts and honey, its outer layers did not include any dough, but rather a honey and ground sesame mixture similar to modern pasteli or halva.[6]

[Archae]

11. Jeb Corliss had a bad accident.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/WingsuitFlyerInjuredInCrash_206040-1.html

[Curmudgeoness]

5. If you don't like heights,

you will not get through this one. Hell, if you think you aren't afraid of heights, you still might not get to the end of this one.

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[Former_DU_Member]

6. I have that video saved on my drive to remind me that there are people

who are not in asylums.... but should be. I find it interesting that they put a single bulb up there when they could put arrays of super bright leds, split them into 4 or more sections and switch them IF one ever burned out. To me having to climb 1700 feet in the air to change an incandescent bulb is just plain stupid.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. Wow, what a great solution!

Makes you wonder why they don't do that with several bulbs that can be changed with a flip of a switch. But....at least these guys who do this have jobs this way! And I bet they make good money! Ain't enough in the world for me to do it. I can't get up on a ladder more than two steps without freaking out.

[Former_DU_Member]

12. If there were a way to be cured of it, I would try.... can't stand being

a woos when it comes to heights. High Anxiety always made me laugh btw.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1623037696/tt0076141

[Curmudgeoness]

13. Mel Brooks is always funny!

One time, I went to New Mexico and we hiked back to this place where you had to climb a million ladders to get to this kiva on a cliff ledge. I found it in me to get up there, but I almost didn't get down. The ladders were so steep up the side of a mountain and I just could not step down on the first step. Only the thought of the cost of a rescue party to get me made me force myself. But I got to the bottom with scrapes all over the front of me front holding on to that ladder with my shins and knees and stomach----and don't think you can't.

And that was funny too.....once I got down.

[Former_DU_Member]

14. The second I read "kiva" this book came to mind, I may read it again since

it has been almost 20 years since my first read and I remember enjoying quite a bit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Mesa

The Haunted Mesa is a science fiction novel by Louis L'Amour, set in the American Southwest amidst the ruins of the Anasazi. L'Amour attempts, as in others of his works, to suggest a reasonable explanation for the phenomena attributed to The Bermuda Triangle, i.e., portals between worlds or different facets of this world. The same phenomenon is used, albeit in a very minor way, in his novel The Californios. A useful contrast between the two novels is that in The Haunted Mesa, the Anasazi leadership, who rule both the portals and their people with an iron hand (the Hand and the Voice are two of the leaders), are corrupt and thoroughly evil, whereas the person or people who know about the portal in The Californios are reserved and rather helpful to people they respect. These were different portals however, and did not necessarily lead to the same location.

[Curmudgeoness]

18. Louis L'Amour---he wrote westerns?

Wasn't he a western writer? I am surprised to see his name and science fiction together. But I am told he was a great writer, so I guess he could have gone in different directions.

Kiva means ladders. At least to me. They are giant holes in the ground. Nothing special to me. But maybe they were portals. Lucky for me, I didn't find the special place to find that door!

[nuxvomica]

9. That is like every nightmare I've ever had in my whole life

I couldn't watch past 3 minutes.

[kcass1954]

7. Good thing I'm sitting down - my legs are wobbly now.

[csziggy]

15. Not clicking on it!

That credit card commercial where the woman stands on top of the tiny bit of rock gives me vertigo. I don't need any other nausea inducing things.

[Former_DU_Member]

16. What doesn't mortally wound us makes us stronger, so it is said. n/t

[csziggy]

17. My health has gone to sh** with all the injuries from when I believed that.

I got over the idea I wasn't mortal when the horse fell on my leg. When I got the shoulder rebuilt after the horse (a different one) tried to rip my arm off I realized the mortal wounds aren't the only ones to worry about. That shoulder injury aged me ten years.

Now I'm at the age where just keeping going is a struggle and dealing with old injuries and scars make life hard. Maybe I'll be less pessimistic after I get both my knees replaced, but today they hurt too much for me to be cheerful or brave.