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Post by mikegarrison on Feb 9, 2012 12:02:53 GMT -5
The person who first climbs a route gets to name it, generally. Sometimes they are just whimsical, or maybe named based on local convention. A cliff might be named "Fairy Tale Rock" and the routes all named things like Cinderella's Slipper or Mirror Mirror. The best names have multiple levels of meaning. One real example that sticks in my mind at the moment is a route called "Ride 'Em Cowboy" which went up a corner of a basalt pillar. The climber would end up straddling the thing, with the left hands and feet on one side and the right hands and feet on the other side. www.summitpost.org/ride-em-cowboy/599088
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Feb 9, 2012 18:20:16 GMT -5
I wouldn't get closer than 3 feet from the face of Half Dome. Others at the top were dangling their legs. Buildings don't do it for me, although the upper floor(s) at a typical mall freak me out. I have done a lot of mountaineering, but I *hate* ladders and roofs. I will walk along the edge of a cliff 400 feet high, but a roof 10 feet high scares me. That's me. I have a picture of me with my legs hanging off the Tonto Plateau in the Grand Canyon. It's at least 1,000 ft straight down. OTOH, at the top of the Empire State Building, it took me 15 minutes before I could get myself to the rail.
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Post by azvb on Feb 11, 2012 12:31:50 GMT -5
You know that see through walk out bridge they built at the Grand Canyon? No thank you. Heights, for some reason, make my legs and feet hurt-weird. Not to mention my blood pressure rise and profuse sweating. Those elevators that run up the outside of hotels, no way. They'd have to scrape me off the ceiling.
Santa Barbarian, never made it to the rail at the Empire State Building. I stayed in the gift shop the whole time.
This might be a good thread: What's your favorite phobia?
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Post by BearClause on Feb 11, 2012 21:47:02 GMT -5
You know that see through walk out bridge they built at the Grand Canyon? No thank you. Heights, for some reason, make my legs and feet hurt-weird. Not to mention my blood pressure rise and profuse sweating. Those elevators that run up the outside of hotels, no way. They'd have to scrape me off the ceiling. CN Tower in Toronto has a glass floor on the observation deck. The elevators also have small glass panels on the floor. I guess it's similar to the thrill rides they have at the Stratosphere in Vegas. They've got a freefall type ride but they removed their roller coaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Shot_(ride)
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Post by BearClause on Feb 11, 2012 21:52:20 GMT -5
Oh - the CN Tower EdgeWalk:
Looks like a pretty unique view of Lake Ontario.
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Post by azvb on Feb 11, 2012 22:38:42 GMT -5
Bear clause, just looking at that picture causes me anxiety .
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