Re: 2007 Matrix: gripes

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:55:23 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:16:31 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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>>> If I ever make it back to your neck of the woods, I'll take you
>>> climbing and rappelling. If we don't have Scouts along, I can cut out
>>> some of the redundant rescue gear so we can travel a little lighter and
>>> easier. Better yet, come out here and we'll go to Devil's Lake State
>>> Park in Baraboo, WI
>>>
>>> Here is a site with pictures of some of the climbing areas:
>>> [url]http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/4055/dlake2.htm[/url]
>>>
>>> Here is a picture from camp where you can see where the kids are bigger
>>> than me (in the yellow helmet):
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.nwsc.org/gallery/2004-Venturing-Tower-Climbing-Day-at-Camp-Lakota/04tower0008[/url]
>>>
>>> Hangin' at the tower...
>>> [url]http://www.nwsc.org/gallery/2004-Venturing-Tower-Climbing-Day-at-Camp-Lakota/04tower0026[/url][/color]
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>> I was going to mention something about pic 26 before I clicked on the
>> link!
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>> Although I have done some mild rapelling, I guess I never told you I'm a
>> coward who's agorophobic...?
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> You can't see the ground in pic 26, but my head is probably only 6 or 8
> feet off the ground (note the seams on the boards) because when I was up
> higher, the picture didn't turn out very well. My rap rope is locked off
> on the rescue 8 on my harness so I won't slide on the rope, and a belayer
> is standing by to tug on the rope in case I screw up (or down) ;-)
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> BTW, I think it is "acrophobia."[/color]

Um, I think you're correct:

"Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder which primarily consists of the fear
of experiencing a difficult or embarrassing situation from which the
sufferer cannot escape."

But I *AM* Agoraphobic, too! Esp when hanging upside down from a rope, no
matter HOW far up! ;)

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> Heights bother me too! You get used to
> it after 5 or 10 minutes standing on the edge, and as a buddy says, the
> rush during those 5 or 10 minutes is the next best thing to sex, and since
> we're married, we go rappelling ;-)[/color]


Man, I get the shivers watching someone do this in a MOVIE!!!

I did go to the deck on the World Trade Center (Well, the Observation
'floor', since it wasn't a deck...) and stepped down into one of the
window wells they had so you could look down. STILL gave me the willies,
and all I could think of was the glass popping out like the building in
Boston...

It was a rush, though.

I used to work in W. Springfield and had to drive 391 to get to work. 391
is level with a couple of 5-story buildings, and one morning they were
retarring the flat roof on one. Guy was right at the edge, looking down at
his work, and that made my knees weak. NOT the job for me!!