(11-27-2021 06:57 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Aint no way you're catching me up in one of those.
I get nervous on the eifel tower at kings island.
I can still climb a tree 25-30 in a climber when I'm hunting but that's as high as I need to be. My stomach does flips in a 20 story building when I get too close to the windows.
I went out on the catwalk at the Memphiis International Airports air traffic control tower. It's 300 feet tall and my legs shook so bad I'm surprised I didn't fall. They almost had to pry my hands off the railing when we walked the entire thing and arrived back at the door.
I almost passed out from hyper-ventilating in the passenger seat of our rental car as my son drove us up Pikes Peak. I just knew that some force was going to suck me out of the car and over the edge. There are no guardrails going up that mountain!!! What kind of foolishness is that????
(11-27-2021 06:57 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Aint no way you're catching me up in one of those.
I get nervous on the eifel tower at kings island.
I can still climb a tree 25-30 in a climber when I'm hunting but that's as high as I need to be. My stomach does flips in a 20 story building when I get too close to the windows.
I went out on the catwalk at the Memphiis International Airports air traffic control tower. It's 300 feet tall and my legs shook so bad I'm surprised I didn't fall. They almost had to pry my hands off the railing when we walked the entire thing and arrived back at the door.
I almost passed out from hyper-ventilating in the passenger seat of our rental car as my son drove us up Pikes Peak. I just knew that some force was going to suck me out of the car and over the edge. There are no guardrails going up that mountain!!! What kind of foolishness is that????
picture Gatlinburg mountains on muh honeymoon in late Oct (chalet, snow, bears, hot tub rubs with cocktails in silence, etc)
channel forward as the 5yr soon to be ex and I drive to the peak of whatever … she gets out - looks out and over - then gets a widdle woozy wobbler in her belly … I told her, “you’re preggo, honey!”
skip forward to what some would refer to as the coolest ‘bastard’ child text I rec’d last night from me daughter … (details redacted)
fear o’ heights from this myopic soul is in me blood, too … I received the greatest ’notification’ of my life that particular day ———>>> today…
I stood on the plexiglass floor of the Toronto needle or whatever they call it just to prove to myself that I wasn't askeerd even though I was petrified. You can see the bottom directly from there under your feet.
My wife is worst though. When we drove over the Coronado bridge in San Diego she fell to the floor in the passenger side with her eyes closed. I would urge her to look at those tiny little ships under the bridge, (they only looked tiny but they were large ones.) The first time I saw that bridge I was amazed at how they can build something like that.
Another story: One time my family 2 boys and my wife and I crossed over the bridge with a cab over camper. My sons were in the camper looking out the window while laying in the bed. Let me tell you that is one of the scariest moments in my entire life. The truck was on the outside lane and the wind was trying to push us over the side of the bridge. My hands were almost numb from holding on to the steering wheel with so much passion. In my mind I could see my camper going over the bridge with my two sons in it. From that time on I never drove on the bridge I took the long way around.
I tend not to do heights well. For one thing my sense of balance is not the best (hereditary inner ear issues) and when you don't feel in total control of your balance it's scary.
But I've done the Sydney, Australia, bridge climb three times, and at the top you are like 500 feet above the water, out in the open, and that has never bothered me. I think it's a combination of 1) the view is so magnificent that you don't really think about being scared, and 2) you are so firmly tethered to the bridge structure by a really ingenious system that it would be impossible to fall. Or maybe it's just that Sydney is my favorite city in the world (or at least was until the Aussies went stark raving mad over COVID) so I'm going to overlook anything that might otherwise bother me.
The final couple of projects would use tens of thousands of acres. Where are they gonna find tens of thousands of empty contiguous acres in Tokyo or San Francisco?
The Ultima (the 3rd to last one on there) was envisioned in 1991. It is 1.5 billion square feet, or 6 times the entire office space in Midtown Manhattan. Who would ever finance such a project?
"The Illinois" in Chicago was envisioned over a century ago by Frank Lloyd Wright. I doubt that one will be pulled off.
One that was NOT on the list (but should be) was the 610 meter Chicago Spire. Would have been by far the tallest in North America. The foundation was actually dug out and the footings were started to be poured before the real estate crash in 2008 caused banks to pull the financing.
(11-27-2021 06:57 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Aint no way you're catching me up in one of those.
I get nervous on the eifel tower at kings island.
I almost passed out from hyper-ventilating in the passenger seat of our rental car as my son drove us up Pikes Peak. I just knew that some force was going to suck me out of the car and over the edge. There are no guardrails going up that mountain!!! What kind of foolishness is that????
Buddy when we went back in October I white knuckled it the whole way up and down that road once you passed the brake checkpoint. I just kept imagining some fool looking out at the scenery and crossing over into our lane and sending us do our deaths. That and the thin air did not do well for my psyche. Trail Ridge Road was much calmer
(11-27-2021 06:57 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Aint no way you're catching me up in one of those.
I get nervous on the eifel tower at kings island.
I can still climb a tree 25-30 in a climber when I'm hunting but that's as high as I need to be. My stomach does flips in a 20 story building when I get too close to the windows.
I went out on the catwalk at the Memphiis International Airports air traffic control tower. It's 300 feet tall and my legs shook so bad I'm surprised I didn't fall. They almost had to pry my hands off the railing when we walked the entire thing and arrived back at the door.
I almost passed out from hyper-ventilating in the passenger seat of our rental car as my son drove us up Pikes Peak. I just knew that some force was going to suck me out of the car and over the edge. There are no guardrails going up that mountain!!! What kind of foolishness is that????
You know they have a race up that Pikes Peak road. Got to have some cahonnes…
(11-27-2021 06:57 PM)Bear Catlett Wrote: Aint no way you're catching me up in one of those.
I get nervous on the eifel tower at kings island.
I can still climb a tree 25-30 in a climber when I'm hunting but that's as high as I need to be. My stomach does flips in a 20 story building when I get too close to the windows.
I went out on the catwalk at the Memphiis International Airports air traffic control tower. It's 300 feet tall and my legs shook so bad I'm surprised I didn't fall. They almost had to pry my hands off the railing when we walked the entire thing and arrived back at the door.
I almost passed out from hyper-ventilating in the passenger seat of our rental car as my son drove us up Pikes Peak. I just knew that some force was going to suck me out of the car and over the edge. There are no guardrails going up that mountain!!! What kind of foolishness is that????
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Why would anyone want a building as high as airliners cruise?
And to Stinkfist: Congratulations Grandaddy! You now have another reason to stick around even if your new status officially places one of your large feet on life's banana peel! Walk in tubs and viagra are upon you! Enjoy!
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2021 10:25 AM by JRsec.)
As I’ve gotten older I can’t even watch other people on a high edge without being nervous.
As far as these buildings, they serve no real economic need, only ego, and therefore should never be built. There are so many more creative and meaningful buildings that could be developed. Everyone worries about climate and sustainability, why not large footprint, urban apartment buildings where rain water is harvested for top floor hydroponic gardening? Do stuff like that.
I’ve always thought it would be cool for one of these tech billionaires to buy up a bunch of land and let a team of architects create a real “city of the future”. Something fully integrated and self sustaining. That sure wouldn’t include 5000 story skyscrapers.
(11-28-2021 09:24 AM)TexanMark Wrote: And wait until they become a terrorist target
I came here thinking the same thing. As soon as those towers are erected there will be an Aloha Snackbar moment where some follower of the "religion of peace" will want to bring them down.
