One thing that I can never do
@LeaPea2417 (37371)
Toccoa, Georgia
March 3, 2021 3:21pm CST
What is that one thing that some people enjoy but you know you could never try it because it would scare you to death? For me that would be sky diving. I am very afraid of heights.
I remember reading an article about how former US President George H W Bush sky dived for the first time on his 80th birthday. I thought at the time , how brave and I thought more power to you!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Mar 21
Hmm, related to skydiving.. I'd say probably ziplining. Though i do want to go on a mountain coaster in TN. I still have that fear but it's not as strong as the fear of ziplining.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@cmoneyspinner Just thinking of bungee jumping has me cringing.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
@cmoneyspinner I agree, both of those are scary.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
how cool! how did you learn to fly a helicopter?
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
@jstory07 never been on a helicopter ride.
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@jstory07 (139887)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5 Mar 21
@hereandthere A soldier in the army took me up on one and showed me how to fly it. We did not get caught so it was ok.
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@FourWalls (68944)
• United States
4 Mar 21
Anything with heights: flying, skydiving, ziplining, walking across that glass bottom observation platform over the Grand Canyon, climbing on a ladder......
And I don't know how that started. I didn't have that problem until I lived on the 12th floor of a high-rise.
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@DaddyEvil (137530)
• United States
4 Mar 21
I agree, I don't do heights. I have trouble climbing a ladder.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
I don't like ladders either. Over 10 years ago, my husband was cleaning the eaves of our house and was standing on a ladder, fell off and broke his right arm.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil yes, he had to have a pin stuck in the arm while it healed. Luckily it's good today.
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@DaddyEvil (137530)
• United States
4 Mar 21
@LeaPea2417 Ouch! I've fallen from ladders and platforms before... thankfully, I've never broken any bones, though.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
Oh, I forgot about hot air balloons. That would scare me.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
5 Mar 21
@LeaPea2417 I was scared at first. They had to throw me into the basket. But once we were up and away, it was wonderful. Just talked about it with hubs last night. He enjoyed it, too, but we are both done.
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@moffittjc (121667)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Mar 21
I would have no issues skydiving. It is something I look forward to doing. Bungee jumping might be a no-no for me, I'm not sure why, but I just don't trust being strapped to a bunch of rubber bands.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Mar 21
I don't trust bungee jumping cords either.
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@LeaPea2417 (37371)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 21
Oh yes, bungee jumping scares me too.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@LeaPea2417 my heart will surely fall first, haha
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
31 Mar 21
Too many things. Sky diving is one.
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@AmbiePam (93836)
• United States
6 Mar 21
I had planned on going skydiving for my birthday, but the money is now going to one of my dog's surgery. I really wanted to go. But mine would be ride a motorcycle. Some would probably think, you want to jump out of a plane, but you can't handle riding on a motorcycle?! I have just known too many people who had motorcycles accidents.
@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
4 Mar 21
I am also afraid of heights so I am with you, I would never try sky diving.
@LindaOHio (181508)
• United States
4 Mar 21
Sky diving, roller coasters -- anything involving heights or tight spaces or underwater -- like going down into the sea in a submarine!