Good for Another Year
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (70565)
United States
January 29, 2025 11:34pm CST
As I’ve mentioned many times, I have acrophobia, a fear of heights. Once a year I will tackle this problem head-on. I did that on Tuesday, so now I’m good for another year. 
The Pensacola Lighthouse, located on Naval Air Station Pensacola, is the tallest lighthouse on the Gulf Coast. It’s 150 feet up. That amounts to 177 steps, all in a circle.
On the left you see the view straight down from the top. NO, I didn’t look, I just hung the phone over the rail and snapped the picture. On the right you see another view straight down, this one through all of those steps.
The enjoyable photo, of course, is the bottom: the view from the top. That’s why you climb lighthouses. When you don’t look straight down, but out toward the horizon, it’s a most rewarding view…now matter how scared of heights you are!
PHOTO COLLAGE:
(Top left) Straight down, over the rail
(Top right) My shoes on the steps, and all those steps I’d already climbed below me
(Bottom) The lovely bay photo from the top of Pensacola Lighthouse
The Pensacola Lighthouse, located on Naval Air Station Pensacola, is the tallest lighthouse on the Gulf Coast. It’s 150 feet up. That amounts to 177 steps, all in a circle.
On the left you see the view straight down from the top. NO, I didn’t look, I just hung the phone over the rail and snapped the picture. On the right you see another view straight down, this one through all of those steps.
The enjoyable photo, of course, is the bottom: the view from the top. That’s why you climb lighthouses. When you don’t look straight down, but out toward the horizon, it’s a most rewarding view…now matter how scared of heights you are!
PHOTO COLLAGE:
(Top left) Straight down, over the rail
(Top right) My shoes on the steps, and all those steps I’d already climbed below me
(Bottom) The lovely bay photo from the top of Pensacola Lighthouse13 people like this
12 responses
@DaddyEvil (139792)
• United States
16h
I wouldn't look down at all! I feel like I'm falling when/if I do that! No thanks! I don't even like looking down steep hills from inside my car. 
When I was a kid, I'd climb a tree on the farm and stare at the tree trunk while I was slowly climbing back down!
I didn't try climbing trees very often.
When I was a kid, I'd climb a tree on the farm and stare at the tree trunk while I was slowly climbing back down! I didn't try climbing trees very often.3 people like this
@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
8h
I know, that’s how I feel (like I’m falling). We need to have a meeting of the acrophobia club (in a basement, preferably ).
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14620)
• Torrington, Connecticut
7h
Love the pics, looks relaxing
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16834)
• China
11h
Fabulous photos ! This time,you made progress and have a head for heights now !
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@RebeccasFarm (90990)
• Arvada, Colorado
8h
You see such beautiful places..I have fear of heights too.
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@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
5h
I always think about that line from a Boz Scaggs song: “Do like you do in New York City: don’t look down!” 
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@arunima25 (88402)
• Bangalore, India
13h
I too have acrophobia and I too try to face it every now and then. And I have found a way to deal with it.. don't look down. The last thing that I did to face it was zip line across two hills with a valley in between. It was thrilling.
That's lovely view. 
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@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
7h
I learned that riding the chair lift to Natural Bridge in Kentucky: look at the horizon, not down. I’m way too old for a zip line, but good for you!!!!
@GardenGerty (161816)
• United States
23m
As a sponsor on a youth trip I went up in the Seattle Space Needle, with one student who was claustrophobic (elevators) and one who was scared of heights. Elevator is much easier than steps, you did really well.
@allknowing (139580)
• India
14h
Do you think you will overcome this phobia if you deal with it once a year?
Beautiful experience there I can see though.
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@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
8h
I seriously doubt it’ll cure it, but it helps me enjoy things more. I’m not ready for the zip line over a canyon, that’s for certain!!
@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
7h
Maybe I can be relaxed enough to try another lighthouse if I come across one (as if they don’t have any lighthouses in Florida 
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@RasmaSandra (81986)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
35m
I have that too, Sometimes I cannot even stand up on a stool if there is nothing to hold onto,
@FourWalls (70565)
• United States
7h
There was a lady who climbed the lighthouse but she wouldn’t go outside. I told her I have acrophobia, too. She managed to take one step outside. I told her “just don’t look down.”
