> yet stoked to go >and check out the high line that we saw on the Rostrum across the >valley, >Oh my goodness. >Terrifying. ... > A highline is all of that, just several thousand feet off the >deck. Tony is excited beyond all reckoning, he is pumped, he is all that >is man. He gets geared up, ties into the tether, and promptly shits his >pants upon placing his first foot out on the line. >Eventually he goes for it a whole bunch, on both of the lines that they >have set up, makes it a couple times on the short one, takes some >spectacular whippers where he was like, "Dude I thought I was gonna >die!!" after not catching the line on his way down, relying entirely on >his tether to catch him. Kinda terrifying... for him. For us.... "I >think that's the first real quality entertainment that we've had all >day!" sais one of the folks who'd set up the line. Where were the highlines setup? What were they using for anchors? We walked down to the edge a couple of weeks ago. I like to think that I'm not (normally) too worried by exposure, but that's one of the most exciting places I've ever been. It was really getting to me. Maybe it was something about a slab sloping downhill to an abrupt edge. It was just steep enough to be "interesting" and it got slightly steeper near the edge. Maybe it was that I normally start from the bottom so I get a chance to get used to the exposure while climbing. Maybe I'm just getting chicken in my old age. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam.

In article <ZNGdncQEl9f5FaLanZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@megapath.net>, Hal Murray <hal-usenet@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net> wrote: >We walked down to the edge a couple of weeks ago. I like to think >that I'm not (normally) too worried by exposure, but that's one >of the most exciting places I've ever been. It was really getting >to me. > >Maybe it was something about a slab sloping downhill to >an abrupt edge. It was just steep enough to be "interesting" >and it got slightly steeper near the edge. > >Maybe it was that I normally start from the bottom so I get a >chance to get used to the exposure while climbing. > >Maybe I'm just getting chicken in my old age. Well, I decided to give as a gift to one friend an Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) lesson. You can come and watch her. I think I'll take her to Byron for her sky diving. --