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I go climbing 2-4 times a week. Keeps me in shape and it's so fun. I did a climb yesterday (5.8+) that was all slopers and it made my arms cry.

Can someone even with a horrid fear of heights climb on those? I've never seen them before actually, but I'm absolutely terrified to feel as if there isn't "something right under my feet".

It's probably a good way to get over your fear. Generally there are pads below you, and generally people use safety equipment as well.

I've never done that sort of climbing, myself, but I do legit rock climbing pretty regularly when hiking. I've climbed some intense stuff before.

Can someone even with a horrid fear of heights climb on those? I've never seen them before actually, but I'm absolutely terrified to feel as if there isn't "something right under my feet".

It's a wonderful way to get over your fear. I was terrified too before I started. Yes, the pads help a lot and you can also wear a harness connected to a rope. I, as you can see, did not wear a harness there as I am "bouldering" which is low to the ground climbing (10' up or less)

Alright. I'll try it for a while, and if I can handle it, I'll use it to train myself to... not have a panic attack.

If it makes you feel better, I'm terrified of heights as well. I climbed up a rock spire (basically a tower, as in death on all sides) that is approx 150 feet high a couple of weeks ago, with the intention of drinking a beer and smoking a joint. The climb was terrifying, and it was even worse being on top. There was literally nothing around me but air, with enough room for only 2 people to sit on the top. I was borderline panic attacking when I got to the top, and barely managed to drink a beer. I didn't dare smoke a joint because I knew I would never get down if I did.


Here's a shitty image of the spire I'm referring to. Don't be fooled, the other side of the rock looks the same as this side. It is not attached to the mountain behind it. The point I'm sitting at when I took the picture is somewhere around 75-100 feet from the ground. I think I might have a shitty video from that point as well, which I'll attempt to upload to youtube or something.

Someone should resize this if they are feeling ambitious. I'm not, so it's massive. Right click and "View Picture" in firefox for auto resize.

Here's video, featuring one of my stoner friends.

I feel like most of the times I hear about this kind of activity, it's either in an inspirational movie about someone getting conquered by nature and surviving or at the end of a missing persons report.

That doesn't look so bad. Give me a crack at that. It would be fun.

That doesn't look so bad. Give me a crack at that. It would be fun.

Only like 1/4th or 1/3rd of the spire is shown in that image, but yeah, it isn't a terribly difficult climb. It's more terrifying than anything.

I should probably mention that this canyon tends to have 20-40 MPH cross-winds in this area. Every time I've been there the wind has been gusting at at least 20 MPH.