boyo 1,398 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 anyone else see this on the other night cracking documentry but the kid must have a death wish nothing else for it , if you missed it its on i player chanel 4 i think . everyone is talking about it , that saw it . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Was that the lad doing that urban climbing shit? Just watching the advert for it gave me vertigo, mad c**t! Didn't get round to watching the actual program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,172 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Saw that programme: it's weird isn't it, that some people just don't have the fear or heights that normal folk would. Is it something missing in their genetic make-up? Or is it something extra in their genes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 buzz hunters skycat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,172 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I know it's for the buzz: when I were a lass I'd climb steep cliffs for the adrenalin buzz: the more times you feel your life hanging in the balance the better you feel afterwards! There isn't enough scary stuff in most peoples' lives these days, so I understand why to a certain extent, and in old times such people would have been explorers or warriors. But what makes them like that? Is it a genetic thing or a mental thing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 there certainly not wired like the rest of us,thats for sure. i worked of heights,nothing as extreme as that,but although i dont have a fear of heights.i wouldnt get up to the antics they do high up lol in fact im no even f***ing sure id go up onto that moscow bridge,and thats with a safety harness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,752 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Its an interesting subject ive never understood if fearlessness is a genetic trait or just a state of mind.....im the sort of idiot who always loved testing myself and putting myself in positions where the odds are stacked against me.....but heights is just something ive never been able to conquer i still break out into a hot sweat going over the Dartford Crossing .....taking off and landing in planes i have no problem at all maybe its the safety thing.....most things we fear we can normally overcome with concentration and determination i conquered my fear of deep water by doing a scuba diving course !.....but heights just cant crack it so my thoughts would be it is somehow genetic and beyond our control. Edited January 26, 2014 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
day worker 296 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've found the older I get the more fearful of heights I get! As a youngster nothing scared me but I only have to go up 2 lifts of scaffold and my legs are turning to jelly! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Is it something missing in their genetic make-up? Or is it something extra in their genes? It's actually stated, on the programme, that the brit kiddie was scared to death of heights, just like most people. He 'simply' trained himself out of it. He says, at one point, how ye need to realise that hanging from a crane, hundreds of feet up, is no worse than hanging from a crane ten feet up. I guess he's sort of right. Though, I'll bet you or I could saunter along a six inch strip, painted on the floor. No problemmo. But, put us on a steel girder that width, a thousand feet up? We'd want our mummys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,172 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've found the older I get the more fearful of heights I get! As a youngster nothing scared me but I only have to go up 2 lifts of scaffold and my legs are turning to jelly! The closer to death you get, in age related terms, the more you want to hang on to your life! But does it also have something to do with the older brain realising that the body is less fit and able? Slower reactions, less athletic, not as strong? I found a forum with some interesting theories on it: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/02/why_do_the_youn.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
antg 1,733 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 sadly i have a feeling them young fellas won't be around too long. they have a death wish imo bloody madness. his mother must be worried sick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,301 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 heights scare me to death Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dare 1,103 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I don't mind heights at all to be honest. Always wanted to jump out of a plane but never got around to doing it, maybe one day. I do however hate extension ladders lol. Was labouring for a roofer it was the bounce with a gas bottle on the shoulder. Used to always imagine I'd loose it and itll bang and push out the ladder with me on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boyo 1,398 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 i still do not think those 2 will live to old age . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,401 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 You seen the one with the Russian lads ?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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