Up In The Air
Jun. 13th, 2024 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Last night's dream had me learning to climb a sheer wall. I was told that the greatest rock climber in the world had found it a challenge. An aristocratic gent was tutoring his grandson and I latched onto them with the old gent's encouragement. I didn't get very high....
Rock climbing is not a sport I'd want to try IRL- though it attracts me in the abstract. As a teen I developed an interest in Victorian alpinists- in particular Edward Whymper, the first man up the Matterhorn.
I like heights. I don't like heights. I love a wide view but fear a fall. I went up to the top of the central tower of Durham cathedral once and had to sit on the floor and hang onto the battlements as I peeked over because standing up made me feel giddy and imperilled. I often wonder how I'd comport myself in a hot air balloon....
I don't get scared in planes because the the space is enclosed and the experience oddly unreal but I might not do so well in an open cockpit....
Rock climbing is not a sport I'd want to try IRL- though it attracts me in the abstract. As a teen I developed an interest in Victorian alpinists- in particular Edward Whymper, the first man up the Matterhorn.
I like heights. I don't like heights. I love a wide view but fear a fall. I went up to the top of the central tower of Durham cathedral once and had to sit on the floor and hang onto the battlements as I peeked over because standing up made me feel giddy and imperilled. I often wonder how I'd comport myself in a hot air balloon....
I don't get scared in planes because the the space is enclosed and the experience oddly unreal but I might not do so well in an open cockpit....
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Date: 2024-06-13 09:08 am (UTC)