• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I have a fear of heights.

    I broke my ankle in a life altering way falling down two stairs unto a sidewalk. That, to me, justified my already reasonable fear of heights.

    I don’t understand why this is the “Thank God” ledge rather than the “Oh My God!” or similar ledge.

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      9 hours ago

      My guess would be “Thank God I can take a little break here, my hands and arms had started shaking with exhaustion… I wonder if a helicopter could come close enough to drop a rope to me?”

      Apparently it’s 1800 feet up and “only” another 200 feet to get to the top of that climb.

      Or so I’m reading from safe in my bed!

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        8 hours ago

        That’s a fair interpretation, I suppose.

        Still, I think the only thing I would be thinking there would be some variation of “why the hell did I come up here and how soon can I be safely back aground!”