In case you missed Brazilian skateboarder Sandro Dias, breaking not one, but THREE world records in a single morning…

https://mas.to/@markwyner/115266220512089156

Here’s his third and final of the day. From the camera on his helmet. He drops in from 70 meters, after repelling down to the platform with rock-climbing gear.

Oh…and he’s 50 years old.

#Skateboarding #SandroDias #Brazil #WorldRecord #Acrophobia #NeverTooOld

My Heights Phobia.

#fearofheights #fear #summer #fearofflying #fearoffalling #fearofthedark #fearless #fearfullyandwonderfullymade #fearofsuccess #travel #fearfree #scary #acrophobia #fearnot #fearoffailure #fearthew…

Vibrant Vitality

The #mind is amazing both in how #complex but also how #primitive it is.

I have a fear of heights. It's triggered by glass elevators and standing on concrete balconies with chest-high barriers, and even by looking at videos of ISS spacewalks.

But it's not triggered by flying in an airplane or a zipline.

Yes. Whether my weight is resting on my bum or on my feet is the difference between a terrifying experience and a pleasant one.

#phobia #acrophobia

"Why do we do that—why do we crave small doses of terror? Why do we like 'safe' fear?"

For The Believer, Elisa Gabbert writes about fear as pleasure, the philosophy of games, and anxiety as a luxury: https://www.thebeliever.net/fear-as-a-game/

#Longreads #Essay #Games #Fear #Anxiety #Death #Acrophobia

Fear as a Game - Believer Magazine

1. My life in acrophobia: When I was eleven or twelve, I went with a friend to the pool at her family’s country club and somebody dared me to jump off the high dive—or maybe I just felt implicitly dared because the other kids were doing it. It wasn’t incredibly high, probably ten or twelve […]

Believer Magazine
I don’t like heights, I’m not exactly acrophobic, because I don’t mind being on airplanes or up to a summit, but I just wouldn’t go near the edge, especially when I’m skiing, snowboarding or climbing (rock or mountain). Throughout my life, I have mostly lived no higher than the second floor. Although I’m not a fan of my current domicile, a single-storey house next to a busy boulevard, it smells when it’s warm and it’s noisy at odd hours. #fear #heights #acrophobia

As a child, I used to be afraid of heights until I got to experience watching the sunrise above the clouds at 5:30 in the morning. It was a delightful sight! 🌇

#nature #sunrise #travel #journey #environment #acrophobia #photography #snippet #childhood @mastodonindians

Stairs on a cliff edge, Henan Province, China

Would you try this? #China #acrophobia #Henan

I have been hosting a game on my Facebook page, wherein I throw a random series of letters out and people reply with their expanded acronyms/initialisms to match the letters, just for funsies. It's a tribute to the old #IRC channel #acro, which later gave birth to the Berzerk game #Acrophobia. I'm going to give it a trial run here, too. Stay tuned!

Currently at the top of the #Seattle #spaceNeedle losing my shit trying not to look at the kids standing next to the windows while I hyperventilate I shouldn't have come up here but I probably would have freaked out more waiting on the ground

#fearOfHeights #acrophobia #aerophobia