ReindeerThistle
Zimmerwald Left
So, will you please stop listening to Lars and make a new album that is actually good?
What was that? More pictures of me with gorgeous women? Okay!
JFK 0749 hours today.
And....the money shot!
Members Photos XXI: That's one really big member!
- Thread starter caketastydelish
- Start date
- Status
What was that? More pictures of me with gorgeous women? Okay!
JFK 0749 hours today.
And....the money shot!
ReindeerThistle
Zimmerwald Left
Exciting, Birdjaguar. How was the trip?
CavLancer
This aint fertilizer
Hey, great pics guys!
CavLancer
This aint fertilizer
I always wanted to go up in a balloon, and take the wife. What does it run?
There's no way I could have stood erect in a basket like that - I've got a fear of heights that would completely preclude that - especially since the basket rail isn't taller than your shoulders 
ReindeerThistle
Zimmerwald Left
There's no way I could have stood erect in a basket like that - I've got a fear of heights that would completely preclude that - especially since the basket rail isn't taller than your shoulders
I can relate. I have acute claustrophobia, and I spent many hours in crawlspaces working on plumbing and electrical...
Heights? No problem.
Falling? Problem.
I get uncomfortable around heights as well, though it kind of differs where I am.
I feel fine at the top of the Sear's Tower, but I hate airplanes and roller coasters. I think it might have to do with heights in a non-enclosed area, possibly.
I feel fine at the top of the Sear's Tower, but I hate airplanes and roller coasters. I think it might have to do with heights in a non-enclosed area, possibly.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
I used to be deathly afraid of rollercoasters due to my fear of heights. I will not get into how I overcame that particular fear and how I can now love rollercoasters because it would be against forum rules, but I remain afraid of heights. It's just that I've conditioned my body to "understand" that in certain situations it is perfectly safe to be high up, even though the fear is there. So I can enjoy rollercoasters now, even though I still get that "oh no" feeling in my stomach when we're slowly being pulled up and up and up and it's really high and holy crap.
When I'm standing beside a window 50 stories up, I get that feeling too. I do not feel comfortable in that situation. I would do a balloon trip like that, but it'd probably make me very uncomfortable for the entire ride. I'd do it once to just have done it, after spending a considerable amount of time researching balloon safety & the operator, to convince my body that it was safe (enough).
When I'm standing beside a window 50 stories up, I get that feeling too. I do not feel comfortable in that situation. I would do a balloon trip like that, but it'd probably make me very uncomfortable for the entire ride. I'd do it once to just have done it, after spending a considerable amount of time researching balloon safety & the operator, to convince my body that it was safe (enough).
Well now I'm going to assume the worst.
madviking
north american scum
i like roller coasters now because you can't be having fun and be scared at the same time.
It was spectacular. I added a few more pics below.
Typically, about $150 per person, but during balloon festival it is more.
Our gondola was quite small it only held three of us: the pilot, a co worker and me. When the burner is off, there is no sense of movement or any wind (you are moving with it) and it is very quiet. My biggest fear was dropping my iPad when I held it over the side to take pictures.There's no way I could have stood erect in a basket like that - I've got a fear of heights that would completely preclude that - especially since the basket rail isn't taller than your shoulders
One picture shows the Rio Grande looking north from Albuquerque as we crossed it. Our path followed the other balloons to the NW. The forest below is the "bosque", the large cottonwood forest that lines the river for much of its path through NM.
The other picture shows the launch field as we lifted off. Several shaped balloons can be seen. Only a couple of hundred lifted off that morning. With good weather and no wind, we should see 700 on Saturday morning.
Attachments
Phah! You call that a beard? THis is a beard.
Lefty Scaevola, hunting trolls.
Lefty Scaevola, hunting trolls.
ReindeerThistle
Zimmerwald Left
That's a beard, Lefty. But I think I got everyone beat in the beautiful companions department!
I invite posters to prove me wrong!
I invite posters to prove me wrong!
madviking
north american scum
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Well... I've seen better hands.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
I ... like madviking's companion.
ReindeerThistle
Zimmerwald Left
- Status
Similar threads
