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Ouch.?ÿ When we were at the Grand Canyon I had to walk on the side of the trail away from the canyon, and my knees got weak watching other people in places I wouldn't go.
That included one guy who sat with his legs dangling over the edge in a place with no official viewing platform.
The guy with his legs dangling over the edge sounds like me. Love to do that, just sit quietly and watch the splendor.
Hold on a minute. I do experience an unusual sensation when viewing photos with a similar perspective, but I am pretty sure that it isn't vertigo.
I am surprised that Bill93, who contributed to this thread and is IMHO the official fact checker of record for Surveyor Connect, did not correct the OP with the misnomer. He mentions knees getting weak.
As I have aged, as I approach anything close to the edge of a building, tower, rock cliff or "worlds most dangerous roads" site, I experience an overwhelming sensation. Viewing photos or videos of those situations usually produce a very similar internal response.?ÿ
I have inherited the propensity to experience vertigo from my mom. It has to do with the formation of crystals within the fluid in the inner ear. When one moves the head in such a way that the crystals in question are dislodged from their typical, sedentary, location, causing the sensors in the inner ear to misinterpret what is up and what is down.?ÿ
For example, if I have to get down on hands and knees to look up under a desk or sink for any significant amount of time or times, I experience vertigo. The room spins and my eyes continue to follow that spin and I am done.
I've learned of a routine to follow in order to reorient those dang crystals and stop the vertigo and I can go about my way after a few minutes. Once the crystals are back in their place, all is well.
What I experience at the top of a building or tower can more accurately be described as a sensation in the "taint" area but has been more commonly referred to as "butthole puckering" but while I am sure that there is some degree of puckering in my case, I think that is not sufficient to accurately describe the sensation I feel.
My last experience was at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. There is an observation deck and you can lean out and look straight down to where you would hit the ground or building if the glass was not there. My taint was sore for several days.
Anybody else have a similar experience.
JA, PLS, SoCal?ÿ
Decades ago there was a photo of a man working on an antenna atop a tall building. I want to say it was on the cover of National Geographic, but I searched for it and didn't find anything.?ÿ It may have been inside the magazine. He was shown reaching up to do something above his head.?ÿ The picture view was from above him, and looking down.?ÿ I wondered who took the picture!
I once heard of a motorist who came across a stopped vehicle whose driver was sitting on the running board (!) with his head in his hands.
When the motorist asked him if he had vertigo, the fellow replied, "Only about six miles."
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What I experience at the top of a building or tower can more accurately be described as a sensation in the "taint" area but has been more commonly referred to as "butthole puckering" but while I am sure that there is some degree of puckering in my case, I think that is not sufficient to accurately describe the sensation I feel.
This is the feeling I experience when seeing pictures such as these today.
I once sat on the edge of the observation level of the original World Trade Center, 107th floor if I recall correctly.?ÿ Looking down the outer skin of the building was thrilling and I don't remember the "taint" sensation when I did this about 32 years ago.?ÿ?ÿ
I do not have issues with my inner ear.?ÿ Thank goodness!
@flga-2-2, My mother-in-law, who lives with us, will NOT go over the tall bridge over Tampa Bay.?ÿ The only time she did she crawled down into the floorboard.
Andy
Vertigo...East coast high school party music flashback
For example, if I have to get down on hands and knees to look up under a desk or sink for any significant amount of time or times, I experience vertigo.
Sounds like a binge gone wrong with cheap tequila, that usually f's them crystals up too. ?????ÿ
will NOT go over the tall bridge over Tampa Bay.?ÿ
I don't blame her the first one fell into Tampa Bay.?ÿ
@flga-2-2 I hate that bridge.?ÿ Or any that are so steep the crest looks like you fall off the end of the world when you get there
don't think I've been on the one in Tampa (maybe built after my one and only trip there) but the one over the Cape Cod Canal always gave me that uneasy feeling, good thing that ones fairly short.
My ex-wife could not get near any dropoff no matter what it was.?ÿ The related ailment was that she would not step onto any surface that had any kind of openings.?ÿ An example of that was at a grain elevator with a grated floor over the entire pit area.?ÿ She could watch a truck with thousands of pounds drive onto and across the grate, but, she knew it would collapse under her 115 pounds.
My current wife hates bridges.?ÿ She is certain they will collapse and dump her in the water where she will drown.
I hate ladders.
The guy with his legs dangling over the edge sounds like me. Love to do that, just sit quietly and watch the splendor.
Not me.?ÿ I did get talked into standing on Krejagbolten, but only because my son wanted to do it and was too stressed about it to do it alone (the things we do for our kids!).?ÿ It was "interesting," but not something I was comfortable with or would care to repeat.
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You would have to be really comfortable with a some type of belief in reincarnation.
I would really like to go to the spot on the Grand Canyon where they have the glass floor that sticks out over the chasm.?ÿ I'm certain I could do it.?ÿ But, would need to not look down until I had stood on the platform for a couple of minutes to let my mind know that there is no real danger.
Royal Gorge in Colorado is a quarter-mile deep.?ÿ I walked out on the bridge that was once used for normal traffic but has been turned into foot traffic only.?ÿ Looking over the handrail was not a problem.
Not a good vertigo type of movie. Watched this last night and MAN!! That was scary.
