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Xyzse

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31. I don't think a ladder like that is even possible.

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 03:02 PM

Dec 2012

That is like climbing more than half of the Empire State building while swinging back and forth.
It would take hours and hours with no actual rest.

I might do it, if each step can handle 2000lbs of weight, even though I am only 160. There also has to be spots every 50 feet where you could rest, with a backward seat, where you can attach a rope that is tied to you in case you fall.

However, I doubt that I could.
I feel sick just thinking about it.

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Would you climb a swinging ladder, over a thousand feet high? [View all] Taverner Dec 2012 OP

Yeah, not going to happen. Denninmi Dec 2012 #1

I can do staircases, glass elevators, airplanes... Taverner Dec 2012 #3

You can do glass elevators, what do you think of the Grand Canyon Skywalk? Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Dec 2012 #37

I would love that! Taverner Dec 2012 #38

Big difference between a glass elevator and a rope ladder: kentauros Jan 2013 #43

or the fool with a lighter on the ground. Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Jan 2013 #45

A little lighter would only work if the ladder kentauros Jan 2013 #46

No, I'd stand back and watch out for Wile E. Coyote, cause I know it's gonna fall... 1monster Jan 2013 #47

Never. harmonicon Dec 2012 #2

I just spit water from my nose on that one! Taverner Dec 2012 #4

I used to skydive many years ago, but quit while I still had unbroken bones. RebelOne Dec 2012 #5

Ouch Taverner Dec 2012 #10

I used to wash windows on skyscrapers. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #6

I don't think I could have done your job Taverner Dec 2012 #7

It was fun. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #11

Depends on how much you're paying me! pink-o Dec 2012 #8

Would you do it for a Scooby Snack? Taverner Dec 2012 #9

hah! n/t Helen Reddy Dec 2012 #29

I'd do it for a house and a paid-off mortgage in San Francisco pink-o Jan 2013 #39

I'll do it... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #35

My best anxiety dreams are about ladders and starcases. So, uh, no. nolabear Dec 2012 #12

Would you do it for....a scooby snack? Taverner Dec 2012 #13

ruh-uh. nolabear Dec 2012 #16

No. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #14

once you get past 30 feet or so the fall is likely to kill you anyway. alphafemale Dec 2012 #15

I will not climb that ladder. 7wo7rees Dec 2012 #17

3-2-1 Oh, God, that hurts! Denninmi Dec 2012 #21

That's really going to fucking hurt. cliffordu Dec 2012 #30

I hope you dreamed that I wouldn't climb it either. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #18

I've scaled communications towers that were over 400' high Major Nikon Dec 2012 #19

NO! LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #20

Oh the humanity! ashling Dec 2012 #22

No, just a wake up and a bathroom trip Taverner Dec 2012 #27

Isn't that always the way? ashling Dec 2012 #33

Works both ways too - snogging with a 20 year old Teri Garr... Taverner Dec 2012 #36

I'm terrified of heights! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #23

Hey, I'm a 6'1" woman...and that's my line! pink-o Jan 2013 #40

Maybe you're the one I read it from. LeftofObama Jan 2013 #44

No! In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #24

don't know if I'd have the stamina MissMillie Dec 2012 #25

LOL...'fladders' Taverner Dec 2012 #28

probably bluedave Dec 2012 #26

I don't think a ladder like that is even possible. Xyzse Dec 2012 #31

Only if the alternative was emphatically less attractive - in the 'lake of lava' genre, petronius Dec 2012 #32

Actually, I would love to do that. polly7 Dec 2012 #34

I have similar dreams -- elevators that go on above the building. KurtNYC Jan 2013 #41

Not without my outie turning into an innie. Iggo Jan 2013 #42

I'd probably do it for some cash. I'd stop about every 100' and rest for awhile. BlueJazz Jan 2013 #48