Working up high

C Elliott · Jul 17, 2015

Any tricks to overcome being uneasy while working up high. I have never liked heights but tolerated it when younger. I am now 56 and today totally froze on top of a bin. I work by myself and it took me over an hour to gain my balance and courage to get down the ladder. I have noticed that my balance has gotten worse through the years even on step ladders. I wish now I had designed some type of in ground grain storage. It is starting to be a real problem for me to complete my jobs. Any tips or tricks?

FBH44 · Jul 17, 2015

Nope, no tricks, you're a wise man. In my youth I could climb across a 12:12 roof, walk the ridges, didn't bother me at all. Old guy now, I get really scared up high. Perfectly normal, I think. Can be old, or can be bold, but can't be old and bold.

Phil Tibbetts · Jul 17, 2015

I don't have any tips other than to tell you it won't get better. I just turned 70 and I try to stay on the ground as much as possible. My balance and sure footedness leaves a lot to be desired. Just have to extra careful with everything I do now.

Phil Tibbetts · Jul 17, 2015

Reminds me of when I was flying and my flight instructor told me " there old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots".

Nick167 · Jul 17, 2015

My dad went sky diving for his 50 birthday a few years back heights don't bother him a bit anymore

Tony in Mass. · Jul 18, 2015

Vertigo. Can happen at any age, but the odds increase as you haven't already died young. It is a normal brain's job to make the body die of old age..
And has mentioned below, a kid would? say? go up there and jump around like a monkey? sure! This is cool!
As a wiser middle aged fellow, the the brain asks the middle ear and arms, legs... 'what the 4$%^ you think you're doing up here????'
This is why an army wants and needs an 18 year old to charge up a hill with a bayonet... a 35 year old brain would say ' give me a 4 power scope, let me hide behind this big thick tree, and I can take him out from way back here'....

Tony in SD · Jul 18, 2015

Some things just need to be hired done. That would be my best advise to you. I have climb and worked on radio towers and use to be a lineman climbing poles in my younger years. Ill be 60 this year and still height doesn't bother me but Im sure slower and more deliberate with every move. But mostly I let the younger men climb. They bounce a lot better then us old farts. Two other things, there are also relatively new OSHA rules about working over 5 or 6 feet high and your insurance company might not cover you if you fall.

2tractors · Jul 19, 2015

I get the "iby gibies" just driving over tall bridges.

H2omelon55 · Jul 21, 2015

You forgot about Chuck Yeager, old and bold!!

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