Are you afraid of heights?

     I don't know if you've heard about the French climber Alain Robert, rightfully nicknamed "Spiderman." He is on a mission to climb as many sky scrapers as he can with his bare hands. What? Oh, you want me to repeat that? No problem. He plans on climbing as many sky scrapers as possible with his bare hands! I'm talking just walking up to a building with his climbing shoes and little chalk bag, grabbing on and climbing to the top. Oh, did I mention this guy is 48 years old?
     I'm afraid of heights, I don't mind telling you that. It doesn't stop me from doing awesome stuff. I still went sky diving and cliff jumping. I know my cliff jumping tales aren't epic and mostly overshadowed from one event where I spent 45 minutes on the edge of a cliff before mustering up enough balls to jump in. I still did it though so Shut Up! Either way, my fear of heights has not stopped me from doing what I want to do. I was completely terrified on the plane ride up to 10,000 ft. before we jumped out but I did it and it was one of the coolest things I've ever done. On a side note, flying in a Black Hawk Helicopter, sitting on the outer most seat with the doors open through Baghdad is another one of the coolest things I've ever done. LOCKED AND LOADED BITCH! Sorry, I had a flashback. When I say locked and loaded I was talking about my camera not my weapon. They have door gunners for that kind of action. I needed to snap sweet pictures. Anyway, back to my story. So I can still do most things even though heights make my pants damp. This guy is climbing SKY SCRAPERS! With his bare hands, not a rope and harness or suction cups like the movies.
     I'm also not talking about just random sky scrapers in small cities nobody ever heard of. He's climbed the Empire State Building, The Sears Tower in Chicago and 70 others throughout the world. The new one in Dubai, currently the tallest sky scraper in the world, yea he climbed that too. Oh I should mention he did have to use some equipment after the 700 meter mark because of the shape of the building. I won't hold that against him though. I've climbed a few things bare handed before. I scaled a buddy's house to get in while he was on vacation, I've climbed various trees to get a frisbee unstuck or whatever, never a building though.
     So next time you need to clean out your gutters, which I need to do pretty soon, think about this guy. You'll go and get a ladder or hire some Mexican to do it for change. Try and scale your one or two story house with your bare hands. Then think about going up another 40 some stories. Crazy isn't it?
     I have to applaud people that throw caution to the wind and attempt/accomplish these awesome feats! It really shows what we are all capable of if we set our minds to it. Or you can go the other route where you don't set goals or have any ambition to accomplish anything! You know what you'll end up doing?? You guessed it! Giving Hand-jobs for Ham Sandwiches outside a rundown gas station bathroom.