heights

[OlieCan]

Go skydiving. That will kick start your fear right away.

Don't like needles? Get a tattoo.

[hoosierdaddy]

Start slowly. Put a ladder up to the side of your house and climb it every day for a week. The next week put it to your second floor roof, climb it everyday for a week. Increase your climb each week. If you get aprehensive at a level, drop down to the previous level for a week. You can overcome this fear. You just need to do it little by little.
Good luck,
Paul Lepore
Battalion Chief
www.aspiringfirefighters.com

Thank you sir. Will do. Thank you for the very informative link too. I had a question I wanted to ask you that I didn't want to ask on here but I couldn't send it to you. It's ok.

[hoosierdaddy]

Go skydiving. That will kick start your fear right away.

Don't like needles? Get a tattoo.

LOL skydiving eh? Isn't a fear of heights really just a fear of falling though?

As for needles, they don't bother me. I don't have any tattoos but I could get one if I want to.

[johnny46]

Once you get used to it, you need to keep familiar with it. I set up my aerial once a shift and I climb it once a tour. That way, it becomes a habit as routine as stringing lights.

[hoosierdaddy]

Good point. It's one thing to get over it but you still gotta keep at it. Thanks.

I went on the escalator at a Tigers game and it must be about 80 feet high or something and it made me a bit nervous but I did it.

[hydrotech]

i was terrified of heights but i started rock climbing and learned how to trust what I was on i.e ropes and my grips. now i can clmb free hand and have no problem with the ladders.