How high before you lost your bottle?

[Wacky Racer]

Hypothetically:-

For a bet with a mate, assuming there was a FREE STANDING vertical wooden ladder, not attached to anything, that went right up to space, how high could you climb it before you chickened out and started to come down again? (or fainted)



A few metres




As high as a two story house




As high as a thirty story block of flats




Higher....

[thebraketester]

How much is the bet?

[LikesBikes]

Is some sort of oxygen supply/pressure suit available?

[LordHaveMurci]

A metre or so.

[Djtemeka]

To the top. Once you're at 3 floors and above, you're dead when you fall so the rest is easy peasy

[BoRED S2upid]

Two storey house no probs higher will depend on the value of the bet.

[Wacky Racer]

A "Sportsman's" bet, but we will assume you don't like losing.

No pressure suit, but for the purposes of the exercise lack of oxygen or extreme cold is not an issue...

[cjs racing.]

A yard or two.

[Disastrous]

As high as the bit where I felt I might still survive. If it was serious money and I wanted to win, I'd push on and like rock climbing, it becomes academic after a few more metres so all the way to the top.

[Wacky Racer]

Some tips from Fred Dibnah:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R3-YwDZrzg

[Willlll]

I used to do 3-4 storeys regularly when accessing bay cranes. It would st you up the first few times then it became the norm.

I think I could do abut 10 storeys with only one go. I think the biggest fear for me is the worry of the mental stress getting too much and freezing up.

[Iva Barchetta]

I'll just hold the ladder for the rest of you thanks.

I don't do heights.

[Impasse]

Sounds like hard work. Is there a lift or an elevator available?

[chilistrucker]

LordHaveMurci said:

A metre or so.

Same here, i just hate ladders. I can go up on rollercoasters, tops of tall buildings, cherry pickers etc but 4 or 5 steps on a wobbly ladder and i'm jelly???

[marksx]

chilistrucker said:

Same here, i just hate ladders. I can go up on rollercoasters, tops of tall buildings, cherry pickers etc but 4 or 5 steps on a wobbly ladder and i'm jelly???

I'm the opposite. Ladders, fine. Boom lifts at full extension, any scissor lift, I turn into a nancy!

[SpeedMattersNot]

Depends how large the 'feet' of the ladder are.

[Willlll]

marksx said:

I'm the opposite. Ladders, fine. Boom lifts at full extension, any scissor lift, I turn into a nancy!

Full extension is the best part!

[Tango13]

I've been to the top of the water tower at Kew Bridge Engines, to describe the stair case as 'rickety' would be an understatement, the staircases surrounding the beam engines are a bit '5p/50p' too!

[chilistrucker]

marksx said:

chilistrucker said:

Same here, i just hate ladders. I can go up on rollercoasters, tops of tall buildings, cherry pickers etc but 4 or 5 steps on a wobbly ladder and i'm jelly???

I'm the opposite. Ladders, fine. Boom lifts at full extension, any scissor lift, I turn into a nancy!

The wierd thing is, i always felt safer on the bigger cherry pickers and especially scissors.
I think the Dutch fire brigade now have a 100m Bronto platform. Been a while since i've done that sort of work, i'm sure there are a few 100m+ truck mounts now.

[Jasandjules]

I'll go about 5-6ft. Won't do ladders.

Will jump out of planes with a parachute though...