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CV,
I'm with you mate.
I've been a "climber" since I was 3-4 years old I used to climb everything within sight, trees, you name it, I was up a 70ft Macrocarpra Tree once and some idiot called the Fire Brigade, they thought I was Autistic.
Hieghts have never been a problem, though.

Kids aren't allowed to climb anything higher than steps now because of Health and Safety Laws.
Now being a Line worker, I love being up on the highest of poles, 66kV ones are cool.
What a nasty society we live in.

I don't mind heights either.

When I worked for BT at the satellite station I kind of liked climbing up into the equipment cabin right behind the feedhorn. On the (frequent) foggy mornings in that part of the world, it was almost surreal to look out and barely be able to see the ground. Kind of like flying above the clouds in a plane.

There's a TV show running here at the moment called "The Worst Jobs in History."

Take your pick from the various eras on offer here. There are some real doozies!

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/

My 'worst job' has to be those guys who go round unblocking domestic-sewerage drains. Just last night on tv there was a pair of these 'erberts, happily rodding out a gully brimming over with all sorts of human waste with a high pressure hose, and covered in it from head to foot! I buggered off to my office to listen to the BBC. I just couldn't watch any more. Yuk! Yuk! YUK!
Alan