*** Quoting PATRICK LONG from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

PL> Carol Shenkenberger wrote:
> Could that early, seemingly useless although fun exercise, have give
PL> a hidden 
> benefit?  One not anticipated but there nonetheless?  I lead to yes but my 
> sample is too small to be sure.


PL> Could be.  I was going to say I screwed up your sample, in that I neve
PL> did the balancing beam... but then I remember that as kids we used to
PL> run the rafters in the barn.

PL> Kinda fun landing in the hay...

Snicker.  Yeah.

My 'sample' doesnt say all that can handle heights have this training, only
¨that i have noted all who can, mostly have had it.  Many without those
classes ¨handle heights well.

Critical is those who have *not* (or self report they didnt do well at
them) ¨are lacking in that area.

I might add my idea of 'head for heights' is not the norm.  My term
includes ¨what others would think of as 'extreme'.  

You've seen us antenna apes go at it.  Them radar folks have platforms and
the ¨best we can hope for, is a yardarm (about 6 inches wide at the outer
end on ¨most ships, at best 12 at the mast-head and then narrows down on
most ships).
                                       xxcarol

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