"I worked at one of those ‘Slingshot’ rides in college and would do a weekly inspection of the towers (175 feet tall) by climbing to the top of each. I had a climbing harness attached to a steel cable that ran the length of the towers.
The very final time I did the inspection before transferring to a new college, I got to the top and realized I wasn’t attached to the cable, and would have plummeted to the Earth had I fallen. As soon as I noticed this, I panicked a little and nearly lost my grip. It took me about 5 excruciating minutes to slowly position myself to where I could re-attach without falling to an untimely death."
-Anonymous