I'm with you, fear helps keep a person safe. Can I hire a
gutter cleaning service to go to the roof of a mall, and
change AC filters? Or clean the coils on a roof AC? My
agreement says I'm not allowed to hire subcontractors.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Jon Danniken" wrote
in message ...

You are supposed to be afraid of heights, it keeps you
alive. The way to
overcome that fear is through gradual exposure, developing
the confidence
and the motor pathways which enable you to safely reach the
heights you need
to reach.

Circumventing this by taking a drug which reduces the
anxiety only places
you in a situation which your brain has not been trained to
deal with, with
a higher likelihood of making a mistake and falling. This
is exacerbated by
the reduction of inhibitions caused by the drug, which, even
in small doses,
cause you not to fully realize the danger you are in.

Ask your doctor if he thinks your advice is sound, but you
already know what
he is going to tell you.

Falling off of a ladder isn't a matter of twisting your
ankle, it often
involves damaging the spine, or worse, the cervical
vertebrae, leading to
various forms of paralysis. Sometimes you get lucky and
just can't lift
more than five pounds for the rest of your life. I know
several guys this
has happened to over my lifetime, and it just isn't worth
it.

If you are unable to train yourself to climb a ladder
safely, and with
confidence, hire a gutter cleaning service.

Jon