Originally Posted by
MPN11
Heights. My stomach seriously turns when I see images [still or moving] of people in high places [buildings, mountains or whatever].
I recall at South Cerney we had a leadership task, get a concrete block on top of a flat roofed building. No idea what the building was but it was two story brick, flat concrete roof and open on one wall. May be it was a machine gun butt, I don't know.
I have no idea if anyone ever got the block on to the roof. The scaffold poles we had were bent and the picket block must have weighed half a ton. Anyway, no harnesses, sky hooks or railing on the roof. I don't recall actually getting on the roof myself but nothing held any fears for me in my inexperienced youth.