As you may suspect, fear of heights is one of the most common phobias (followed by public speaking) with an estimated 3 percent to 5 percent of the population suffering so-called acrophobia. It's considered to be a type of anxiety disorder when a person experiences intense fear and anxiety when they think of tall heights or are positioned at a significant height. Acrophobia often manifests as an irrational fear and it happens when a person is not particularly high up.

So let me just tell you this post is an informal test to see if your gut is capable of handling extreme ledges and intense highs. Think of climbers, adventurers and thrill seekers who live for the feeling of getting above the clouds. Maybe you’re one of them? Let us know in the comments!

#1 40 Story Spiral Staircase

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#2 Hell No

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#3 Learning To Fly....

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#4 Ledge Photo

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#5 One False Move... The Eiger Summit Ridge, Switzerland

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#6 Painters On The Then Tallest Building In The World, Woolworth Building, New York, 1926

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#7 Standing On The Edge Of The World - Mt. Huashan, China

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#8 A Moist, Steep Staircase In India

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#9 Climbers Resting On Mountainside In Yosemite

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#10 Matt Bush Hanging Five On The First Freesolo Ascent Of 'Heaven On Earth'. Photo By Micky Wiswedel

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#11 [oc] Bigwall Climbing & Extreme Aerials

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#12 Shasta Dam

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#13 Yukon Striker - Hell Yeah!

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#14 The Ledge In Chicago

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#15 Approaching An Iceberg In The Arctic - Sailing

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#16 I’ve Been Told By Employers That My Current Linkedin Photo Makes Them Nervous

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#17 The View Of The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse From Atop The Suspension Cabling, 1940

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#18 Not The Highest Tower I’ve Climbed But Thought This Was A Cool Picture

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#19 Highline Above Yosemite Valley

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#20 Thanks God Ledge - Yosemite

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#21 I Climbed The Oklahoma City Silos This Week

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#22 Looking Down At Rio De Janeiro

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#23 Anyone Afraid Of Heights?

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#24 Taken From My iPhone Over The Edge Of A Cruise Ship

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#25 /U/Intertim's GF Doing A Handstand On The Side Of Mt Huashan, China

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#26 The International Highline Meeting In Monte Piana, In The Northern Italian Alps By Balazs Mohai

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#27 Oh You Know, Just Holding Another Plane. In Mid-Air

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#28 Ukrainian Skywalkers - 116 Meters Up

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#29 Jumping Rope Over The City

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#30 Photographing My Friend In An Abandoned Theme Park

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#31 When Your Realtor May Have Overstated The "Minimalist Balcony" Feature

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#32 Edge Of Angel’s Landing

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#33 Working Above The Clouds

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#34 Skydiving Into 'Burning Man'. Black Rock Desert, Nevada

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#35 Alain Robert Rock Climbing

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#36 I Have Free Climbed Trees Since 2015. Photo: Mavic Pro. Height: 18 Meters

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#37 Friend Posted This To Facebook With The Caption, "Craziest Place I've Hung My Hammock"

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#38 Doing A Backflip At Trolltunga, Norway

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#39 At The Top Of A Tower Somewhere In Russia

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#40 Cleaning The Antenna Of The Empire State Building - Vincent Laforet

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#41 Somewhere In Austria

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#42 On The Ridge Of Großglockner, Austria

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#43 Five Men On The Wilshire Grand Center Tower, Los Angeles

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#44 Lonnie Bissonnette Jumping Off The New River Gorge Bridge

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#45 Getting Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed Is Not An Option

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#46 Mountain Overlook

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#47 Back In My Day.... Wait, What's A Harness?

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#48 Us Highline Record Broken At 1km — Moab, Ut

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#49 Zhangjiajie Platform In China

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#50 Wolfgang Güllich Free Climbing In Yosemite

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#51 Close To The Edge. "Thank God Ledge", Half Dome

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#52 Imagine Standing Up After Taking This Picture...

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#53 My Buddy Snapped A Few While We Rigged A Show At The Tacoma Dome In Tacoma, Wa

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#54 Got On The Roof Of A 60 Story Building In Miami Just So We Can Take A Few Interesting Pictures

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#55 Extreme Unicycling

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#56 On The Shanghai Tower

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#57 Seriously? What A Place For A Photo Shoot!

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#58 My Brother Climbing In Rio De Janeiro

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#59 Rappelling A 400’ (120m) Waterfall In The Grand Canyon

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#60 Bear Grylls Enjoying A Nice Meal At 25,000 Feet

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#61 X-Post From Pics. Tallest Building In The World

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#62 Mustang Wanted Hangs From A Moscow Skyscraper

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#63 Russian Daredevil Kirill Oreshkin

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#64 Alain Robert Climbing Burj Khalifa (Tallest Building In The World)

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#65 No

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#66 A Filming Jib

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#67 Returning From The Top Of Machu Picchu

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#68 Welcome To How Did We Get Here?

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#69 Don't Slip

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#70 I Forgot My Skis

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#71 Why? Why Would Anyone Do This?

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#72 A Picture Of Me And My Best Friend Jumping From The Tigne Point Bridge In Malta

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#73 Jumping Off A Cliff In Crater Lake Np

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#74 I Know They Have Nine Lives But This Is Stretching It

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#75 Just Before The Leap. It Was Creepy How Completely Silent It Was

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#76 Started Free Climbing 2 Years Ago Now! Photo From My Most Recent Tower Crane Climb. So Peaceful Watching The City Sleep

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#77 247 Foot Free Fall In A Massive Underground Waterfall!

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#78 Tommy Caldwell Climbing Interlaken In The Clouds

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#79 A Brave New York City Ironworker, 1980

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#80 Bathroom With Glass Floor Over Abandoned Elevator Shaft. Why????

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#81 Really Tough To Look Down... (Tranda Dhank, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India - Once Connected To Rampur Bushair, The Main Entry Point To Tibet)

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#82 Snapped A Pic Of My Kid Doing His First Climb At The Toren Here In Groningen

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#83 Seattle From An Airplane. (Me, January 2022)

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#84 Rappelling In Arches National Park

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#85 Cliff-Hanging Is A Regular Activity Around Here - Oc

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#86 Me Slacklining Across The Birthday Gap In Arches National Park, Utah

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#87 A Man Walks On A Slackline During The 7th Edition Of The European “Marmotte Highline Project” (Mhp) Festival In Lans-En-Vercors, Near Grenoble, Eastern France

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#88 93ft Double Gainer Off Havasu Falls, Az

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#89 Standing On The Summit Of The Pixie Stick In Canyonlands National Park, Utah

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#90 It May Not Be Much But It's My Day Job Cleaning Windows (40 Foot Ladder Fully Extended)

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#91 1488 Ft Drop...angel's Landing And A Daring Friend

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#92 Russian Climbs A Tower Crane Near Russky Island

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#93 Oscar Lozada Over The Dubai Coastline

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#94 Ouray, Co Via Ferrata Sky Ladder

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#95 Cape Town's Best "Hang Out" Spot

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#96 "The Big Hang" On Poda Island, Krabi, Thailand

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#97 Maybe Not Be Much, But Gave Me A Bit Of A Kick

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#98 750 Feet Up The Four Seasons In Miami

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#99 Felix Baumgartner Preparing To Base Jump Off Christ The Redeemer In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

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#100 I Took This While At The Cliffs Of Moher

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#101 Times Square

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#102 Planking A Radio Tower

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#103 Very High Five

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#104 This Hurts To Look At

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#105 Norway I'd Do This Again

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#106 1400 Ft Above New York City

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#107 I Leaned Over The Roof Of A Skyscraper To Capture This Reflection Of NYC At Night

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#108 1,466 Ft From The Nevada Desert Ground On The Tallest Structure In The State

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#109 Worth It?

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#110 I Think I'll Just Slide Out Onto The Shoulders...

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#111 I'd Love To See Central Park One Day, Just From Ground Level Instead...

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#112 Absolutely Not!

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#113 Salina Turda Salt Mine In Romania

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#114 Empire State Building Elevator Shaft Exhibit

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#115 Climbing At Night Is Peaceful, But The Abyss Is Always Waiting

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#116 This Made Me Extremely Nervous

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#117 On The Edge 1400 Feet Above Central Park

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#118 It's Not Thaaat High

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#119 Guoliang Tunnel Road - Never Gonna!...

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#120 Is This To High For You?

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#121 Open Elevator Shaft, Only A Metal Grate Holding Him From Falling 32 Floors Down

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#122 These Stairs Are Bonkers. Island Of St. Helena

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#123 Big Rap Off The Truck This Morning

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#124 Had Some Down Time At Work Today So I Decided To Take A Few Pictures

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#125 The Grand Canyon From My Airplane View

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#126 Working On Cellphone Towers, At About 300 Ft

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#127 Doing Some Low-Voltage Install Work At A New Hotel

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#128 I Looked Over The Edge Of A Building In NYC And Saw This Crazy Reflection

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#129 Big Ben

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#130 Split, Croatia. This Is Me. I Was Chilling On The Marine And Saw Some Kids Jumping From Here. Automatically I Approach Them, They Were 13 Years Old. Still, With No Knowledge Of English, We Understood Each Other And I Followed Them. Seemed Too High For Me But Sh*t, They Were 13, I Couldn't Step Down

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