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Talking of vertigo, has anyone else on here developed it as they have got older? I used to do loads of rock climbing/abseiling when I was younger but really struggle with heights now. I almost completely freaked out when I had to clean the gutters on my house last year!
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Not exactly but I had a long gap (10 years+) between climbing as a youngster and climbing as an adult and I definitely had lost most of my exposure tolerance when I got back to it.
Edit: I reckon it's pretty normal to be nervous of heights...it's people who aren't who are weird!
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Do you mean fear of heights or vertigo? They're different although one can trigger the other
I get vertigo (very rarely) but it's totally unrelated to heights
Stonehedge
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Got back to he UK on Friday night after spending about 70 days sleeping at 2000m and going uo to between 3000m and 4000m nearly every day.
Yesterday afternoon I came down with the worst vertigo I've ever had. The whole world spinning and really strong nausea. Bit of pressure in the ears.
It's a bit better today but still pretty unpleasant.
I wonder if I'm experiencing a bout of the fabled reverse altitude sickness? It's uncommon but I'm struggling to think of another explanation.