and my head says no oh god that's just  a weird such a weird horrible feeling
and my head says no oh god that's just  a weird such a weird horrible feeling

a couple of weeks ago we made a video about the  various victorian attempts to bridge and tunnel  
a couple of weeks ago we made a video about the  various victorian attempts to bridge and tunnel  

the english channel now we clambered around the  cliff edges for the entire day and i was starkly  
the english channel now we clambered around the  cliff edges for the entire day and i was starkly  

reminded of my fear of heights or perhaps vertigo  now in researching this i came across the langdon  
reminded of my fear of heights or perhaps vertigo  now in researching this i came across the langdon  

stairs a rather ropey looking zigzag path  sat around 18 meters above the beach below
stairs a rather ropey looking zigzag path  sat around 18 meters above the beach below

so what better way to attempt to cure this  vertigo than to scale the langdon stairs  
so what better way to attempt to cure this  vertigo than to scale the langdon stairs  

a quick look on the os maps and you can see the  route down flip over to google maps and looking  
a quick look on the os maps and you can see the  route down flip over to google maps and looking  

from this view it really gives you a sense of  scale but perhaps this picture really shows  
from this view it really gives you a sense of  scale but perhaps this picture really shows  

you the sheer slope involved now there isn't a  great deal of history to be found on the interweb  
you the sheer slope involved now there isn't a  great deal of history to be found on the interweb  

save a few references to people falling to their  early untimely death but in modern history 1821  
save a few references to people falling to their  early untimely death but in modern history 1821  

seems to be the earliest newspaper  reference i can find a man broke his leg
seems to be the earliest newspaper  reference i can find a man broke his leg

okay wish me luck good luck thank you back  in 2016 i think it was rebecca and i went to  
okay wish me luck good luck thank you back  in 2016 i think it was rebecca and i went to  

wales and we went to Anglesey uh amongst  other places now when we were at i  
wales and we went to Anglesey uh amongst  other places now when we were at i  

went to i think it was a lighthouse and i started  to walk down the cliff edge there on the pathway  
went to i think it was a lighthouse and i started  to walk down the cliff edge there on the pathway  

and all of a sudden my whole body went to  jelly really weird feeling i can't describe  
and all of a sudden my whole body went to  jelly really weird feeling i can't describe  

apparently it turned out that's what people refer  to as vertigo so i googled vertigo how do you get  
apparently it turned out that's what people refer  to as vertigo so i googled vertigo how do you get  

over vertigo now a lot of the solutions were all  about dizzy your inner ear having problems with  
over vertigo now a lot of the solutions were all  about dizzy your inner ear having problems with  

balance dust in your inner ear that sort of thing  i thought that i'm not dizzy as such i'm just like  
balance dust in your inner ear that sort of thing  i thought that i'm not dizzy as such i'm just like  

my whole body's going really really weird so yes  it's vertigo but perhaps not in a different sense  
my whole body's going really really weird so yes  it's vertigo but perhaps not in a different sense  

it just means that when i get near a cliff edge  everything goes a bit weird my whole body goes  
it just means that when i get near a cliff edge  everything goes a bit weird my whole body goes  

kind of like jelly so i thought how do we overcome  that and as i say i googled that solution which  
kind of like jelly so i thought how do we overcome  that and as i say i googled that solution which  

was apparently to just uh look at something very  close to you maybe sort of two meters away so the  
was apparently to just uh look at something very  close to you maybe sort of two meters away so the  

vertigo the um i experience in that circumstance  is when your your eyes don't necessarily match  
vertigo the um i experience in that circumstance  is when your your eyes don't necessarily match  

with uh the the close proximity surrounding so if  you look at something sort of far away and down  
with uh the the close proximity surrounding so if  you look at something sort of far away and down  

it can give you that mixed feeling of vertigo so  i thought what better way to try and tackle that  
it can give you that mixed feeling of vertigo so  i thought what better way to try and tackle that  

and come down the laying down steps so  these are the laying down steps and uh  
and come down the laying down steps so  these are the laying down steps and uh  

the bottom part of which collapsed just a few  years ago so in order to navigate it you need to  
the bottom part of which collapsed just a few  years ago so in order to navigate it you need to  

uh go into a tunnel that was built thereafter  now already i'm looking down in front of me and  
uh go into a tunnel that was built thereafter  now already i'm looking down in front of me and  

heart rate's getting a little bit high
heart rate's getting a little bit high

so first question to you is would you  go down laying down steps at the moment  
so first question to you is would you  go down laying down steps at the moment  

i think i'm okay because i'm talking to  you so i'm concentrating at the camera  
i think i'm okay because i'm talking to  you so i'm concentrating at the camera  

but if i look to my left i wonder how comfortable  i would feel so let's concentrate on the geology  
but if i look to my left i wonder how comfortable  i would feel so let's concentrate on the geology  

look at this uh layer of flint straight line  layer of flute in the uh in the cliff edge there  
look at this uh layer of flint straight line  layer of flute in the uh in the cliff edge there  

and i can see ahead of me all these  wonderful straight line layers of flint  
and i can see ahead of me all these  wonderful straight line layers of flint  

that's that stuff i don't know how far  i'm gonna get people this might be a video
that's that stuff i don't know how far  i'm gonna get people this might be a video

okay what's really tricky about this is i keep on  having to stop now because every so often my head  
okay what's really tricky about this is i keep on  having to stop now because every so often my head  

says what if you get vertigo and you have to go  back up and you can't because you're just stuck  
says what if you get vertigo and you have to go  back up and you can't because you're just stuck  

which is not helpful but nevertheless give  me enough fear to question myself and how  
which is not helpful but nevertheless give  me enough fear to question myself and how  

how far i should be going down here
how far i should be going down here

bobby fence doesn't help either um okay  
bobby fence doesn't help either um okay  

there's another one two three four five  six zig zags to go and my head says no
there's another one two three four five  six zig zags to go and my head says no

i couldn't do it i had a mini panic attack not  afraid to uh or ashamed to say that it's just a  
i couldn't do it i had a mini panic attack not  afraid to uh or ashamed to say that it's just a  

thing isn't it how would you get over that kind of  vertigo it's not dizzy it's just a feeling of um  
thing isn't it how would you get over that kind of  vertigo it's not dizzy it's just a feeling of um  

sort of panic and wobbliness impending dude  impending doom and yeah just sheer wobbliness so  
sort of panic and wobbliness impending dude  impending doom and yeah just sheer wobbliness so  

how do you get over that have you been down laying  down steps would be amazing to hear your stories
how do you get over that have you been down laying  down steps would be amazing to hear your stories

my feeling is that i could do it if i knew  what the the the sea time tide times were i've  
my feeling is that i could do it if i knew  what the the the sea time tide times were i've  

researched that and i knew there was a way out  down the bottom i think i would probably be right  
researched that and i knew there was a way out  down the bottom i think i would probably be right  

because i think going down's fine but all of a  sudden when i started thinking about going back up  
because i think going down's fine but all of a  sudden when i started thinking about going back up  

that's when it could have hit the most maybe a  bit hypnosis what do i can rebecca give it a go  
that's when it could have hit the most maybe a  bit hypnosis what do i can rebecca give it a go  

people swear by that yeah they do so you know  it's psychological not physical yeah almost  
people swear by that yeah they do so you know  it's psychological not physical yeah almost  

certainly definitely um yeah view right so with  this turns into a little video or not i don't know  
certainly definitely um yeah view right so with  this turns into a little video or not i don't know  

uh but from the laying down steps near dover  love to hear your stories the laying down steps  
uh but from the laying down steps near dover  love to hear your stories the laying down steps  

do you have the kind of vertigo that i have uh  have you been down there have you been up them  
do you have the kind of vertigo that i have uh  have you been down there have you been up them  

uh tell us your stories was you're fully  expecting to find a tunnel down the bottom  
uh tell us your stories was you're fully  expecting to find a tunnel down the bottom  

because there is one because even that sign  down there says so right see you next time
because there is one because even that sign  down there says so right see you next time

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