Fear of heights? Visit the new Sears tower balconies
If you want to confront your fear of heights, consider visiting one of the new Sears Tower Balconies, which allow you to step out onto a Plexiglas floor and look straight down. Here's the full AP story. I know that this will not be for everyone. I once told a buddy about seeing how close I could stand to the edge of a cliff at the Grand Canyon until he tersely asked me to stop talking about it because he was getting nauseated. Actually, a few years ago, my wife and I visited the CN Tower in Toronto, and had the opportunity to stand on Plexiglas balcony to look straight down. Here's a photo I took: