I am absolutely and completely terrified of heights, and my job right now is preparing for an event and I needed to put up tonnes of decorations at least 12 feet in the air and up, so it has been a challenge and has totally freaked me out, but I am not as scared any more.
I used to have a teacher and she 4'9" while her husband was 6'5". It was really interesting to watch her walk down the high school hallways. She was so short that even when she wore heals she was way shorter than the vast majority of the students. This looks like a great read!