Los Angeles — Pamela Hirneisen, 37, catches her breath as she begins to rappel from the 32nd floor of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. She admits to being afraid of heights and nearly chickened out because "having the faith to lean backward was really, really hard to overcome." She and other participants in the second annual Over the Edge event were raising money for L.A.-area Scouting programs.
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Los Angeles — Friends and family members yell words of encouragement to participants rappelling down the side of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
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Los Angeles — On a crystal clear morning, Annie Goto, 40, rappels down the Westin Bonaventure. She later said about the moment she leaned back, 32 floors above the street, "I'm now officially scared!"
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Los Angeles — A Boy Scout leader watches a tiny speck of a person rappel down the glass face of the left tower of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. For the thrilling chance to learn and perform the stunt, each of about 100 participants raised at least $1,500 in support of Scouting programs.
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Los Angeles — A lone figure rappels down one of the glass towers of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, part of the second annual Over the Edge fundraiser for Scouting programs.
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Los Angeles — Thirty-two floors above Figueroa Street, Pamela Hirneisen wears paper booties over her shoes to avoid scuffing the hotel windows on her way down.
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Los Angeles — Pamela Hirneisen smiles as she inches her way down from the 32d floor of the Westin Bonaventure. She said she did it to help raise money for the Boy Scouts and "to face my fears [of heights]. I'm not afraid anymore!"
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Los Angeles — An Over the Edge participant gets a good look at the neighboring US Bank Tower.
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