A mysteriously beautiful woman is poised on the edge of a sheer drop, a look of terror in her eyes.

But it’s not a scene from Hitchcock: the woman is a Travel Writer from Perthville, desperately trying to overcome her extreme fear of heights so that she can complete a special assignment.

Despite her acrophobia, this Travel Writer was sent by an unyielding boss to cover a story about abseiling.

An honest lady, she told The Perthville Times that she had not yet opened her eyes long enough to photograph the abseilers: “I’m pretty intent on not looking down,” she confessed.