Please Recommend Good Places to Climb Stairs

My house in Port Glasgow, you have to climb 355 stairs from the town centre
to my house and as a reward you get a cup of tea, Dan..

Miguel Cruz wrote:

> - Likewise any of the out-of-service escalators in the DC Metro system (of
> which there are legion). It's hard to run the working escalators because DC
> residents are among the world's most sedentary and lazy people and all stand
> (to the right AND left!). But for those of us who prefer to run, the stopped
> ones are like a private Olympic track - some of them are very long,
> apparently among the longest continuous escalators in the world.
>
I was on one of those really long DC escalators with a friend who is
squeamish about heights. She was beginning to get really panicky before
we got to the bottom. I don't know if it was the power of suggestion,
but it began to get to me, too.

Barbara

isoportablelifem (what to do) wrote in
news:ea02bf6f.0307090759.37d8ccab@c om:
> I like fifth floor walkups in NYC but I would like to hear about safe
> places to climb beaucoup stairs - not building stairwells unless they
> are monitored or open-air. I'll start:

Diamond Head in Honolulu
Half Dome in Yosemite (the upper part is sort of stairs)

I climbed the Statue of Liberty, all the way to the torch. That was
more than 40 years ago; I don't know whether you can still do it (but
I know *I* can't!).

The campanile in Florence -- they have a sign warning you not to do it
if you have heart trouble. I do, but went anyway, and was rewarded
with a magnificent view of the dome of the cathedral, and of the
city.....

I've also done the Vatican, Cologne Cathedral, Washington Monument ...

I think you can do the Eiffel Tower by stairs, but I've always taken
the elevator....

In article <ea02bf6f.0307090759.37d8ccab@com >,
isoportablelifem (what to do) wrote:

> I like fifth floor walkups in NYC but I would like to hear about safe
> places to climb beaucoup stairs - not building stairwells unless they
> are monitored or open-air.

The pyramids of the Moon and the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

From the train station to Machu Pichu, Peru. Probably not even the
locals do that (beware of height sickness).

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

Temples near Guilin, and many others in China.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge walk ?

Barbara Vaughan wrote:

> Miguel Cruz wrote:
>
> > - Likewise any of the out-of-service escalators in the DC Metro system
(of
> > which there are legion). It's hard to run the working escalators because
DC
> > residents are among the world's most sedentary and lazy people and all
stand
> > (to the right AND left!). But for those of us who prefer to run, the
stopped
> > ones are like a private Olympic track - some of them are very long,
> > apparently among the longest continuous escalators in the world.
> >
> I was on one of those really long DC escalators with a friend who is
> squeamish about heights. She was beginning to get really panicky before
> we got to the bottom. I don't know if it was the power of suggestion,
> but it began to get to me, too.


The Q St. exit escalator at Dupont Circle always kinda gives me the heebie -
jeebies.....

--
Best
Greg

"Dan McLean" wrote
| My house in Port Glasgow, you have to climb 355 stairs from the town
centre
| to my house and as a reward you get a cup of tea, Dan..

Do we not get a wee Empire Biscuit as well?

Owain

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:16:58 GMT, in .europe, carole@caroleallen.com (Carole
Allen) arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... The first part of St. Peter's is elevator, then it's 300+ steps to the
... top - I climbed it in 1995
...
... Giotto's is 440+ steps - I climbed it in 1998
...
... My recollection is St. Paul's is 500 some steps...more than Giotto's,
... ..I climbed it in 1995
...
... I climbed a portion of the EiffelTower in 1995 (not all the way to the
... top) - don't remember if it wasn't allowed or if I just pooped out
... that time

As far as I remember you can climb the stairs up to the second floor. Taking the lift to
go down is free.

Luca Logi wrote:
>
> what to do <isoportablelifem> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I love stairs. I'm glad no one suggested the Great Wall
> > (China): visit once, you are a good Chinese; visit twice, you are a
> > stupid Chinese.
>
> I remember some stairs stretches on the great wall as not so safe, as
> the stairs were very steep, there was little protection and I could
> already figure myself rolling down if I placed a false step.
> Interestingly, mountain trails, no matter how steep and exposed, do not
> give me the same sense of danger.

The first time I was at the Great Wall, I noticed the same thing. Even
worse, the stairs were very crowded and people were pushing, and I was
afraid of being pushed over the edge. It was one of the few times in my
life I was really afraid.

As far as making multiple visits to the Great Wall, when I was an
official visitor, multiple times to the same agency, they took you
there, and it was hard to get out of it. I once suggested going to a
different part of the wall (anything but Badaling), but no luck.

Barbara

Icono Clast wrote:
> Brian K wrote:

> > "The Leaning Tower of Bologna" sounds more like a mishap in a deli.

> When we pulled into town, I parked next to it and did a double-take.

Mr. Clast, a double-post simply to add a signature is a wee bit naughty,
but I guess you enjoy breaking the rules.

:-)