Climb ev'ry mountain

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Well, not every mountain, exactly, but I do like to climb things, mainly stairs. In lieu of any great adventure any time soon, here are some things I've climbed:

Most recently, today in fact, I climbed the 35 flights of the AT&T Building in downtown Minneapolis, and treated myself to a caramel-pecan roll. Rock on:


This past June, I climbed up the 387 steps of Notre Dame, the only way to see the chimeras:






 I also walked down the 300 steps of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona; you have to take an elevator up.
 I walked partially up Arthur's seat in Edinburgh, Scotland.







In 2006, I climbed the first two level of the Eiffel tower, over 600 steps...because I was cheap and didn't want to wait in the queue. It seemed like a great idea at the time.










Looking down during the climb to the top of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. I didn't want to pay the 4 Euros at the time to take an elevator. 

I didn't walk up, but here are my feet on the see-through observation platform of Willis Tower, Chicago.


 I don't just go up, I go down as well: one mile underground in Niagara Cave in Harmony, MN.



 Or 650 feet down in a salt mine/film vault in Hutchinson, Kansas. Yes, those are bicycles.



Skip the elevator, take the stairs.

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