New Olympic Event - 2000 Stair Climb
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Everyone has gone through the pains of walking up a flight of stairs and at one point thinking, this is an excruciating workout! I've had this idea for years that there has to be an Olympic event for climbing 2000 stairs. Only recently I have I done any research to find there's quite the underground stair racing going on at some of the largest buildings in the world. There's even a site that records the quickest climbs of each building http://www.stairclimbingsport.com and shares my enthusiasm for this being an Olympic sport. The Sears tower is 2,109 steps which is crazy to see people complete that in under 15 minutes. When looking at the actual distance traveled vertically, it's an average of 7 inches high for each stair times 2109 steps, then divide by 12 to get 1230.25 feet. With 5280 feet in a mile, that comes up to about traveling a quarter mile straight up. Considering synchronized swimming and trampoline are Olympic sports, I think this idea has a sure shot to be a legitimate event. If you need more endorsement of it, just ask Rocky.
Labels: event, olympic, sport, stair climb
posted by Anthony @ 1:58 PM,
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