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I worked in the Century City Twin Towers about twenty years ago. There was a firefighter who would come out to the building every month or so and climb the stai
by gcanyon 2y ago
I worked in the Century City Twin Towers about twenty years ago. There was a firefighter who would come out to the building every month or so and climb the stairs, basement to roof, with 100lbs of gear/hose on his back. Twice. That's something like 1400 feet of vertical.
He did it just for the exercise, and to be prepared in case he had to actually do it someday.
- jerlam 2y agoStairs are great exercise, and a bit too unsafe/unnatural to do in a gym. Requires a lot more coordination than walking. It's too bad that in most modern buildings, the stairs are only to be used in case of fire, and usually locked from the outside and alarmed.
- chubot 2y agoThat’s honestly awesome — someone who takes his job seriously. And I don’t doubt that he may need to call on that ability, and that achieving and maintaining this habit has all sorts of great side effects in his life, physically and mentally