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Some numbers: a 1 megawatt generator burns 70 gallons / hour. If someone can carry 10 gallons (60 lbs), they need to make 7 trips / hour up 17 stories. I think
by tlb 14y ago
Some numbers: a 1 megawatt generator burns 70 gallons / hour. If someone can carry 10 gallons (60 lbs), they need to make 7 trips / hour up 17 stories. I think one soldier could manage it.
- FireBeyond 14y agoHighly optimistic. Some numbers: Columbia Tower in Seattle, Firefighter Stairclimb event (I think you could agree a firefighter is probably on par with a soldier for fitness) - 63 stories carrying 50ish pounds of gear, average finish time, 48 minutes. 7 trips an hour up and down 17 stories = 119 stories. Oh, and the firefighters are exhausted, drenched in sweat, require cooling down and up to an hour in rehab for each climb, with legs near collapse, burning like fire... If I had to do this, I'd be going with the bucket brigade, every time (spoken as someone who has completed that stairclimb event).