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January 18, 2008
Stairway to Heaven 
My cow-orkers called the route, the Stairway to Heaven. They weren't just a kidding. It didn't end up being a long walk, clocking in under 3 miles, but it was one of the hardest walks I've done recently (and an example of all the conditioning I've lost).
We moseyed through downtown and the PSU campus to 12th & College, climbing the first hill over the freeway. There at 12th & College is a public staircase, one of many in Portland. A couple of guys in much better shape than us mentioned that it had 179 steps. Luckily for us, there were landings perhaps every 50 steps or so.
The staircase was so step that I couldn't look down towards the city from the landings -- and I'm not usually scared of heights.
It was a great walk. Once we were up the stairs, we were on Cardinell, and we walked back down the hill and back into the city. Just like that.
Posted at January 18, 2008
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