PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

[jimmie 48]

big ben it is then, sal! you best not see any mountain lions up there! [[[yikes]]]
i want a pic of you sitting on the minute hand! lol

thanks for the thanks and thanks to sadiejen for the link. it had the idea, sadie had the link we all had ways to make it work.

i'm doing well. i just go up and down the stairs till i am winded. i would have a terrible time on a stair climber machine! hey, its' sorta like getting up in the clouds...you know...you can't breath! lol

[sallyseachange]

Nice being up in the clouds though, isn't it Jimmie? Means you've made lots of progress... bet there's a cool view from up there!

Big Ben's hands are apparently huge! Easily big enough to take me on a whirl! As for pics... who'll volunteer to be photographer???

So for, am less than quarter of the way up... but... slowly, slowly...

[sallyseachange]

well... maybe not such a cool view if you're in the middle of a cloud!

[jimmie 48]

sal, i have been at some observatories where we were actually up so high we were in the clouds. how awesome! picture taking was almost useless. it looked like fog. when we could see through the holes it certainly was a breathtaking site.

who indeed will take the pic? lol

i did pretty good last week. got over the goal i had setby 9 flights. i should be able to get slieve donard done in 3 weeks if i can continue the pace i am doing.

[sallyseachange]

Boy! You're really steaming up that mountain! Go girl, go!

As for being up in the clouds...sounds like the time I went up the Eiffel Tower with the top shrouded in a thick fog! Why did I bother!!??

Got another eight flights in today so am moving in the right direction towards that minute hand.

[sallyseachange]

Just popping in to say that I've been slowed down by circumstances these last couple of days. Still hope to make it to target (that minute hand) by Sunday though.

[jimmie 48]

good job, sal!
what will be next for you? are you making plans to climb everything?

i am really thinking the if a member climbs all the buildings and/or the mountains, there needs to be an award. i'll have to get busy on that.
any suggestions on what an award should look like?

[staziaw]

I've done one flight each of the past 5 days. Taking it slow since I have cranky knees! So, for my first goal of the Millenium Dome, I'm 5/21.

Stacy

[jimmie 48]

stacy! good to have you trying this challenge out! my knees where so bad before i lost my weight. i would have never been able to do this back then. i am thinking maybe you will have the same type of improvement as you continue to lose.

[jimmie 48]

i thought it would be cool to post a pic of what we are climbing. i posted Slieve Donard in one earlier post.

sal is treking upwards to the minute hand on Big Ben:


stacy is climbing to the top of the Millenium Dome:



sadiejen is going way up there and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro:



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