Going up, one step at a time (~twenty-five steps a floor, twenty six floors)

[afuna]

I'm at the office, but there's nothing left to do today. (We've been told we can go in three hours early, take a two hour lunch, and leave early as well if we want. We just have to be here around 2pm :P). Was bored out of my mind, so after lunch I decided to try to climb up the twenty-six floors to my office. (I run down the stairs every evening, because it's faster and easier than waiting for the elevator, but I'm working with gravity then.)

What I found out:
* It takes four minutes and ten floors to go from "Hell yeah, I can do this" to "oh shit no wtf make it stop."
* The halfway point is not really the halfway point because there is no thirteenth floor
* It takes nine minutes to go from the ground floor to the twenty-seventh floor, including pauses to pant for breath
* The whole trip takes ten minutes total, including the minute taken to duck into the bathroom and freshen up so that I don't look like I just walked up twenty-odd flights of stairs
* The enemy's gate is down Down is definitely more fun than up
* I need to stop getting bright ideas :P

Comments

[tango.livejournal.com]

If the gate is down, what are your team's colors? :)

[afuna]

Grey, orange, grey, of course. ;)

[homeworldfan829.livejournal.com]

wow! that sounds like fun!

[afuna]

Hahaha! Of course people say it's fun when I'm at my most masochistic.

[kateshort.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahhahah. Ender is Love.

Good for you for trying it, though. :)

[afuna]

I loved that book and reread it many many times as a kid ;)

[stickykeys633.livejournal.com]

Hee! How delightfully random, love it!

[afuna]

*giggles* I love that it's my most masochistic moments that get the best response ;)

[iruka11.livejournal.com]

wow.. buti may stairs.. O_o sa amin di ko alam saan stairs... sayang 6 floors lang naman

[afuna]

Hee! You can ask I guess. I'm not sure all buildings encourage the use of stairs. Ours tries to, but I know a lot of other buildings lock up the stairs for some reason.

[iruka11.livejournal.com]

malabong makita ko ung stairs... 31 floors ata ung building e... haha

buti pa sa office ng papa ko encouraged ung pag gamit ng stairs... as in carpeted pa ung kanilang staircase