On Our Way Up

About two months ago Rocket Jones relocated our corporate headquarters to this lovely little space in Old Town. It was built sometime around 1910 and has some great charm to it. One of the neat aspects of our new office is that it has a loft with a spiral staircase to it. Now, if you are like me, you are probably thinking to yourself, "I would totally want my office to be up in the loft!" Am I right? You know I am! Seriously, there is something about a loft that brings a sense of fulfillment to the kid in us all. So, when the time for office picking came, I made my wish known, and... hold your breath... I GOT THE LOFT! Woo hoo!

A few days after moving, I noticed that my legs were mildly sore for some reason. I decided to track how many times a day I was going up to my loft. On average...15 times a day! That's 12 stairs 15 times a day, or 180 stair steps. That's a lot of trips to the printer, bathroom, and meetings! Our new office is also on the second story of the building. I counted to discover that there are 24 stairs up into our main office. I go up these stairs about four times a day, so that's 96 stairs. Add that to the stairs I go up to get to my office and I get a whooping 276 stairs a day! Who needs a membership to the gym? I already get my stair-stepping workout.

So, I began to wonder how this stacked up to some of the famous places in the world with stairs. Now, time for the comparisons....

Statue of Liberty: 354 stairs to the crown.
Sears Tower: 2,109 stairs to the sky deck.
Eiffel Tower: 668 stairs.
Leaning Tower of Pisa: 294 stairs to the bell tower.

So, there you have it. I almost (and on some days probably do) climb enough stairs to make it up the Leaning Tower of Pisa and most of the way up the Statue of Liberty. I also climb the Eiffel Tower once every 2.5 days and the Sears Tower about once every 7.5 days. And, although I know that many of those places are wonderful, I'm always glad that I end up where I do after my 276 step trek--working with great people, doing something that I love.

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June 01st, 2007