Amazing staircases

[redtreviso]

Loretto Chapel Staircase.. Santa Fe New Mexico

http://www.lorettochapel.com/staircase.html

 

[RedheadDane]

Haha! Awesome!
Knowing myself it probably wouldn't be long before I'd attempt climbing up the slide.

 

[Microchip]

I want one!!

 

[krebs303]

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

This guy goes down some staircases: http://deadspin.com/#!5774681/strap-in-for-helmetcam-video-of-this-terrifying-downhill-bike-course

why is this not an official downhill course

 

[krebs303]

why is this not an official downhill course

It is! It's on the UCI Downhill Calendar.

and here's the thread

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=12658

 

[42x16ss]

why is this not an official downhill course

It is!!!! It has been UCI mandated since 2010

 

[krebs303]

 

[palmerq]

stairs are fascinating because in good old blighty the steps cannot have more than 2mm difference, so amazing staircases are more amazing than they look I think :S...

 

[krebs303]

 

[RedheadDane]

Are the staircase in the foreground and the bridge in the background somehow connected?

 

[krebs303]

I'm sure the stairs are part of the footpath.
Here's what I could find in Google image search. It's on Ulleunggo Volcano 75 miles off the coast of South Korea. I haven't located another pic of the staircase as I'm having difficulty pinpointing where exactly it is. Google Earth shows the lighthouse in the middle of town

Here is the person who took the photo.
The Spiral Staircase
Photographer’s Note

A very unusual part of the walkway, leading from the lighthouse, to Jeodong town, along the cliffs of this rocky volcanic shore, where the terrain plunges straight down into the sea. From memory, I think the stairs are 57 metres.

Ulleunggo Volcano is about 75 miles off the east coast of South Korea, & last erupted over 9,350 years ago, with a force equivalent to Pinatubo, in the Philippines, in 1991.

It's a very interesting place I'm glad I checked it out
Exploring Ulleungdo Island: A volcanic island formed by wind & fire - Recommended Hiking

 

[krebs303]

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

 

[krebs303]

 

[mewmewmew13]

I don't know if this has been posted here before....

...love this marble stairway in Supreme Court DC



btw I had to do some leaning to get this shot

 

[RedheadDane]

Kinda late but I'd so try'n climb up that slide!

 

[krebs303]

 

[krebs303]

 

[The Tibetan Hat]

Almost inevitably it's Dutch.

 

[krebs303]

 

[krebs303]

 

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