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March 4th, 2012 at 3:59:19 PM permalink
73 Shackleford, Michael M4049 12:41

Total Racers 352 Top 20% Well Done !!!
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March 4th, 2012 at 4:09:34 PM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear


I'm kinda surprised that the stairwell is that narrow.



I had the same reaction, must have been
intimate when you passed somebody.
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March 4th, 2012 at 4:12:57 PM permalink
If anyone is interested, I found a running / racing
site with Saturday's results:

http://www.hallucinationsports.com/event/show/27790195#/results::1330906178640

So indeed the WIZ was under 2x the leader's time on Saturday.
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March 4th, 2012 at 5:12:50 PM permalink
Quote: buzzpaff

73 Shackleford, Michael M4049 12:41

Total Racers 352 Top 20% Well Done !!!


C'mon! Where's your math nerdiness? He came justthisclose to the top 20% but missed.
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March 4th, 2012 at 5:18:21 PM permalink
Using the American Math, not the British version. No long scale billion used in USA.
And you know how we feel about the metric system. LOL
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March 4th, 2012 at 6:31:45 PM permalink
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C'mon! Where's your math nerdiness? He came justthisclose to the top 20% but missed.



But we weren't counting those particular 2.6 people
who came in ahead of him !
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March 4th, 2012 at 8:51:29 PM permalink
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C'mon! Where's your math nerdiness? He came justthisclose to the top 20% but missed.



This at 1:20 in the am. What else can you expect from people who prefer their beer warm ?
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March 4th, 2012 at 8:55:42 PM permalink
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Total Racers 352 Top 20% Well Done !!!



I want the time and a pic of the guy that came
in last. I want to hear his story..
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March 4th, 2012 at 10:08:48 PM permalink
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I want the time and a pic of the guy that came
in last. I want to hear his story..



I was surprised to pass by some pretty heavy people, about 250 pounds. They were just standing at the turns in the stairway, apparently in no hurry to keep going.

I wish I could see a full list of times but as far as I know they were only published for the top 50.

Somebody asked earlier about getting rescued half way up. I think the elevator has the ability to stop a various points along the way.
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March 5th, 2012 at 4:22:22 AM permalink
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Somebody asked earlier about getting rescued half way up. I think the elevator has the ability to stop a various points along the way.

That was me that asked. I assume it can stop at those points where you mentioned there was a rest platform.

What kind of reception was waiting at the top?

And how did you get down? Stairs? Elevator? Zip Line? If it's the latter, where's the picture of that?
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March 5th, 2012 at 8:18:06 AM permalink
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I was surprised to pass by some pretty heavy people, about 250 pounds. They were just standing at the turns in the stairway, apparently in no hurry to keep going.



Oh, it's a charity event. I assume their goal is climbing to the top in exchange for donations received, not doing well in the race.

Quote:

Somebody asked earlier about getting rescued half way up. I think the elevator has the ability to stop a various points along the way.



It seems likely. As I recall the elevators at the Strat tower do have buttons and indicators for various stops.
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March 5th, 2012 at 8:50:26 AM permalink
I wish I could see a full list of times but as far as I know they were only published for the top 50.

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March 5th, 2012 at 1:18:25 PM permalink
As Buzz wrote, the full times are posted at www.hallucinationsports.com.

Out of 352 climbers I came in 73rd. So, that would put me in the 21st percentile. Not bad for my first time. The slowest person in the top 50, which advance to Sunday, had a time of 11:50, 51 seconds faster than me.

Somebody was asking about the slowest time. That was 1:02:37.
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March 5th, 2012 at 1:23:17 PM permalink
Dream Team 2013:

Wiz + Buzzpaff + DJTeddy + Penny Redgrave
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March 5th, 2012 at 1:36:13 PM permalink
Have you seen me?

I'd be hoping to not bail out and to not come in last....
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March 5th, 2012 at 1:40:25 PM permalink
No worries.

With motivation provided by the Wiz and Hotblonde,
should be no problemo.
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March 5th, 2012 at 1:55:27 PM permalink
Oh, wait...

I just went on www.hallucinationsports.com. It seems the 4th member of your "dream team" was the second to last finisher.

Ironic.

When I said I merely didn't want to be last, I didn't realize....
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March 6th, 2012 at 8:53:15 AM permalink
I need to start training now, but I can almost guarantee I will finish no lower than 2nd in my age group. And I am willing to bet on it. LOL
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April 5th, 2012 at 12:40:38 PM permalink
Wow, who'd have thought ...

Cheating stair climber story

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April 5th, 2012 at 12:55:26 PM permalink
Quote: DorothyGale

Wow, who'd have thought ...

Cheating stair climber story

--Ms. D.



He took the elevator, he was in a hurry. He lost
his janitor job because of it, oh no..
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April 5th, 2012 at 1:39:40 PM permalink
As you may recall, prior to Mike's climb, I kept asking about access to the elevators, primarily in case a person wanted to bail out.

That was about the Stratosphere climb.

The news story involved climb for the same charity event, but in a typical office building in Los Angeles.
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