OT - Chicago - out on THE LEDGE!!

mad max beyond eggdome

chicago is one of my favorite cities in the country. ..tons to do, great eats, etc. ...i could stay here for weeks on end with no sweat. ...

mad max beyond eggdome

yep, that or depends!!!

mad max beyond eggdome

i would love to do the one at the grand canyon.. ..i'm a big chicken about a lot of things. .. just try and get me on a roller coaster for instance, no way .... but this was so cool. ...i'd love to go do it again tomorrow. ...

mad max beyond eggdome

LOL ...i'm a chicken about most things john, but this one was pretty cool. ..surprised myself. . ..

mad max beyond eggdome

they say it will hold 5,000 pounds. ..so i trust em. ..but taking the first step out there was definitely a leap of faith. .. .like walking off a cliff. ...

mad max beyond eggdome

it was cool, but no high knee jigs for me. .. .other did though....baby steps for this wimp buddy!!

mad max beyond eggdome

hey, i was pretty surprised how well i was able to handle it. . .especially after waiting 2 hours to get up there. ..i figured after all that anticipation i might have a panic attack, but i didn't!! ...yay for me. ..

mad max beyond eggdome

yep, 60 seconds to go 1353 feet .. .you do the math. ... pretty funny, when we went down, i said "free fall" and some lady next to freaked out totally. ..i laughed and said, "don't worry, these things have good breaks. .. .actually i think its the john hancock buiding elevator that actually drops in a controlled free fall and then breaks at the bottom. ..but it is one fast ride thats for sure. .. .

mad max beyond eggdome

yep, they just opened up in the past couple of months. .. .sure raises the bar with the other skyscrapers around town. ..

mad max beyond eggdome

like i said to others, it definitely gave me the willys. ...but i was bound and determined to get out there, and once i was, i was ok. ..its kinda funny, but ever since i was a little kid i've suffered from reverse acrophobia ...i'm more afraid of looking up than looking down, so once up high in a building like that, i'm usually ok looking out and around. ...its actually hard for me to stand down on the street and look up at the top ...those pics from the street were actually hard for me to take!!

AnnaG

I am pretty ok with heights, but you just scared the crap out of me...

I am glad that you and your family enjoyed it...

Jeffersonian

That'd be for us codgers :P

Beli

Max......not even in my wildest dreams would I dare go up there...... :P

Little Steven

Max,

Very cool. There is a glass floor on the observation level of the CN tower too. My daughter runs right out on it...i go real slow :(

Steve