Toronto Deepness
Sky Pod Level (447m), CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
Toronto's most famous landmark is the CN Tower, a 553 metre (1,815 ft) tall steel and concrete transmission tower, the tallest free-standing land structure in the world. Construction on the CN Tower started on February 6, 1973.
A metal staircase with 1,776 steps reaches the Sky Pod level (447m/1465ft/147 stories) and is the tallest metal staircase on earth. These stairs are intended for emergency use and are not open to the public, except for twice a year for charity stairclimb events: around Earth Day in the spring by the World Wildlife Fund; and in the fall by the United Way's Toronto chapter. The average climber takes approximately 30 minutes to climb to the base of the radome (the white ring around the bottom of the main pod), but the fastest climb on record is 7 minutes 52 seconds.
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Faded Photograph (76 months ago | reply)
The information provided is very much appreciated, Claude@Munich.
mikromega_lual (75 months ago | reply)
wow, what a perspective. must be a curios feeling.
Lumatic (74 months ago | reply)
Hoofentlich haben sich die Ingenieure bei der Berechnung der Glasscheibe nicht verrechnet...
Das habe ich mich 1977 gefragt, als ich als 16 jähriger (Austausch)schüler an gleicher Stelle Stand...
simarjack82 added this photo to their favorites. (74 months ago)
Indy Camargo (73 months ago | reply)
Wow, that must be a strange feeling... standing where you were...
day-by-day added this photo to his favorites. (73 months ago)
Joits (73 months ago | reply)
i can't wait to do that when i get to toronto in a month!
hyd@address (73 months ago | reply)
cool
creviazuk (73 months ago | reply)
Cool shot, I took a similar one a few years ago....did you jump on the glass?!?
freeariello (72 months ago | reply)
Brrr... :-)
*Albi* added this photo to her favorites. (71 months ago)
Lushbunny (71 months ago | reply)
Ok that is making me dizzy...
loonatic (70 months ago | reply)
This shot would fit right in our On The Glass Floor group, please post it there :)
Claude@Munich (70 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the invitation :-)
cdw9 (70 months ago | reply)
wow, that makes me want to hold on to my desk and not let go!
rldock (68 months ago | reply)
So...what was your time? :)
Nice shot.
Jamuudsen (64 months ago | reply)
They should really do some landscaping down on the base ... all that concrete and brown grass is so bleak.
Pervez 183A (57 months ago | reply)
arrrhaggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!! I hate heights...and I am a pilot.??...somehow being in a cockpit at 40,000 feet does nothing to me...but here I would freak out !
KoRaYeM (57 months ago | reply)
Nice!
Kinda reminds me of my photo:
;)
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