Riddle Time folks! What is classified as one of the 7 Wonders of the (Modern) World, weighs 130,000 tons, stands 1,815 ft tall, cost $63 million to build over 40 months by 1,500 workers (24/5) and receives 1.5 million international visitors annually?
Want more?? It gets hit by lightning 75x each year, has a hollow center that was used for the world’s tallest successful egg drop (yes, weird and wonderful) and has been the landmark for raising millions of dollars for in support of wildlife and natural habitats for the past 23 years.
Ok, I’ll shut up. You know it’s the CN Tower.
On April 27th, I climbed that bad ass beast for the first time - and perhaps not the last as part of the WWF Camada Life CN Tower Climb.
Along with a few equally insane friends, we bust out our moves of glory and hit the stairs just past 7am ready to reach the top! It takes the elevator 58 seconds, travelling 20km/h, to reach the glass floor level (our goal). It took us 22:46 to climb almost 2,000 stairs. I’d classify that pretty awesome.
Take that Lanny Potts, Jim Walker and George Schupp.
