[Sportsandrec] Addendum to "...and 70+ Flights of Stairs!"

[Everett Gavel]

Hello Listers,

I have to clarify a mistake I made.  I said that one of the 3 of us that
made it to the top on our 70+ flights of stairs trek was from Maryland.
Actually, Lindsey is from Rhode Island.  I might be spelling it wrong, but
phonically at least, it's Lindsey Yazalino.  Anyway, she rocks.  I'm pretty
sure her 20-year-old self ran all the way up.  She was definitely the first
one there.  Now, as I said, I'm pretty sure Sarah Chung from Chicago (who
also happens to be 20) could've given her a good race.  They both have
amazing energy, and I'm a little jealous, as I've squandered mine over the
years.  But Sarah was kind enough to wait for my huffing-and-puffing butt
that was going at a slow, steady pace, determined to not give up.  so
anyway, that's the correction.  Lindsey is from the mighty (mighty tiny,
anyway *smile*) state of Rhode Island.

Now, go climb something!


Onward and Upward!
Everett
www.DreamingInTandem.blogspot.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: (Everett Gavel)
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:20:04 -0400

One happy note:  a few of us made the climb up the 70+ flights of stairs in
the main hotel.  More on this, possibly, later.  But for the record, Lindsey
from Maryland, Sarah from Chicago, and my tired old butt made it to the top.
And surprise surprise, my heart didn't explode.  Though after about the 20th
floor I was stopping for a minute or so on every other level.  So it took me
about a half hour I think.  Sarah was nice enough to stay back with me
rather than leaving me in the dust as she could've easily done.  Now that I
think of it, she probably climbed more than 80 flights, because in the
beginning she was running up and coming back down to me, then up again, then
back down.  Sheesh.

All that matters (to me anyway) is that we made it.  Yeehah!  Why do it in
the first place, you may ask?  Because it was there, of course.  And if you
don't like that answer, well then, my secondary response is, "Why the hell
not?"  ;-)

Here's 2 quotes that share the 'why,' for me, honestly:


"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they
were the big things."
~ Robert Brault

"You never know when you're making a memory."
~ Ricky Lee Jones