Extreme spiral staircase - with age limits!

[ashling]

Spiral staircases are always something that can make people smile or look at in amazement. Even our own range of self fitting staircases look amazing and can be a great talking point in any modern home. But the one we will be looking at today is a real jaw dropper. (in fact it has been known to cause heart attacks!) So what is 300ft tall and needs you to sign a disclaimer just so you can climb it. This isn’t mountain climbing, its spiral climbing!

?w=584&h=536

It was built because the Chinese tourist officials in Linzhou, hope that this massive spiral stairs will give its visitors a truly amazing view and an experience of this incredible mountain range. It’s so tall in fact that it is said that when the wind blows it can bend and move by up to 3 foot in each direction, creaking, and with the birds flying past it can cause several people to feel very faint indeed. (Hence the age limit)

?w=584&h=390

?w=584

?w=584&h=364

?w=584&h=439

http://blog.ladders-online.com/2012/11/19/the-spiral-staircase-that-has-age-limits/

[Baitball Blogger]

1. My hubby and daughter climbed up Bunker Hill.

I was the smart one. I waited for them. They still remember the experience...and tremble.

[valerief]

2. Wow, if you get sick at the top of that thing, you're, ahem, "screwed."

[LeftishBrit]

3. Whoo

I'd wait at the bottom for the others to climb up and back, even though it may be a long wait. I've never been well co-ordinated, and wouldn't want to risk a mis-step on that thing!

[ashling]

4. It looks like it is one way

There appears to be a platform at the top leading to the path along the mountain side. Of course I guess you could always jump.

[HopeHoops]

5. It's not a spiral, but the one you posted reminded me of the stairs at the Horseshoe Curve.

The stairs are the zig-zag next to the straight line heading up to the landing with the old engine next to the tracks. The straight line is the funicular and that would be my only route up now. It's really neat to see a train winding around each corner looking out into the horseshoe. The lower end is on the left from that view (top of the picture). Generally they'll have four or more engines in front and two or more helper engines in back. Talk about a view.

[ashling]

6. Why does everyone keep saying that?

I don't mean that it is a spiral staircase, I mean that it is a "spiral staircase."