I have been without a trainer for the past week while he is currently away on his honeymoon and am somewhat feeling lost about my development. But I have achieved yet another milestone yesterday and I think even he will be proud: I cycled for 13km and surpassed my next target (The Great Pyramids) on the stairs master and went straight to "climb" the Space Needle instead - all 915 steps. And the best thing was - I did not take as long as I had expected. Alhamdulillah!
So, a bit of history lesson about this iconic structure:
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington. It is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and the symbol of Seattle. Located in Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators — 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 184m high and 42m wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 320km/h and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake) and has 25 lightning rods on the roof to prevent lightning damage.
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 160m, the SkyCity restaurant at 152m and a gift shop. From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position, even appearing sometimes to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers. This occurs because the Space Needle sits roughly four-fifths of a mile (1.3 km) northwest of these skyscrapers, and photographers must capture the city with the Space Needle in the foreground in order to include both it and the rest of the tall buildings. At 60 stories. it is not remarkably tall, and it is not as close to the cluster of downtown skyscrapers as one might think judging only from the typical angle from which the skyline photographs are taken. Visitors can reach the top via elevators that travel at 16 km/h. This trip takes 43 seconds and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators will be slowed down to ascend at a speed of 5 mph.
In my simpler circumstance, on the other hand, "climbed" it all by stairs :)
It was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999. On May 19 2007, the Space Needle welcomed its 45 millionth visitor.
So, a bit of history lesson about this iconic structure:
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington. It is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and the symbol of Seattle. Located in Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators — 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 184m high and 42m wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 320km/h and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake) and has 25 lightning rods on the roof to prevent lightning damage.
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 160m, the SkyCity restaurant at 152m and a gift shop. From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position, even appearing sometimes to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers. This occurs because the Space Needle sits roughly four-fifths of a mile (1.3 km) northwest of these skyscrapers, and photographers must capture the city with the Space Needle in the foreground in order to include both it and the rest of the tall buildings. At 60 stories. it is not remarkably tall, and it is not as close to the cluster of downtown skyscrapers as one might think judging only from the typical angle from which the skyline photographs are taken. Visitors can reach the top via elevators that travel at 16 km/h. This trip takes 43 seconds and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators will be slowed down to ascend at a speed of 5 mph.
In my simpler circumstance, on the other hand, "climbed" it all by stairs :)
It was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999. On May 19 2007, the Space Needle welcomed its 45 millionth visitor.
2 comments:
Oh yes,I was up there.
Remarkably beautiful sight from the Space Needle.
blue,
alhamdulillah ... my "climb" "on" the Space Needle, unfortunately, was only an imagination in my mind - but the pain and tiredness is definitely real :)
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