Monday, May 20, 2013

Strange Planet: Scaling The O2


You might remember Bond, James Bond, rolling down this roof in 1999's The World Is Not Enough. (Photograph courtesy Up at The O2)



“I’ve never climbed a building before (who has, really?), but here I was, clipped into a flight suit and tethered to a steel guide rail, with the Thames growing smaller with each step. Ascending the O2 – the fabric-topped London arena once known as the Millennium Dome — felt like scaling a trampoline.


The reward for the 200-meter (656-foot) climb was a 360-degree view of Olympic Park and the city’s East End. To the left, Big Ben was a distant speck; to the right, giant barriers that protect against floods stood in the river like mechanical seashells. The clouds scuttled along at eye-level, but the rain held off until the moment our feet touched the ground.”


Strange Planet: Scaling The O2

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