Saturday, August 18, 2007

Church Climbing

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Went back to the neogothic basilica his afternoon with a guy from England.
Already described the adventure here, but now I've got some pictures.
This is the catwalk above the vaulting that takes you out to the center spire:
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Climbing the ladder up the flying buttress is pretty crazy, but not as dizzying now that I´m used to living at 9000 feet.
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From there we got a view of the main towers, the left of which we climbed, all the way up into the roof just under the cross:
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Here's the spiral stairs through the clock. No giant gears like in Back to the Future or The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Paul, the English bloke, standing up in the top of the tower.
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These kids climbed up to the absolute highest point possible:
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At this level, you could crawl out to the outside of the tower to get a really great view. Here's the church with the central spire we climbed and the city to the north:
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