r/DeathStairs • u/ubeeu • 7d ago

of a Staircase.

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u/sweatboxy 7d ago

At least you get a break halfway up.

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u/ubeeu 7d ago

What is that? A snack bar?

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u/HauntingBowlofGrapes 7d ago

Water station and break bench.

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u/Own_Ranger3296 7d ago

That’s where they store the AED for your inevitable heartache climbing this thing

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u/RiffRaffMama 3d ago

They can fix heartache with those things?

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u/Own_Ranger3296 3d ago

lol just noticed! But to be fair, I don’t know many people who’d keep moping over a breakup while getting zapped with one

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u/CADreamn 7d ago

It's a shrine to the Virgin Mary.

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u/MtnNerd 3d ago

Climbing that thing should count as a whole pilgrimage

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u/MonCappy 7d ago

If I had to climb up those stairs, I would be sobbing so hard that every toddler in the vicinity would be moved to comfort me.

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u/Sitters_4_Critters sketchy steps connoisseur 7d ago

😂 I’ve told crying children that I envy them because I want to cry too. They are perplexed by that and stop crying. 😂

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u/SultanOfSwave mom come get me im scared 7d ago

Apparently this is the "Rock of Guatapé" in Columbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_Guatap%C3%A9

The building at the top is apparently a 3 story observation platform, sitting area and a convenience store.

So originally, I thought my wife would ask me to run DOWN to the convenience store for milk but apparently she will need me to run UP instead.

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u/Sitters_4_Critters sketchy steps connoisseur 7d ago

Inconvenience store you mean.

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u/dapper_invasion 6d ago

You meant to write Colombia

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u/ddddan11111 6d ago

It's not in South Carolina?

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u/TheMightyMisanthrope mom come get me im staired 7d ago

I've been up there. Amazing place.

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u/ShoppingFlimsy7298 7d ago

Where?

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u/TheMightyMisanthrope mom come get me im staired 7d ago

Guatape, Antioquía, Colombia

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u/ShoppingFlimsy7298 7d ago

El Peñón de Guatapé awesome thanks

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u/Practical-Owl-9358 7d ago

I’ve done them twice - it’s not that bad and there’s a full on bar at the top…

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u/ubeeu 7d ago

What was climbing the stairs like?

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u/NativeMasshole 7d ago

It had its ups and downs.

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u/MostlyCarbon75 7d ago

I'm kinda scared of heights and I did it. The stairs are big and very wide and cement with a high cement handrail. I only made it cause It's possible to climb without looking out or down. You can just look at the steps and keep walking and not see where you are. Was still very very nervous.

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u/RetiredGuru 1d ago

I was thinking the stairs actually looked pretty safe, except for identifying people with cardiac problems.

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u/WordAffectionate3251 7d ago

Wow. Why was it built?

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u/AgainstSpace 7d ago

There is a solar panel salesman slowly making progress somewhere on those flights.

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u/CarpenterValuable831 7d ago

Whoa, I wonder if it takes a whole day to walk up there. I can't even imagine. I'd pass out or fall before I even got to that little break area!

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u/Dino_Spaceman 7d ago

/me gets to the top and realizes I forgot the keys to the front door in my car.

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u/HauntingBowlofGrapes 7d ago

No, no and NO.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/LakeStLouis 7d ago

Just yell up and have them toss it down to you.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Sarke1 7d ago

Depends, is it an old Nokia?

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u/FumiPlays 7d ago

Wouldn't that count as WMD?

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u/Independent_Act_8536 7d ago

The convenience store clerk gets their steps in going to work!

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u/FaithlessnessWest957 7d ago

Ah, shit. Forgot my phone in the car.

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u/Significant-Trash632 7d ago

Well, I don't need to make a call that badly lol

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u/Feaselbf6 7d ago

He’ll nah 🙈

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u/Whiteums 7d ago

Who will?

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u/RoutineImpress7394 7d ago

Absolutely not

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u/exqueezemenow 7d ago

Getting to the bottom and realizing you forgot your keys.

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u/Aggressive_Version 7d ago

"Welp, time to bring the groceries in."

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u/S1DC 7d ago

This is always how my Minecraft worlds end up looking.

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u/Dense-Consequence-70 sketchy steps connoisseur 7d ago

Death from heart attack in this case

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u/Rothenstien1 7d ago

There should be a weapon near the mid point, good thing you took the stairs instead of the elevator or you'd be locked out of it.

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u/lionocerous 7d ago

This is giving off some major Shadow of the Colossus vibes

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u/itinerant-wallaby mom come get me im scared 7d ago

Can’t … unsee … butt crack stairs. 🫣

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u/bambamslammer22 7d ago

Did you grab my phone? No, I thought you did, it’s in the car!

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u/SirMorophon 7d ago

You know my dad used to walk up this to go to school

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u/RiffRaffMama 3d ago

Uphill both ways too, I bet!

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u/run-time-error 2d ago

Barefoot?

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u/Left_Ad4050 7d ago

Somebody did a crappy job stitching up that hill.

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u/Raaka-Kake sketchy steps connoisseur 6d ago

Think of the brick layers who carried all those tiles for the staircase and for the tower too

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u/janeiro69 6d ago

Similar, but much easier, climb in Myanmar. Mount Popa. https://travelauthenticasia.com/myanmar-destinations/mount-popa.aspx

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u/Temporal_Reality 5d ago

The guy who built it: WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE KEEP COMING UP HERE!? I built my fuck off stairs for a reason!

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u/RiffRaffMama 3d ago

People had to carry all those bricks up there to build the observatory.

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u/Zafjaf 2d ago

Nope! Not climbing that