Who's idea was it?
I asked that question on the 8th.
Mine
Mullah Luis responded on the 10th
Why man?
Because by walking up the 27 story we could burn 250 calories in 10 minutes which takes 45 minutes running on a treadmil. Also the effect of gravity lessens as we walk up making it easy....
But we get less oxygen as we go up putting more pressure on heart, one engineer responded.
Ever since Mullah's FPN left him for a jail bird he has become body conscious. He joined the Georgia Tech gym for a month, dropped out due to non availability of time and now came up with this idea of hiking 540 steps of our office building twice a day. He says that anyone in jail can build a good physique, as all you are required to do is eat healthy food , play and sleep. Apparently that guy knows how to use his time well by exercising, which will pay dividends when he gets out of jail.
Me: Whom are you trying to impress now that she is gone?
Mullah: Plaintiff number 2.....the next one....
Mullah now lovingly calls his ex wife, the plaintiff number 1.
So, this has become our ritual now a days. We walk up 27 stories, twice a day. I don't go for the second round, as I am not over weight and see no competition to my domains from a jail or any other bird.
Friends can make any idiotic activity fun. We meet at 10 sharp in the lobby and climb 540 storeys with regular stops on 10, 16, and 22nd floor. Mullah reminds us every day that he is looking for a day when he will be able to walk 27 story without taking a break.
This mundane activity taught me two important lessons of life. The first one is, after 11 story, height and number of steps to climb don't matter. The second lesson makes it clear that, it is tough to GO DOWN after CLIMBING UP. The leg muscles get so worked up after climbing that going down even a single step becomes a "painful" task....
Oh well...
PS: For lunch, Mullah orders a quarter pounder with extra cheese and large fries. And since he is calorie conscious now, he never forgets to order large diet coke for drink.
....but that is another story!!
