(It's a ...) Micro World (... after all): I'll pass ...

Thursday, July 02, 2009

I'll pass ...

... on visiting "The Ledge" at Sears Tower. I live thousands of miles away, with both feet firmly planted on the ground, and it still makes me uncomfortable.

5 comments:

Genomic Repairman said...: Yeah, screw that, I almost getting sick just looking at the pictures.; 10:49 AM
Cath@VWXYNot? said...: Yikes! That looks almost as bad as the one at the Grand Canyon.

I have stood on the glass floor at the CN tower in Toronto, but you're surrounded by normal floor, not out on a ledge like that. I still had to walk onto it backwards, with my hands on the shoulders of someone standing on solid floor. Not very logical, but it seemed to help!; 2:41 PM
Genomic Repairman said...: I might have one up'ed you and tied a rope to a railing before walking out onto the glass part.; 2:47 PM
Tom said...: The only way I'd get onto any of these things is on my hands and knees, crying like a little kid the entire time! I'd rather peer down them, standing firmly on solid material. I don't care that the GLASS is an inch and a half thick!; 3:08 PM
microbiologist xx said...: I wouldn't mind going out on that ledge, but the elevator ride up there is whole other story.; 6:22 PM

Who is this joker?

Thomas Joseph
Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. Boomer Sooner!

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