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Vertical Jaunt by Levitating Potato
December 12th, 2007 9:33 PM
On our way back from Trespassing, Emma and I passed a small parking lot with some truck trailers, dumpsters, random garbage, and the like. We briefly contemplated climbing one of the trailers, but decided that the lack of handholds presented a problem. Also, we felt like getting back to our respective homes.

However, not one to be so easily dissuaded by something as minor as no handholds better than a door hinge, I set back out the following night. It turns out we had merely been considering the problem from the wrong perspective: rather than climbing a trailer, I realized the problem was to climb the set of trailers. With my back to one trailer, the hinges of the adjacent one were perfectly sufficient.

The result was a relatively easy climb. I snapped a couple pictures before wandering around on top a little bit. Or so I throught -- the tops of the trailers are remarkably flimsy things, and when I realized this I decided not to see how much they would support. So I sat on top of one of them for a minute or two and took a couple more pictures before climbing down.


However, not one to be so easily dissuaded by something as minor as no handholds better than a door hinge, I set back out the following night. It turns out we had merely been considering the problem from the wrong perspective: rather than climbing a trailer, I realized the problem was to climb the set of trailers. With my back to one trailer, the hinges of the adjacent one were perfectly sufficient.

The result was a relatively easy climb. I snapped a couple pictures before wandering around on top a little bit. Or so I throught -- the tops of the trailers are remarkably flimsy things, and when I realized this I decided not to see how much they would support. So I sat on top of one of them for a minute or two and took a couple more pictures before climbing down.

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posted by Levitating Potato on December 14th, 2007 8:32 PM
Indeed I did :)
It was surprisingly easy once I figured out the trick. Give it a try next time you're around!









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YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good choice!