Is 55 Stories really that tall?

Last Saturday, Christopher ventured to Denver for an annual climb up Denver's tallest building, which is apparently 55 stories. I believe he does it every year along with a bunch of other firefighters in honor of the September 11th attacks. Not only did he run it once, but he did it twice in all his gear.

Now 55 stories is tall, but when you compare it to some of the tallest buildings in the country, is it really? The Willis Tower in Chicago is currently the tallest building in the country at 108 floors, and of course essentially famous for that scene in "Adventures in Babysitting" but then you hear about the Empire State Building in it's ArtDeco 102-story glory and the 100-story John Hancock Tower in Chicago. Don't get me wrong, 55 stories are more than what I would want to climb for kicks on a Saturday, but when I found out that it was the tallest building in the state's capital I was taken a little aback. I did do some more investigating (I mean, for the blog I will research anything...and it also takes up part of the day) was surprised to find the tallest building in SF, the TransAmerica building was only 48 and that it is the tallest skyscraper in the city's skyline. Who would have thought Denver would have a taller skyline than SF? Definitely not me!

Anywho, back to the story at hand, CJB ran up and down this building twice, and made the newspaper and decided that he's famous! Mom thought it was super impressive that after running up and down this building twice, that he was standing up in the picture, but come on Mom! Of course he's gotta show that he's tough stuff for the newspaper!


Here's the link for the article...
http://vaildaily.co.ussrv15.newsmemory.com/loadPage.php?token=5bXOz9LC39Xab3SRo5KVp5ihg5WTotfa15F5c5OjksTPlqeLkpSgmqOcmXRvlqmT