It's a long way up the Eiffel Tower

It's a long way up the Eiffel Tower
Originally uploaded by rpatton.

Me, climing the stairs of the Eiffel Tower. Okay, so I didn't actually climb up the Eiffel Tower, I went down. Well, I went down a little bit of it. Okay, so it was only a tenth of the total distance. It felt like a long way in the cool, windy Parisian spring air! Details, details...