The Ultima Tower!

[Mark Wilson]

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Wow.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Fire on the ground floor! Elevators can't be accessed! What to do?!

Use the outsite as the worlds biggest slide

 

[Joe Gress]

You would have to use oxygen twice on the way up. Otherwise it would be like sea level people going skiing. No air. Talk about a black out if you can go to the top in ten minutes!

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

Why do the words Tower of Babel come to mind?

 

[Marlat]

You would have to use oxygen twice on the way up. Otherwise it would be like sea level people going skiing. No air. Talk about a black out if you can go to the top in ten minutes!

Actually 2 miles would be just about okay if it was built at sea level. 3000 metres (just under 2 miles) is about the normal limit where you might start to see altitude sickness. You can fly into higher places without the need for oxygen, but you might suffer temporary altitude sickness. For example, I have flown from sea level to 3800 metres (2.25 miles) and only had mild altitude sickness on arrival.

 

[peterbright]

Be great when the water rises.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

It just needs an Eye of Sauron at the top

 

[SuperDuck]

Which begs the question - what does one wear while living in a two-mile high city?

These clothes, of course!
http://www.tdrinc.com/clothing.html

 

[Lalabadie]

Which begs the question - what does one wear while living in a two-mile high city?

These clothes, of course!
http://www.tdrinc.com/clothing.html

One of them leaves me very perplex.

 

[GeneralElectric]

i know what you mean.

 

[Joe Gress]

Actually 2 miles would be just about okay if it was built at sea level. 3000 metres (just under 2 miles) is about the normal limit where you might start to see altitude sickness. You can fly into higher places without the need for oxygen, but you might suffer temporary altitude sickness. For example, I have flown from sea level to 3800 metres (2.25 miles) and only had mild altitude sickness on arrival.

Did you try skiing or getting drunk that day though?

Also, your 20. I suppose the people I'm talking about are the forty fifty year olds that come from florida and texas and can't breath enough to walk up a flight of stairs. I'm at 7,000 feet by the way. (don't ask me what that is in meters, I'm too lazy)

 

[KeithBMI]

The two mile high club?

 

[username n/a]

The two mile high club?

kinky

 

[MoD_Scotty]

Reminds me of this monstrosity in North Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

 

[Atoz]

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Wow.

I really laughed when I read this.

Reminds me of this monstrosity in North Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

I laughed even harder when I read this.

 

[Spoiled Grape]

Someone has played Sim City too much.

 

[Marlat]

Did you try skiing or getting drunk that day though?

Also, your 20. I suppose the people I'm talking about are the forty fifty year olds that come from florida and texas and can't breath enough to walk up a flight of stairs. I'm at 7,000 feet by the way. (don't ask me what that is in meters, I'm too lazy)

Drunk yes, skiing - no (it was in Peru). Although I have gone up to similar heights and skiied straight away in France. The point was just that you wouldn't need specific oxygen on the way up - the building would likely have to be semi-pressurised at that height anyway so you probably wouldn't feel the effects of altitude sickness. 7000 feet is about 2000 metres (1.25 miles or 2 kilometres).

 

[Tsal]

Which begs the question - what does one wear while living in a two-mile high city?

These clothes, of course!
http://www.tdrinc.com/clothing.html

I was thinking something like this:

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[Mark Wilson]

Reminds me of this monstrosity in North Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

If video games have taught me anything, and I think they have, if those Koreans just click the bulldoze button, and then that building, they'll get their money back!

 

[Joe Gress]

Drunk yes, skiing - no (it was in Peru). Although I have gone up to similar heights and skiied straight away in France. The point was just that you wouldn't need specific oxygen on the way up - the building would likely have to be semi-pressurised at that height anyway so you probably wouldn't feel the effects of altitude sickness. 7000 feet is about 2000 metres (1.25 miles or 2 kilometres).

Ture. That probably means no windows to open, and no fresh breeze. No thanks.