Saturday, December 12, 2009

Climbing the cupola at St. Peters Basilica



I've received several requests for images of the narrow "cup" at the top of St. Peters Basilica in Rome. This was a 500+ step climb with winding, oddly spaced stairs, getting narrower the closer we came to the top. It was a quick climb, maybe 5 minutes, with many locals climbing in heels. Here is the steep, winding staircase where I got horrible vertigo on the way back down. I'm falliiiing!