The legs are still shaking.
Like a ladder stretching skyward, an exterior staircase runs the length of 30 Hudson Yards to a sheer platform 385 meters above the ground.
The goal?
Climb there.
The body caught in a harness, the head wearing a helmet, the brain painfully orders to advance step by step, slowly.
In front, 161 steps at 45°.
On the left, a ramp to which the hand clings desperately;
on the right, absolute and dizzying emptiness.
One step after another and a deep breath.
Height begins to tame.
Suddenly, we dare to face our fear and look: Manhattan then reveals itself at our feet like a model.
From a bird's eye view, the world regains its beauty and the sounds of the city fade into a cloud of cotton wool.
A brief moment,
To discover
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