Prairie Fever
climbing rickety old water towers after midnight in the freezing middle west
scott hunthausen at 200 feet in the air
October 12, 2008
Strange things can happen to someone who rides the same road and sees the same sea of corn for eight days in a row. Maybe it is like the story of Sisyphus who was forced in Greek mythology to forever push up a stone that would just roll back down for eternity, but the team was beginning to feel like they were trapped in a sick and demented time warp that would forever keep them riding through an endless flatland. As time went on, the guys began to take somewhat unnecessary risks like free climbing 200 foot ladders to board 100 year old water towers in the middle of the night when the temperature was nearing freezing, and calling home to their friends yelling “Wow, I just did the most amazing thing ever and climbed a water tower!” The only reply they seemed to get was in concern of their over-ambition, Colorado Rockies had to come fast.
Tags: colorado rockies, greek mythology, prairie fever, sisyphus, water tower