[bialpio]

> (...) that's not something I would consider a viable walk.

Why not? As long as it's truly a 15m walk? The metric should take into account that the speed is going to be reduced when walking on a steep incline, otherwise it's a bad metric...

[bears-n-beets]

You might change your mind if you saw how steep Queen Anne Hill is, haha

[marssaxman]

I used to walk up and down Queen Anne with a backpack on as pre-conditioning for climbing trips!

[bialpio]

Is it steeper than Spring St roughly from the waterfront to the library? ; ) In any case, if it's a workout to walk the distance in 15m, then it's not really a 15m walk. I can cover way more ground in 15m if the assumption is that I'll be out of breath when I'm done... :P

[darknavi]

Who doesn't like a 15 minute high intensity work out to get some eggs?

[bombcar]

Half the roads on Queen Anne are just literally staircases.

A 15 min walk down and up stairs in a skyscraper would count but few would want to do it on the regular (and those who did wouldn’t need to worry about leg day).