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Article: Nature is the biggest attraction on West Indies island of St. Lucia.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2006
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Byline: Bob Downing
CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA, West Indies _ They were, quite simply, the steps from hell.
The killer steps _ all 566 of them _ascended through the greenness of the tropical rain forest on St. Lucia, an eye-popping and alluring West Indies island.
Jim McNair of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and I huffed and puffed up those steps. We were dying, and we both knew it.
We stopped more than once to catch our breath and to try to determine whether we were really making any progress up the steep slope on the flanks of Piton Flore.
Our guide, Mitchell Adams, showed no ill effects of climbing the steps. He wasn't even breathing ...