Instructions on how to climb a staircase

No one will have failed to observe that frequently the floor bends in such a way that one part rises at a right angle to the plane formed by the floor and then the following section arranges itself parallel to the flatness, so as to provide a step to a new perpendicular, a process which is repeated in a spiral or in a broken line to highly variable elevations.

Ducking down and placing the left hand on one of the vertical parts and right hand upon the the corresponding horizontal, one is in momentary possession of a step or stair.

Each one of these steps, formed as we have seen by two elements, is situated somewhat higher and further than the one prior, a principle which gives the idea of a staircase, while whatever other combination, producing perhaps more beautiful or picturesque shapes, would surely be incapable of translating one from the ground floor to the first floor.

Step 1 Parts

You
and a
set of stairs
arranged together
to make a staircase.

Comments

[rastita]

Please... Read to Cortazar. Is an Argentinian writer, who wrote this original Instructable....

[apo1l0]

Sweet, now I can up and out of my basement bedroom.  I thought that I was stuck down here for the rest of time.  Thank you so much for the instructable......  Now to go and practice this new skill. :D

[todayandalways]

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAH

[Oyarsa]

 Ok, so I followed your instructions carefully, and I finally go to see what the 2nd story of my house looks like! (I didn't know I had a kid) But when I got there, I forgot the tap to fix it in place and the stairs migrated south for the winter. Urgent help needed!!!! What do I do, because it's like a 15 foot drop onto cement from up here?

P.S. My kid keeps saying he has something called a "Cell Phone," whatever that is. What is this and could it help us get off of here? Please make an instructable on how to use this strange device.

[Poogle]

hee hee hee

[999592]

 i love you people

[muffinhead]

 What do you mean by "you people?" >:(

[999592]

 what do you mean, "what do you mean you people?"

[wenpherd]

What do mean," what do you mean, 'what do you mean you people?' "

[AlfredoSG]

 I think she meant: "what do you mean you people you people mean you?"

[muffinhead]

 No. You just killed it.

[AlfredoSG]

 I apologize. Sincerely.

[muffinhead]

 Pinky promise? D:

[loppy96]

Riveting absolutely riveting

[ArtStockton]

This belongs in the Hitchhikers guide.

[theexternaldisk]

Finally,  I know why I always fall of the stairs! So there is a difference between 'the foot' and 'foot'. I'm going to try this instructable right now!

[spydercanopus]

 Whoa whoa, you skipped a step

[il_pipe]

Amazing!

[siedpe13]

i would love to see more guides like this one, preferably one for beginners like myself. i personally dont have the time, and its even possible to consider that i just not might have the skill to climb stairs, but maybe if you could do an instructable for advanced-crawling or walking i would apprecieate it quite a bit.

thanks

[ItsTheHobbs]

I have successfully mastered these stair climbing, but I can not quite figure out these "escalator" things. Help please?

[jzrodriguez]

Sorry.... but.....  is this a translation of Julio Cortázar's short tale?

This is the original, in Spanish:

http://www.literatura.org/Cortazar/Instrucciones.html

[absurdables]

 yup! it is :) glad you also like Cortazar. We have set this clear before on the comments...

[jzrodriguez]

ups, sorry, I didn't read it.

[marinermcv]

 Climbing up stairs may be instinctive through life, Until
and knee injury {or other )makes it difficult. I found humor
 in this one! Made my knee feel better.

Thanks and,
Cheers upsurdables!

[Llewner]

I'm confused, are skinny leg jeans and pink shoes required, or are they optional? Because I don't have either but I would still like to be able to climb stairs.

[999592]

 optional...whatever you feel most comfortable in

[the_burrito_master]

ummmm I could  do this on my 1 1/2 birthday?

[999592]

 ummmmmm... this was made for lulz.....not  really for informative purposes

[harley_rly]

people these days...thats a statement not a question lol

[VagsmaCutter]

Actually, I'm thinking that the statement was a question. And, "Why?" You might ask. Do you remember when you were 1 1/2? I don't remember if I could do that when I was 1 1/2. Heck, I just realized that, not only do I not remember my 1 1/2 birthday, I don't remember ANY of my 1/2 birthdays. So, instead of correcting potential grammatical errs, we should help a brotha (or sistah) out and tell them, "No, you couldn't do this on your 1 1/2 birthday. But you could fill up a diaper like nobody's business." After all, this is a community, and stuff.

[the_burrito_master]

We had a video camera back then XD, fail! one time I pushed the gate down the stairs and road it down the entire flight.

[madhops0620]

Just because you saw yourself doing it in a video doesn't mean you remember it.

[the_burrito_master]

did i ever say I remembered!! jeze!

[ewfw]

What a wonderful past post modern age we live in.  Gives me hope for the future to know that no matter what the obstacle, there are brave individuals with the foresight and determination to not only conquer those obstacles for themselves, but then also freely share that valuable information with the world.  Bless you.  I look forward to learning more 

[LancePenney]

Great instructable but you may have forgotten that this is the 21st century and we are westerners.
Stairs are obsolete! You should have made an instructable on elevators. All new modern homes will likely have an elevator... or even a large ramp that you can drive your car up?

[Orro]

lol

[shabaki]

Ok so ive mastered the "stair" concept but now i still cant wrap my mind around  the " ramp " idea

[knektek]

hmmmm......     after this i think that i can finally climb the stairs

[madhops0620]

Just be careful, you should probably practice a little before diving right into it

[Prosthetique]

Awesome.  Got any tips on climbing a ladder?