While living on Snow Street in Fitchburg after finishing college I lived with Butch Kibort and Don Starr on the third floor of an apartment. There were two porches, one in the front of the apartment and the other on the side of the apartment. Butch was in our living room listening to music and I decided to surprise him. I went out onto the front porch and climbed over the railing and started to cling to the side of the apartment (30 feet up) that had a little ledge (about 2 inches). I slowly edged myself 10 feet and then had to go around the corner of the house to the side where there was a window that would give me a view of Butch. I had to go about 15 more feet to reach the window. I was like Spider Man holding on the the siding while edging on the ledge. I arrived at the window and started to knock on the window. I was 30 feet in the air with concrete sidewalk and metal railings below. Butch nearly had a heart attack and was screaming at me. Problem was the window couldn't be opened and I had to edge my way back to the porch. High wire acts are always dangerous but I lived to tell the story. The apartment pictured is similar except our porch was in the middle of the building.
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