Rappelling at theWit Hotel for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
Last week I posted asking for your sponsorship to participate in the Skyline Plunge - rappelling 27 stories down the side of the recently opened theWit Hotel to benefit the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago.
With help from many sponsors, including readers here, I rappelled from the roof down 27 stories, landed safely beside State Street, and raised over $2,000 for lung disease research, education, and treatment. THANK YOU!
While waiting to go over the edge, I also had the good fortune to meet Steve Theis from McHugh Construction, the prime contractor who built theWit. Steve filled me in on some of theWit's innovative design and building features as well as ongoing work McHugh does there to improve the hotel and keep it in prime condition as one of Chicago's most fashionable destinations for lodging, food, beverages, and entertainment.
I've represented many owners and contractors negotiating contracts to build new projects. I've toured some projects under construction and post-completion, even gone up on the roof of some. But this is the first project where I represented one of the principal participants and then donned a harness and scaled down the exterior on a crisp autumn day. There's really nothing like the smell of exterior glass curtain wall panels 25 stories up. I suggest you try it.
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