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Some of you may have been aware that I just been in US for 3 weeks. Anyway I always wanted to visit the locations from the Rocky movies and 'run' the stairs so here's a few pics from a few locations
I got all the locations from totalrocky.com - thank god we had satnav !
Rocky's apartment
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010122.jpg
The bridge from Rocky II and III where the kids started to run after him on his infamous run !
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010126.jpg
thed pet shop - now empty.
Where he bought Cuff & Link and Butkuss ;)
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010129.jpg
Might Mick's gym - it's now a mini mart....
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010132.jpg
the bench he jumped in Rocky II - was thinking of attempting to jump it but didn't want to look like a tit if it went wrong. am 99% sure I would have cleared it ;)
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010159.jpg
paying my respects to the legend's wife....:eek:
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010138.jpg
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http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/IMG_0169.jpg
Pat's King of Steaks. Damn they were nice
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/IMG_0152.jpg
Yo Father Carmine, Yo !
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010142.jpg
and finally the stair run....
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/IMG_0178.jpg
.......with the ultimate finish ;)
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/P1010184.jpg
Brilliant stuff mate, how did it feel at the top of the steps?
Nice pictures. I've gotta do the philly thing one day!
Fucken great Mark...
Love the pics.
:cool:
awesome mate ! Thought I would look a right prick but there were loads doing it and it was a case of wait your turn to get a clear run - even in freezing cold January !Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
Was great first seeing them too as been meaning to go there for years. Any Rocky fan has to do it ;)
Cracking pics, glad you had a good time mate. I'd love to do the same thing one day.
Really nice photos, great seeing all those places as they are today.
Fucking Mint!!!
This is well and truly on my list of things to do before i die now
Great pics man. I been to Philly a couple times and still never made it to the steps. Looked really cold there thats for sure. I'll stick to florida during these months lol.
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Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Great photo there mate.I'd love to run up them great famous steps!!Great stuff!;)
hahahaha class captions and posts ;)
Loving the stair run pic hahaha;D
How long did it take to get round all the landmarks Mark?
Nice! Thanks for these.
Did you have six raw eggs in a glass for breakfast too?
only 5 eggs as was pretty full mate from breakfast ;)
smash - took us about 5 hours to do the lot (including the Blue Horizon). Had we not had a car with sat nav though could have taken a few days - we may never have found some of the places !
We also did the stairs separetely the day after and went early to get a clear run ;D Our hotel was 5 minute walk away luckily
we used this guys brilliant ' Rocky Jumped a Park Bench' video guide to map them out and then pinpointed them on some mapping software.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVwu-UbpPUw (theres a part 2 to this)
Anyone wishing to do it just let me know as have tham all pinpointed on a map in word format which you can use ;)
It just dawned on me,that the gym is the same building they used for the headquarters for 12 Monkeys.
God damn it,I really want a cheese steak right now, but you cant get them right outside of philly,you cant get the rolls. Amaroso should expand to extra locations, so I can get a decent cheese steak
This picture is a classicQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
I missed this thread firts time round - Quality stuff Mark
cheers mate
just logged on and seen it back at the top of the discussion thread - wondered if there was a forum problem !;)
as I said - any Rocky fan should do this in their lifetime
Looking at those pics has seriously made me wanna do it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
bumped for nostalgic reasons (prompted by Big H)
many thanks
Great stuff.
Love the pictures mate.;D
With all the Rocky films that have been on lately and now this, I really feel obligated to do this. Mark, your a legend mate, those pics are unbelievably cool. You can even see an angel in one of em!
Just kiddin :)
still a cool thread :cool:
Chow Time... ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
those Philly cheesesteaks from Pats were the business - the ones they try do over here are poor imitations.
Can someone post me one, ta
Nice pics were the 1st four in Chapeltown/Beeston ?
they were in an area where I was uncomfortable put it that way :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ghengis cant
Beeston is actually a french village in Leeds (pronounced BistOn). Adds to the culture;)
Abloke knocked on my door last week asking for clothes for the starving people of (Biston) i told him to fuck off ! if my clothes fit them they cant be that fucking hungry !
Coolest thread ever on Saddoboxing. Fact ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
I've always liked those pics, it's really cool that someone has gone out and followed in the footsteps of some films that we all love. That's really great. And those first 2 films are really wonderful IMO.