urban slopes

So now I am going to talk about my other childhood experience, sledding down fire escapes.
In the city, rooftops become cliff edges, and buildings are the mountains, and old pull down fire escapes can be used for hills. Sometimes when we were bored, and had nothing to do, a ride down the "hill" sounded good. The only problem was, we didnt have a sled or anything to "slide" down the "hill" with. This is when we started to become resourceful.
There would always be a cardboard box to be found and with a few strategic cuts in place, this made for a cheap and quick transport device.
We would pull down the snow covered fire escape, gently walk up it, as to not disturb the snow, and then proceed to slide down the "hill".
Sure, there were a few bumpy parts, but, when your a kid, everything is an adventure, so it didnt matter to us that it wasnt the smoothest ride.