My daughter and I were in the first group of 10 climbers at 06:00 this morning, and we shaved a minute off our previous time for climbing the CN tower. For me, the best thing about the climb is the inspiring art, painted by school children in the Greater Toronto Area, that decorates the stairwells and the atrium where hundreds of people patiently line up (some for hours), for a chance to fundraise for World Wildlife Fund Canada, by climbing 144 flights for a total of 1776 stairs. This year, my daughter's entire class contributed paintings. Looking for the work of children that I know encouraged us to keep climbing. My favourite of the ones that we recognized today (other than my daughter's arctic fox, naturally), is the one that says "thoughts are not enough, the importance is action". Um, I also liked "climb the CN tower, burn your breakfast."