'Magic Mountain' Rollercoaster climber, Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth, Duisburg, Germany, 2011

German artists Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth installed an elevated walking path, a frozen roller coaster track that loops to 147 feet above the landscape on a hill in Duisburg Germany.  I love roller coasters, and often look over at the maintenance staircase next to the tracks and wonder what it would be like to climb instead of ride.  Now we know, except for the loop-the-loop of course.  

This is an arduous, grown-up climber.  But I'm really intrigued by how this roller-coaster idea could be adapted as a form for children's playgrounds....the right sort of slopes  could make for an accessible, infinite loop playtrack that is visually appealing and encourages the sort of continuous physical motion that gives kids real physical benefits.

[via dezeen]