125 Steps Tee

SWALLOW CLIFF · STAFF PICK

The original staircase at Swallow Cliff has 125 limestone steps up a 100-foot bluff in Palos Park. Runners treat it like a gym. A second flight added in 2016 stretches the loop to 293. Count the first 125 on the way up.

Long before the runners showed up, these steps were how you got a toboggan to the top. Families climbed them all winter for a few fast seconds back down. The slides closed in 2004 and came down in 2008, but the bluff still turns into a sledding hill when the snow comes. The hill itself is older than any of it: glacial meltwater carved the Sag Valley about 12,000 years ago.

A side view of the staircase, drawn for Mayvick, climbs diagonally across the back, each drawn tread standing for five of the 125 steps, with a 100-foot bluff marker and the line COUNT THE FIRST 125 ON THE WAY UP.

• Back print, one ink, printed direct to garment
• Small printed Mayvick wordmark on the left chest
• Left sleeve reads 125 STEPS / SWALLOW CLIFF
• The mark on the right sleeve, printed tone on tone
• Prairie Path (Khaki), 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed
• Relaxed fit
• Care: machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle, with like colors. No fabric softener or bleach. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

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