You might be winded doing it the second way, but when you get to the top and you are at the 60th story your gravitational potential is independent of how you got there.
And apparently I was out of the running because they insisted 007 shouldn't be addicted to barbecue potato chips and getwinded after taking a flight of stairs.
Memmer had noticed before the trip to the amusement park that he would getwinded walking up the stairs in his home and had trouble keeping up with his kids while they were playing.
