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It's a tradition at Georgetown University:
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A traditional test of physical fitness for any Hoya is to run "the Exorcist stairs". Made famous in the 1973 horror classic written by Georgetown alumnus William Peter Blatty (C'49), the dark, narrow stairs are a part of the climactic scene in the movie, where a priest rids himself of the devil by hurling himself out the window of a house and down the steeply sloped stairs to his death.
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May 30, 2009 07:39 PM
What are the Exorcist stairs?
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| May 30, 2009 07:43 PM | view on twitter |
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A traditional test of physical fitness for any Hoya is to run "the Exorcist stairs". Made famous in the 1973 horror classic written by Georgetown alumnus William Peter Blatty (C'49), the dark, narrow stairs are a part of the climactic scene in the movie, where a priest rids himself of the devil by hurling himself out the window of a house and down the steeply sloped stairs to his death.
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The stairs, used in the movie The Exorcist, consists of 75 steps located in Georgetown. People use them for working out now days.
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