Have You Been to the Beanstalk (the Oldest User-Generated Content in Second Life)?

Over the weekend someone said they had read in my book about the giant beanstalk of Steller Sunshine, the first piece of user-generated content in Second Life, and wanted to pay a visit. Not having been there lately myself, I checked to see if it was still extant, and so it was: Located in the ancient region of Welsh, the beanstalk is actually a jumping game originally constructed by Ms. Sunshine in the pre-SL "Linden World" of 2002 (she was the first Alpha user, and she created it overnight her first day in-world), later imported into Second Life when it went Beta in 2003. And since that weekend reader wasn't the first to ask after it, let me post a SLurl footnote here:

Click this SLurl teleport link to see Steller Sunshine's beanstalk.

I'm always relieved to see it's still standing there, some eight years later. Many have visited since, but few, I imagine, have managed to complete the challenge Steller originally set for it: Without using flight, jump from leaf to leaf to the very top of the beanstalk (where heaven awaits.) Can you?

Comments

[Hitomi Tiponi]

Was great to go and see it. Is nice to see a simple design that is so effective, and good that an important part of sl history is still there. Sadly jumping, or even flying, is something I'm not great at.

[JeanRicard Broek]

The oldest content I found was created by newbie_template_linden, not user created but dated 12/16/2002
See photo here -> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4345701503_6cc37f2f20_o.jpg

[Arcadian Vanalten]

So, is Ms. Sunshine still in SL? Who's the oldest still-active avatar, for that matter?

[brinda Allen]

yes Steller is still around...she was seen erlier this year ck out the SL universe thread