A Cincinnati Good Friday tradition: Praying the steps

For more than 150 years, people have flocked to the steps of Holy Cross-Immaculata Church on Good Friday. Each year, thousands quietly ascend the 97 steps atop Mt. Adams, pausing on each to reflect or say a prayer.

"It's a tradition that goes from generation to generation," explains Larry Cochran, a media consultant for the church. "I've been there when people have come and they've been praying the steps, and they will suggest that their grandmother and great grandmother and grandfather have done it before them."

Good Friday is the Christian remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The term "good" comes from the now obsolete usage meaning "pious" or "holy."