Nicole Clark, Brian Johnson, Greg Haner, Eddie Madrigal, David Jensen, Tanner Fletcher and Sloan Hall of Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue participated in the annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s LLS Firefighter Stairclimb March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle.
Nicole Clark, Brian Johnson, Greg Haner, Eddie Madrigal, David Jensen, Tanner Fletcher and Sloan Hall of Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue participated in the annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s LLS Firefighter Stairclimb March 10 at the Columbia Center in Seattle.
Contributed photoTHE DALLES — A team of seven from Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue ascended the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle March 10 to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and their mission to cure blood cancers.
The LLS Firefighter Stairclimb is the world’s largest on-air stair climb competition, comprising of 69 flights, 1,356 steps and 788 feet vertical elevation. The annual fundraiser is held at the tallest building in town, the Columbia Center, said a press release.
“All 2,000 participants are career, volunteer, or retired firefighters who climb up the second tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi in full turnout gear, weighing more than 60 pounds, while on air,” said the release. “Throughout this grueling course, we all remember that every step forward is representative of moving closer to a cure. Although this is an extreme test of physical endurance, it pales in comparison to what blood cancer patients endure.”
All proceeds raised directly benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and since its inception in 1991, this event has raised more than $22 million thus far, according to the LLS.
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