Crime & Safety
Gig Harbor Firefighters Compete in Annual Stairclimb Challenge
Nine Gig Harbor & Medic One firefighters climbed 69 flights of steps at the annual Scott's Firefighter Stairclimb.
SEATTLE - Nine firefighters from competed in the 21st annual Scott's Firefighter Stairclimb benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Sunday. Wearing their 50-pound firefighter gear, 1,550 participants climbed 69 flights of stairs, 1,311 steps, of the Columbia Center.
The top finisher, Andrew Drobeck of Missoula (MT) City Fire, set a world firefighter stairclimb record with 10 minutes, 39 seconds. (Click here to view all results)
Here is how the men and women of Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One fared Sunday:
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Overall Finish Name Age Time 284 Steve Larson 41 17:24 500 Bren Corcoran 44 19:01 590 Gonzalo Tello 47 19:45 603 Nathan Lawrence 27 19:51 736 Eliza Hoover 37 21:05 805 Scott Booth 40 21:39 853 Steve Nixon 46 22:06 977 Brian Stokke 28 23:17 1323 Brad Harris 25 29:43
Congratulations and great job to all the firefighters at GHFMO who participated.
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