RIDE BACKWARDS WAS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS FINE EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY!



Scott Firefighter Stairclimb


HERE ARE THE TOP RACERS AND THEIR TIMES:

Top Males: out of 1178 total

1. Kory Burgess - Missoula Rural Fire age 28 chip 11:01.35 pace 9.58
2. Andy Drobeck - Missoula City Fire age 28 chip 11:37.65 pace 10.11
3. Paul Kimball - Spokane Valley FD age 26 chip 11:41.85 pace 10.17

Top Females: out of 116

1. Georgia Daniels - Graham F & R age 42 chip 14:51.90 pace 12.92
2. Jacqueline Palmer - Las Vegas F & R age 31 chip 17:01.30 pace 14.80
3. Kara Phillips - South Metro Fire Authority age 41 chip 17:16.05 pace 15.01

For more race results click HERE

Equipment

Climbing rules for the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb:

Mask
The race will be done in FULL structural firefighting gear: boots, pants, and coat (liners intact), helmet and gloves. Hoods will not be worn. Breathing apparatus will be worn and USED every step of the course. Each firefighter participants is required to use gear which meets current NFPA structural firefighting standards. Gear that is not issued by your department for structural firefighting must meet NFPA 1971-2007 for structural firefighting. In the event that your fire department does not issue bunker gear, boots or helmets that comply, entrants must use the gear issued by your department that meets the next most current NFPA requirements. If the participant cannot secure compliant gear a limited supply will be on site on a first come first serve basis. No race gear allowed.

Boots
Boots used for the event must meet NFPA 1971-2007 for structural firefighting standards. It is the responsibility of the participant to verify NFPA standards on their specific brand of boot prior to the competition. Each participant will be briefly checked prior to entering the stairwell to ensure the proper equipment is worn during the course of the event. Gear that is found to be not fire department issue, and does not meet current NFPA requirements will subject the participant to disqualification. A disqualified participant will not be eligible for any individual or team racing prizes.

Participants must bring photo ID on the day of the event to ensure the liability waiver has been signed and to ensure accountability inside the building.

Bottles
Each bottle must be clearly marked with your department name. Clear Helmet ID is essential - please do not abbreviate. There will be a bottle staging area on the 40th floor for spare bottles and a MAXIMUM of one helpers. Since SCBA must be worn and used throughout the climb, most participants will need to get a fresh bottle at this point to successfully complete the event.

Congrats to all the firefighter climbers in Seattle!

RIDE BACKWARDS was an official sponsor of the 2010 Scott Firefighter Stairclimb, donating custom-designed High Rise t-shirts for the Top Racers and VIP Fundraisers. If you were not lucky enough to score one yesterday, a Nike Dri-FIT version of the High Rise shirt design is available in our online shop here: http://www.ridebackwards.com/shop/highrisePT.html

You’ll find complete 2010 Firefighter Stairclimb results here:
http://www.lls.org/all_page?item_id=392410

By KOMO Staff KOMO News


Firefighters line up to climb the stairs to the top of Seattle's towering Columbia Center.

SEATTLE – For the second consecutive year, a Montana firefighter beat more than 1,500 other competitors to the top of Seattle's Columbia Center in the largest individual firefighter stairclimb in the world.

Kory Burgess, 28, of Missoula, Mont., captured the overall title at the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb on Sunday, making it to the 73rd floor of Seattle’s tallest building in 11 minutes, 1 second.

He clocked the second fastest time in the 19-year history of the event, falling just 5.6 seconds short of his 2009 record.

The stairclimb competition benefits The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which is seeking a cure for leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes.

Some 1,555 firefighters from the U.S., Canada, Germany and New Zealand participated, raising more than $500,000 so far.

The women’s climb was won for the 12th time by Georgia Sans Daniels of Graham Fire & Rescue in Pierce County.

Daniels, 42, who made it to the top in 14 minutes, 52 seconds, has won the event in 12 of the past 13 years, missing only the 2008 climb to celebrate her 40th birthday.

The top Seattle Fire Department finishers were Jon Carwin, 27, with a 10th-place overall finish, and Val Hecker, 54, who finished 25th in the women’s competition.

Clad in full bunker gear and breathing apparatus weighing about 50 pounds, firefighters ranging in age from 18 to 68 sprint-climbed 788 feet in vertical elevation.

The climb takes them up 1,311 stairs from the Fifth Avenue lobby to the 73rd floor observation deck of the 76-story skyscraper. The Columbia Center is the tallest building (by stories) on the West Coast and the 57th tallest building in the world.

The climb benefits an estimated 912,938 Americans who are living with leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes.

by KREM.com

Posted on March 8, 2010 at 6:56 AM

Updated Monday, Mar 8 at 7:10 AM



SPOKANE -- The Spokane Fire Department finished in third place out of 129 teams at the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle Sunday. The department fielded a team of 30 firefighters in one of the world's largest individual firefighter competitions.

Each year, firefighters climb the 69 flights of stairs--- or 1,311 steps--- of the Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle in full gear. That's about 50 pounds of extra weight! Firefighters from across the U.S., Canada and New Zealand competed in this year's event to raise funds for blood cancers research, more the 1,300 firefighters in all.

Two of Spokane's firefighters placed in the top 20. Eric Ross finished 1st in his age group and 6th overall with a time of 12:57. Firefighter Jason Keen finished in 20th place with a time of 13:45. (Minutes:Seconds)

The Spokane Valley Fire Department finished 6th in the team competition.

The Spokane Fire Department has raised $12,960 for the cause so far this year. The annual event benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. We're told $640,000 was collected so far altogether. Donations can still be made, check out the department's Facebook page for details.