Columbia Tower 'Big Climb' for Leukemia

On March 16th, our Susie and her daughter Kristi, participated in the Big Climb for Leukemia. The climb involves heading up the fire escape stairwell at the Columbia Tower in Seattle. There are 69 flights of stairs, 788' of vertical elevation and 1,311 steps. And they did it on the timed stairwell. Kristi competed hers at 11 minutes and 8 seconds. Susie did hers in 17 minutes and 8 seconds. Susie was 3rd in her age bracket of 55-59 female. Approximately 5000 participants took part in this yearly fundraiser. We don't yet know how much they raised. Susie and Kristi were a part of a team of friends who raised over $3000. I did the climb last year, not timed, and made it in 28 minutes. So, you can see - they were FAST!!! Enjoy.