A group of nine Drumheller firefighters have signed up once again for the Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge and will be participating at the Badlands Community Facility.
The Firefighters Stairclimb Challenge is an event put on by Wellspring Calgary. This event was inspired by the sister of a Calgary fallen firefighter and the proceeds from the event support firefighters and residents in the community who are battling cancer.
Team captain Duane Bolin himself, along with Merv, Mitch, and Kyle Smith have signed up, as well as, Ken Vereschagin, Jon Molzahn, Keith Hodgson, and Savannah Richardson. Jeff Gerlinger of the East Coulee Hall and Phil Thompson of the Rosedale Hall are also on the team.
This year the event is a hybrid of in-person and virtual. The in-person event is at Canada Olympic Park. The Drumheller Fire Department will be taking on the challenge on Wednesday, June 1, at the Badlands Community Facility.
“We are doing it on a stair climber, between 3 p.m. and 5:50,” explains Bolin. “Each firefighter will go on the stepper, and it should take each guy 25 minutes to do the 1,205 steps. We thought it would be good exposure,” said Bolin.
To support the event go to www.calgarystairclimb.com and search out the “Drumheller Dino Climbers” team, contact individual members to donate, or come out to watch on June 1.
