Pedeferri leads Bellevue firefighters in charity stair climb

Published 11:03 am Monday, March 15, 2010

Eric Pedeferri finished first among 19 Bellevue firefighters in the recent Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle. His time was 15:33.90 for the event, which raised funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A total of 1,555 firefighters from the U.S., Canada, Germany and New Zealand participated.

A firefighter from Montana was first overall with a time of 11:01.35.

Other Bellevue firefighters and their times are:

Kris Johnson, 16:55.30; Scott Symons, 17:06.40; Luke Steere, 17:49.80; Donald Martinell, 18:11.85; Nick Kramer, 18:51.00, Jared Storer, 19:00.75; Camari Olson; 19:13.80; Brian Regalado, 20:22.00; Kevin Guitron, 20:36.55; Steve Medina, 20:52.90; Greg Clifford, 22:02.75; Andrew Schneider, 22:07.30; Rob Dykstra, 22:40.75; Mike Williams, 24:02.25; John Rickerson, 25:25.10; Marcus Howle, 27:54.80; Warren Merritt, 30:20.00; and Alexa Dillhoff, 31:24.05.

The climb to the 73rd floor of Seattle’s tallest building is recognized as the largest individual firefighter competition in the world.

Firefighters are clad in full bunker gear and breathing apparatus, collectively weighing about 50 lbs.