Firefighter climbs for Ashlyn
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March 5, 2014
CLIMBER – Fire District 13 Assistant Chief Woody Weiss as he scaled the Columbia Center tower in Seattle last year. He plans to do it again Sunday, in hopes of raising money for Ashlyn Reinstra’s family.
Fire District 13 Assistant Chief Woody Weiss plans to climb 1,311 steps on Sunday in a competition to benefit La Conner teenager Ashlyn Reinstra and a charity working to cure the terrible disease she is fighting.
Through sponsorships, entry fees and donations, firefighters from throughout the state compete in climbing the 69 flights of stairs in the 788-foot Columbia Center tower in downtown Seattle to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Last year, the event drew some 1,500 firefighters, including Weiss, who was wearing 52 pounds of gear when he made the climb in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
This year, Weiss, who lives in La Conner and is a Chiropractor in Anacortes, will split the money he raises between the Reinstra family to help them cover expenses during Ashlyn’s leukemia fight and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
To pledge money to Woody’s climb for Ashlyn, people can leave a check at the Fire District 13 station on Snee Oosh Road, or call Weiss at 466-0442.
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