Wentworth Falls firefighter Gavin Clifton is set to once again tackle some of the steepest stairs in the Blue Mountains - Katoomba's challenging Furber Steps
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00:00 So figures just recently came out.
00:01 It's approximately two people now
00:04 that are being diagnosed with MND a day,
00:06 and two people sadly are passing away
00:08 from the disease each day now.
00:10 So it's on the increase,
00:12 and we really need to find a cure for it.
00:15 - As long as we climbed up the stairs all over night, Tom,
00:18 we've got this beautiful sunrise
00:19 that comes up over the east there.
00:20 - To see that, and to be able to take the headlamps off
00:23 and get into the climb for the day,
00:25 that's sort of where it really counts.
00:27 That's sort of where you feel like
00:28 you've got the hard bit of the climb done,
00:29 and then we can just get into the rest of the day.
00:31 They love the fact that we push ourselves
00:33 and that we do it as hard as we can for them
00:36 in achieving a result and a cure for this insidious disease.
00:40 If I can achieve the 50 grand this year,
00:43 then that'll be about $100,000 over the four years
00:45 that we've raised here in the Blue Mountains alone.
00:48 - Scenic World is very excited to be supporting
00:51 Gavin Clifton and the Fireys Climb
00:53 for MND support this year.
00:55 We love supporting our local community,
00:57 and it's here on our doorstep, the Furbis Stairs,
00:59 where the climb's taking place.
01:01 So we'll be able to support the climbers,
01:03 provide them breakfast.
01:04 This year, we're also at the end of the climb,
01:05 four o'clock onwards.
01:07 The terrace bar will be open for runners
01:09 to be able to come and have a beverage afterwards
01:10 or a snack, and family and friends are welcome
01:13 to come down and enjoy that as well.
01:14 Gavin's got me in this year.
01:15 So there's a team of four of us from Scenic World.
01:17 We'll be starting at 10 o'clock at night
01:19 and running through all the way to four o'clock
01:21 the following afternoon as a team,
01:23 taking in turns to go up and down the Furbis Stairs.
01:25 (upbeat music)
01:28 (upbeat music)
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