On Saturday the 17th of May 2014, 700 firefighters from around New Zealand, Australia and America raced up the 1,103 stairs of Auckland's iconic Sky Tower to raise almost $1 million for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand.
Two Firefighters from the Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade, Caleb Gardner and Jono Bunn also took part in this Stair Climb Challenge. This is a small snippet of their journey.
We did this climb whilst wearing 25 kilos of gear and breathing out of the very air cylinder that was strapped to our backs.
Caleb Gardner - Climb completed in 14.01 minutes
Jono Bunn - Climb completed in 21.04 minutes