‘Fire Walkers 250 Canowindra’ Climb For Motor Neurone Disease

Last weekend three of our Canowindra fire fighters – Grant Cummings, Charli Stew­art and Ben Smith participated in the Fir­ies Climb for MND 2025. This was no or­dinary climb, it was an epic challenge that saw the trio walk up and down the gruelling 951-step Furber Stairs at Scenic World, Ka­toomba for 24 hours to raise funds for MND.

From 12pm Friday 29 August to 12pm Saturday 30 August the Canowindra team climbed just over 52km of stairs in extreme alpine conditions, with temperatures diving to minus nine degrees celcius on Satur­day morning. The steep terrain was made even more challenging with rain, hail, sleet, snow and 60-70km/hr winds throughout the entire 24 hours.

“There was sweat, ups, downs, blisters, chaffing, runny noses, wind burn, frost bite and tears, and as a team we rallied to push ourselves to the end,” said Grant Cum­mings.

Collectively the event managed to raise over $120,000 to support the incredible work done at the MND Research Centre at Macquarie University. Thanks to many lo­cal sponsors and donations over the last couple months, our local Canowindra team were in the top four fundraisers, raising al­most $5,800.

“For us, it was all about doing it tough, for those who are doing it tougher. We met some inspiring people and heard some very heart felt stories and challenged our­selves along the way,” said Grant.

The Canowindra Firies would like to thank Mr Embroidery from Cowra for do­nating and designing shirts to publicise their fundraiser and to everyone who do­nated to their cause.

There is still time to donate at https://firies­climbformnd.org.au/page/GrantCummings.