One, if you've ever wondered what
it was like to climb the iconic 832
stair stairs at the Space Needle,
you have a chance this weekend.
Starting today, registration open
for the annual base to space
event benefiting Cancer Research,
and Angela Cocada is live at the Space
Needle in the stairwell right now,
ready to tackle those 832 stairs.
We hope that you'll get to the top or
the bottom cover which way you go and
by in the next half hour or so, right?
I mean, that's how long it usually takes.
Yeah, it takes about 20 minutes.
You guys. We're at the top at this point.
I I didn't climb it yet,
but we're gonna head back down.
Maybe in the next hour and then
maybe I'll climb back up it.
But yeah, the listen.
The most important thing to keep
in mind here is that the event
is actually happening in October.
Registration is now open though,
which is awesome and it helped
me explain a little bit more.
And back with Randy Cote with
the Space Needle, how you doing
doing great, where you
you're definitely outside.
We're getting some wind this morning.
We are definitely feels like Beyoncé, right?
The Beyoncé hair. There's lots of wind.
We're really inside this Space Needle.
How far up are we right now? We are
about ohh gosh, so the the revolving
glass floor is at about 500 feet.
We're probably at about 475 feet.
We're almost to the top.
Wow, that's really.
It's really incredible to
be inside in the stairs.
Talk about this event.
It's back for the first
time in a couple of years,
we'll talk about that excitement.
Absolutely. So yeah, base to space.
Our charity stair climb,
benefiting Fred Hutch.
We call it Seattle's most iconic climb,
right? It's a basically all
day event on October 2nd.
We've got families with kids as
young as eight that can climb.
Every you know every everyone comes
out to base to space that you know
different reasons for climbing
whether to support Cancer Research
because it's an awesome challenge
and interesting fitness challenge.
Sure, or just a cool experience.
We saw one of the elevators pass
right by us here on the way up,
so it's just a really fun event.
Bring the community out,
raise money for an amazing
cause at Fred Hutch, sure,
Mimi challenge me. She thinks
I can do this in 1/2 an hour.
What is the average time that it
takes to climb up these days? I'd say
most people are doing it under 1/2 hour.
I think if you're in that 20 to 30 minutes,
I think you're right in the middle of
the bell curve, as it were, right?
Our elite climbers can climb it in under 5
minutes to do climbs all over the world.
Yeah, so yeah, we have different
speeds for different folks,
sure, and then quickly talk a little
bit about where this money is going to.
A benefits Fred Hutch cancer Cancer
Research talk a little bit about that.
Absolutely so Fred Hutch has
been our beneficiary for base to
space since the very beginning.
This will be our sixth base to space
climb we've raised over $3 million
for Cancer Research at Fred Hutch,
so we're excited to have an amazing partner.
In the shadow of the Space Needle
doing all this amazing work.
And this is a way the community
can support that work.
Absolutely coming up a little bit later.
This in the next hour on calling at 7,
we're going to actually be talking to a
representative from Fred Hutch a little bit
more about where the money is going to,
but if you want to learn more about
this event happening in October,
just text the word climb to
206-448-4545 and we'll get you a
link for now reporting live here.
Inside the stairs of the Space Needle,
Angela Cockatiel King five years.
What's it like up there?
This morning it's ready.
Yeah, a little breezy there.
It's it's definitely windy.
It's a little colder up here where
we're really high so but it feels good.
The air feels good.
It's a gorgeous day definitely.
And there's an interesting thing
about this too. Is that this?
Is it only happens once a year
that it's open to the public?
This base to space,
so that's your one shot.
You gotta register today.
Yeah, so I've climbed
the stairs of the Columbia Tower for
the leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.
And so I'm just wondering.
I mean those. Those staircases are,
you know, not. Not terribly wide,
but I'm just wondering,
is it pretty narrow?
Inside where you are.
Like how many people can go up
the stairs as a one at a time.
So I would single file I would
say yeah is it is it do?
Do people climb up the stairs
sort of single file or like they
kind of grouped together because
we only you and I are really
fitting on in the in the staircase
right now. Yeah, and the two
staircases that we sometimes,
if you're passing all people
pass on the outside so you can
pass people in this staircase.
OK, you're an elite if you're
an elitist, you're capturing
something. There's some stair climbing
courtesy rules that go into effect.
For sure. I would not be outside, Sir.
I would not be a passer. Angeli