If you're among the fastest on two feet, you may be eligible to
join the select Hancock Elite Climbers who receive priority
start times. 50 spots in the much-coveted first hour of the climb are assigned to racers who've demonstrated their stair climbing
ability in a previous stair climb event. The Elite Climb will
begin at 7:00 a.m. on event day. To be
considered, you must have placed in the overall top 25
finishers, male or female, in one of the following stair climbs:
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Canada Life CN Tower Climb for WWF (Toronto, Canada)
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Empire State Building Run-Up (New York, NY)
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Enbridge CN Tower Stair Climb for United Way (Toronto,
Canada)
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Hustle Up the Hancock (Chicago, IL)
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Big Climb (Seattle, WA)
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Scott Firefighter Stairclimb (Seattle, WA)
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Seattle Stair Climb-CF Foundation (Seattle, WA)
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Step Up for Kids (Chicago, IL)
- SkyRise Chicago (Chicago, IL)
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Winding Up the Wachovia (Miami, FL)
To register for the Elite
Climb:
Register as an individual for the 94-floor climb
and pay the entry fee. General online registration
begins Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. central time. The event
fills to capacity--register early. **Please note: it is not possible to be on a team and
participate in the Elite Climb.
After registering for the event and prior to
November 30, 2012,
send an email to
hustle@lungchicago.org with the subject heading "Elite
Climb Application." In the email, include your name,
contact information, qualifying event, and overall finishing
place in that event. If you have competed in a comparable climb
(greater than 50 floors) that is not listed above, please
include the details of that climb (including a web address
and/or the contact information of the race organizers.)
All participants in the Elite Climb will have their qualifying
time verified. The Elite Climb will be comprised of the
fastest 25 male and 25 female applicants. All applicants will be
notified in early
January 2013 as to whether they have been accepted
into the Elite Climb. Please
register as an
individual in order to participate in the Elite Climb.
After you are notified, if you were not accepted into
the Elite Climb, you may choose to be added to a
team. If this is the case, you will climb with that team
at its designated start time. |
