Speedy climbers will race for a record as part of Elite Climb Challenge

TORONTO, April 21, 2024 /CNW/ - More than 3,100 people climbed the CN Tower's 144 floors on Saturday and thousands more will make the 1,776 step climb today for wildlife conservation. Funds raised will help WWF-Canada restore and protect habitats across the country for barren-ground caribou, monarch butterflies, southern resident killer whales, polar bears and other at-risk species.

Anyone else wishing to take on the challenge can still register at wwf.ca/cntower, then fundraise or self-donate $125 to be eligible to climb.

WHERE: CN Tower

WHO:

• Megan Leslie, WWF-Canada president and CEO.
• Scott Sandison, WWF-Canada VP of Community & Legacy Giving and former Team Canada Olympian.
• Lexie Ward, reigning Elite Climb fastest female. The head coach of an online health and fitness company reached the top of the CN Tower in 13 minutes and 51 seconds in 2023 and is returning to defend her title.
• Hassan Mirzahosseini, an athlete and leg amputee will ascend the CN Tower for the second time.
• Thousands more climbers (see some inspiring climber stories here).

 
WHEN: Sunday, April 21

• 5:30 a.m. Media desk opens at the base of CN Tower.
• 6 – 6:30 a.m. Elite Climbers (competitive climbers) will vie for the fastest time up the CN Tower.
  • Climbers will be available for interviews at the top of the tower from 6:30 – 7:30 a.m.
• 7 – 10 a.m. Individual climbers start up the tower.
• 10 a.m. Last climber enters the tower.
• 11 a.m. Last of the climbers should have cleared the tower.

 Please note that all media will be required to sign security waiver. Forms will be available at the media desk in the base of the tower.

We will do our best to accommodate interviews. For a photo-op or interview with a specific climber, please contact WWF-Canada to arrange in advance.

WWF-Canada's most significant fundraising event, the Climb for Nature X CN Tower raises more than $1 million to protect habitats and species across Canada and around the world. For the first time, the Climb for Nature is going national with an event at BC Place on May 26 and an anywhere climb taking place between April 20 – June 9. For more information, visit wwf.ca/climb.

WWF-Canada is committed to equitable and effective conservation actions that restore nature, reverse wildlife loss and fight climate change. We draw on scientific analysis and Indigenous guidance to ensure all our efforts connect to a single goal: a future where wildlife, nature and people thrive. For more information visit wwf.ca.

SOURCE World Wildlife Fund Canada

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