Starting today at 12 noon (or maybe 1 depending on the 90 degree weather), Mr. Jim Campbell will begin his 24 hour journey into attempting to break his own record set a little over a year ago. Unlike last year, this year is going to give Jim an interesting challenge – he hasn’t been on the stair climber for over 30 days! Not that he hasn’t tried – but the chilehead in Jim has been hard at work putting on Open Fields and attending Fiery Foods Shows across the country.
On October 5th & 6th Pike Township (Indianapolis) firefighter Jim Campbell will attempt to break the Worlds Record for stair climbing in a 24 hour period. The current record (set by Jim about a year ago) for continuous climbing on a stair machine stands at 106,380 stairs. That’s the equivalent of a half-marathon straight up (13.1 miles!) or some 60 trips up the Empire State Building.
The record-breaking attempt will take place as part of the Pike Township Fire Department’s Safety Fair which will be held on the 6th.
This event is done for the sole purpose
of raising money for charity!Three main charities are supported by this: to help educate firefighters’
kids through The Jim Cleek Scholarship Fund (an educational endowment in honor of one of my Lieutenants who died of cancer), to educate Police officers’ kids through The Jason Baker Scholarship (a scholarship in honor of a local police officer murdered in the line of duty), and better US Army Officers through The Maude Foundation (a scholarship in honor of my brother in law, killed on 9-11). These are smaller charities that struggle to receive funding and to whom a small donation means a great deal.100%- every single penny- of the money donated to this event will go to benefit the charities. There are no overhead costs and any expenses (such as this website and printed materials) are covered by other specific individual donations.
“Charity efforts remain on going and I’m surprised that they’ve required more effort than the actual climbing, as hard as that may be to believe”
states Lt. Campbell. “These are charities that are either based in or have strong Indianapolis connections, yet most of the donations come from businesses with little link to this area. It would certainly be motivating to see local folks support a US Soldier, a Police Officer, and a Firefighter who gave their all.”ย
In an effort to support Jim’s record breaking attempt today, the HSB is going to do something a little different. We will make a donation to Step Up for Charity for every comment left on this thread from now until Jim completes his attempt!
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HSB Donation Scale:
- $1 for every comment by a HSB reader
- $3 for every comment by a manufacturer
- $5 for every comment by a maker (pro or amauter) that has won an award this year at: Zest Fest, Fiery Foods, Houston Hot Sauce or Open Fields.
* The donations will be made only once per person (per IP/email).
Let’s all wish Jim good luck in his attempt!
159 responses to “Step Up For Charity – Today!”
I will be rootin for you Jim!
Lets see you smash your own record!
Make sure yo keep us posted like last year!
Go, Jim, go !!!!!
I’ll be rubbing the bear……
Jim
I wish you the best of luck today in your Journey.
The chilihead community will be praying for you all day and night and morning.
Good luck today Jim!!!! I have I told you lately that you are my hero? You always amaze me at the things you do for others!
GO JIM!!!!
THE BEST OF LUCK JIM-YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!
good luck Jim!!
Good luck Jim! Can’t wait to see your socks on Ebay. ๐
Jim, you are an amazing man. Your generosity is an inspiration to others. THANK YOU!
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EWWW ! I hope not.
i’d bid on em ๐
Good luck Jim! Unbelievably what you do!
Good luck Jim!!!
You gottaa be kiddin’ Nick! That is waaaaay generous!! Don’t count this post either ๐ Hope you got some help with those donations ๐
I don’t know about updates- I have no idea if it is a hotspot area or not. The wife (mine, of course) won’t be there much & she has the laptop. Certainly I’ll try to have someone post updates.
Forecast is for record heat today- 90 F! I’m not real optimistic this time around but we’ll see.
Thanks for all the well wishes & donations!
Chileheads ROCK!!!!
Good luck Jim, please bring your socks to the FMK get together. ๐
Luke says Hi, at least it sounded like it.
Jim,
I’ll give your charity 1/10 of a penny for every step you take.
maybe i can come up with something else in the near future also.
Jim,
I have seen you standing and wearing your firefighting suit at the Houston Hot Sauce Festival all day for the last few years……this ought to be a piece of cake for you!!! Good Luck!!!!!
Good Luck Jim (not that you’ll need it)
You Da Man!
All the best Jim!!! You’ve got to have the firmest booty around!!!!! lol
GOOD LUCK!!! That sock is mine!!! – to go with the other one I have
anybody gunna claim his shoes or his sweat rag?
Goodluck Jim in breaking the record again! Even if you don’t I bet you raise a bunch more money for charity!
Aaron, you are almost to 1000 posts. do it on this one, that would be memorable. ๐
And there are THREE (3) Hot Tamales… so theres 15 bucks….
Good Luck Jim … xo
You go Jim, Step it up and break the record………….
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Ill be the one to go ahead and say it.———-What about the underwear????
who said he wears it?
Good luck Jim! You are one amazing person. Tonight on E – Bay I am posting a special auction with the proceeds being donated to Step up. Everyone please Bid! I am donating The #1 2006 RedRum Special Reserve set to the cause! I will post a link when the auction is up,
Please keep up posted on your progress!
Ed
Right on Jim, ” You’re a great American”
JIM! What a great person you are to do attempt to break the record (your own) and then donating all to charity! Good luck doing this ! I’m sure you will have no problem ~ You are an inspiration! GO JIM GO !
Best of luck Mr. Campbell, not that luck is at all involved in this journey.
Training and determination will get you through I have no doubt.
Oh yeah, see as I’m a maker and won a Golden Chile…………………..
5 bucks, 5 bucks, 5 bucks!!!!!!!
You can order yourself all the Pizza Hut pizzas you want (after the climb) for just 5 bucks! (I am in no way endorsing Pizza Hut, I prefer the small independent pizza guy down the street from me).
OK, I’m rambling, I need sleep……………..
Go Jim Go, Go Jim Go!!!
Good luck Jim! You are a true inspiration to us all.
Good Luck!
Good Luck little fire buddy!
Shaky connection, ugly, ugly, ugly, 100 F plus inside tent, looking pretty bad. feeling worse.
Jim
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You can do it Jim, WE BELIEVE!!
I BELIEVE IN YOU ALSO.
No doubt you’ll break your own mark in my mind! Good luck and health in doing so!
Go Jim Go!!!! You can do it!!!!!
Sara
Jim, you rock! Good luck!
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JIM . Darn that hurt I jump up in the air and tried to do the splits.
You may be a moderate CHer but your the size of your heart and efforts for others is anything but! Good luck from the entire Moderate Corps and the Grand Poobah!
Jim you’re Amazin. The only man who can beat you, is you, break that reacord.
OK oops RECORD
The games have begun-he started at 13:15, has completed one set and is working on his second-he is at 11,800 stairs. It is hot and it is taking time to get in the groove. I have no idea how this is going to look so let us create the possibility of fun and ease around this. I love all of you for your support for my guy-thank you. We have established internet and can stay in touch-more updates to come and please keep up the chatter.
you can do it!
You can do it…heats not a prob you fight fire for a living!!!
Go Jim! We’re behind you 100% man!
This is wonderful. Nick is in Texas for a couple of months, and he turns into J.R. Ewing!
just think of it this way, if you break your old record, there will never be another fire anywhere so you can hang in the firehouse all the time playing uno and stepping just to stay fit. ๐
good luck Jim.
Keep it up Jim…. This should make you laugh… Madisyn just threw up all over me…. nasty chicken and applesauces – uggghhhh
was there mango in it ๐
Jim you crazy SOB! You can do it, man! Do it for all the sad little children, abandoned puppies, and unrealized dreams out there! We’re behind you, dude. In a totally heterosexual way. Good luck!!!
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LOL – not yet! Just got my 8 year old trying th FKS mild…..
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hello abby, may i ask what he is doing to stay hydrated and eating. lots of bananas and water and gatorade? does he stop for a piece of pizza every once and a while? just curious.
Jim, thank you so much for your efforts on behalf of my son’s scholarship, the Jason M. Baker Public Safety Scholarship. Your efforts last year and this year have help educate another future public safety officer. Most importantly your efforts, character and heart our reflective of those traits we want from our public safety heroes. Your friends who support this event can find out more about my son at http://www.heroesofpublicsafety.org I wish you the best of luck. It was great seeing you today. be safe always.
Jim, I think the general should pass on his title to you, cause YOU are the b–a–m–o. Wear that stair machine out, they got more standing by!
Good luck brother!
cajohn,
how bout i let him have it for the next 20 hours but i get it 10-07-07 and beyond?
Me here- don’t have time to read, just post.
You all can’t believe this. 60 acres of asphalt & dust.
This sucks! ๐
Way to go Jim!!!! The Cactus Bob’s Crew would also like to all donate a dollar a piece so put us down for $32.00 bucks. I’ll also match that so tell me where to send the check.
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can we please get that translated? this good ol boy from Georgia doesnt understand what asphalt is.
Uncle Jim-
You never stop amazing me with your generous spirit. I’ll be thinking about you.
Karen
I wish we had a live internet feed to watch him…..hey, next time Jim…..Next time you beat this second record, we can all watch your THIRD!!!!! GO JIM….
Good luck!
i second that last post. ๐
Good luck from the efam!!!! Go Jim Go…..we have a little suprise for you also.
Jim — YOU can do it!!! I’ll congratulate you now!!! What a great effort!
Jim Rocks.
Go Jim!
Still thinking of you Jim! Hope all is going well.
Keep it up Jim, we are all behind your monumental feat. In one week, Blane will be massaging all those little corns for ya. ๐
BTW…Thanks Nick for showing support.
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Just watch the lotion.
Jim doing what he does best — being a great guy.
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Jim could make Chuck Norris take a step back.
Go for it, Jim!! If you get tired, just drink a little of your hot sauce.
Howdy Mr. Jim!
Kick some stairclimber aXX! Me and all of my new friends I met on the road back to H-Town from Open Fields are behind you to the end.
Stay ahead of it and know that you hold the admiration and gratitude of so so many.
Thank you for all that you do for mankind.
Beth in Texas
The auction To benefit Jim’s Step up for Charity ( 06 RedRum Reserve #1 Set)is now up!
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200160078043
No kidding, Tom. That should keep him going for another few hours!!!
Best of luck from Devil Duck Central.
Jim, I will present the check to you in person next week at FMK!
You can do it, we are all with ya buddy!
Ed
Keep going Jim! To celebrate your achievement I am going to have some of your bbq right before I go to sleep, then “climb” into bed. ๐ Your the best!
hey y’all in Indiana
can we get an update how he is doing?
Jim,
We are inspired by your generosity! You have our prayers and positive thoughts during your amazing ascent into establishing another record. Thanks Jim and HSB for all you are doing to help the charities you support.
Riff & Julie
Palmetto Pepper Potions
YOU ROCK!!!
See you tomarrow Jim!!!
Talk about making a difference with every step you take. Go Jim!!!
Thank you for your efforts! Good luck tomorrow.
Hope things are going good Jim! The Dawg Crew is pulling for ya!
Keep it up Jim.
Show me, climb the stairs….UP…DOWN…UP…Down
nice job Jimmy San
eman, why would he go down?
Good luck and God Bless. Will be praying you surpass your goal!
Christine
JIM JIM JIM !!!
You da man Jim.
*high five* keep it up!!
Keep it up Jim! I’ll check on you in the morning…
Well, we’re in VA right now (Winchester to be exact) for a HUGE Civil War shoot (we aren’t re-enactors, real men don’t shoot blanks). Anyway, just got back from a bunch of beers and a big steak, and I got to wonderin’…….Hmmm, is that $5 per award? 5 at Zest Fest, would that be $25 per post? (evil chuckle)
The HSB is now on Central Time…
Makes sense, so is Nick.
All over but the crying- the four hours in the heat have done me in. No record possible now. 3 bouts of diahhrea (TMI,I know) cramps, nausea, & heat exhaustion. 44,000 stairs at the 12 hour mark & that should have been 74,000 for a shot at it.
Oh well. The honor is in the attempt, right? Right? ๐ Thanks again for all your support!
Back at it.
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I think Nick just likes to make me crazy! Or at least crazier then normal!
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His feet….
Jodie and CaJohn, you need to keep posting. Your thoughts count for alot more.
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I think that is a compliment. ๐ So I will only say, THANKS!
BTW got your e-mail the other day, glad to hear all is going well. Give that little Tamale a big hug and kiss from this Tamale!
Hey eman, you and the efam going to NM this year?
SOOOOOO……….Jim how are you doing? I hope things have been going well for you sweetie! Update us all when you can! Much love to you!
Step up Jim! Just keep on truckin’! Left, right, left, right, left, right.. lol -Lars-
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Perfect Family Guy quote!!!! HA HA HA
Going to try and make at least one this year.
51,000. Looks like (if I’m lucky) I’ll top out at about 85,000. Barely respectable ๐
I need to win some awards so the pot gets bigger…
GO JIM!!!!
GO JIM, We will have a little special something also. Keep up the great work, Abby, you’re a trooper too !!! ( as well as a great poker player ) !!
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You need to come and see THT! We love the efam as much as our own!
JIM JIM JIM!!!
Way to go Jim! In true Canadian fashion I raise a glass to your most honourable endeavors!
Cheers!!!!
Don’t even think of going to the bathroom. That is what the bell jars are for. ๐
I hope your not doing this in your fire gear. I can’t wait to see the pics. I will check in here after work later on. You will probably be done at that point, so I wish you the best until then. Good steppin’ Jim, keep it up!
I’ve posted a couple of updates but don’t see them now. Probably from posting with ‘strange’ computers.
This has been one of, if not *the*, ugliest things I’ve ever tried to do! There will be no record this round. The first 5 hours in the heat and dust sapped the life out of me. I’ve still not recovered. Total stands at 62,000 with only about 6 hours to go. I’m just hoping at this point to break 70,000. You have no idea how frstrating that is since I’ve done close to that much in training several times!
Thanks for all y’alls generosity & well wishes.
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Hey Jim,
Sorry about the heat and please don’t push yourself to the point of personal harm. We are behind you no matter if record set or not.
Gordy,
Take & post some pics! That is an order.
JohnT
Buck Private SandyO Moderate Corps
Jim, no apologies or frustration to be felt. You have absolutely the biggest heart of anyone I have ever known. What you do is appreciated by all of us. There is no failure when the goal is for good. I admire who you are and what you stand for Brother!
Jim, no matter what, we are all proud of you. It is about your intentions and what you did it for which is more important than breaking your own record. Not achieiving your goal doesn’t make you any less of a man than if you did. Watch you health and keep your head held up high, you are a good man for doing this.
Jim, no such thing as defeat when you do something so self-less and giving. There is no doubt who holds that record, and I think it’s an honor to be able to have helped and even to say…” thats my buddy ” !!
Hi all,
The computer went down until now so we are sorry for the lack of communication. Jim is now at 66084 steps and is on set 16 as we speak. He took a break and got a shower and some rest and really he looks good considering. We are due for another hot humid day, it is a good thing he will finish by 13:15. I will work on pictures:)
Doing this in the cool of the evening sure beats the heat of the day…but I have faith in your ability! Keep up the good work!
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From what I hear, there is a wedding in the future in which we will most definitely be at!!!
Could have not said it better
JIm, no worries, just keep doing your best. You are a true inspiration. And I want that stinky sock no matter what! Keep going my friend.
Good luck for today, Jim! Congratulations –your record is awesome and your cause is even more so. I work with Karen Maude in No. VA and am an annual contributor to the Maude Foundation.
Go Jim, Go! After a half marathon straight up, I would advise, DON”T LOOK DOWN!!!
Good Morning All, it sure is great to see something on this BLOG going on beside reveiws of some sauce. I believe this is what Nick intended the blog to be used for.
Go JIM YOU WILL MAKE IT.
And BLAIR
Good Morning, Jim (and Abby)!
You are far to humble…what you have done, do and will continue to do is exemplary!
Hey, how about a mug of your “special” coffee…I would have one for you if I remembered how you make it. A large mug of expresso will have to do.
Keep on climbin’!
Beth in Texas
WOW! Thanks for Stepping-Up AGAIN!
Jim your honor and fortitude shine as bright as the sweat on your forehead as you complete your noble task. Putting muscle where money and mouth already are, helping and actually doing!
Good luck today Jim!
Jim, you a doing a great thing for all! You are completely just awe inspiring. What you do for others always, always makes me want to be a better person. GREAT JOB JIM! YOU ARE TRULY THE MAN!
81,000 and just about done. Might sqeeze out another couple thousand but the heat is skrocketing again ๐
Lost 9 lbs as of 5 AM.
Jim
although you did not meet your goal today, you are still one of the most respected chiliheads out there. congrats on your money raising accomplishments for charity.
Jim,
After being on the machine for 2 minutes……I had to take a break. Can’t imagine 24 hours straight! And that was in the cool night air! All I can say is that you’re amazing! I truly admire what you have done and contiue to do for the soldiers and those in public safety. Keep going and we’ll see you at end! Brett
YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Finish strong! JIM JIM JIM!!!
Go JIM!!!!!
Good luck Jim!
You rock, Jim!!! Great work!
Good Luck Jim!!
-Don, Kate, Sarah & Jonathan
P.S. – Hi Abby!
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Good luck especially in the heat! (But you’re a hot pepper guy, if anyone can take the heat, I’d guess it would have to be you!)
Knowing through his wonderful support of us chileheads that Jim’s a fine person, I can only hope I’m not too late to give him support!
No doubt, the weather here has been unseasonably hot. I didn’t know this was outdoors, you’re now even more insane than I thought previously!
Soooooo? How is Jim doing? I hope he is doing fine after the rough hours in the sun. Let’s get an update please!
Man, I can barely walk to the corner some days. I wish Jim the best of luck in breaking the record.
Update. Not doing too bad. A little gimpy but nowhere near as sore as last year. Actually on duty at the firehouse today- it was take today off & miss FMK or take next weekend off & gamble today is quiet. Hey, I know my priorities ๐
Chileheads first ๐
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Well I hope today is a quiet one for you. Thanks for the effort Jim, you are a good man.
Go get em Jim…we are all rooting for you and the charity.
Local Paul
Good to hear you’re doing OK! Now how to I get my sock!!!!!
You Know How Much Those Sock’s Are Worth…More Than The RED SOX
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LOL – I need it to go with the one I have from the last time!
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Looking forward in seeing you Jim.
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I look forward to it too sir! I’m expecting to see my kid too you know ๐
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Check your mail… eventually ๐
Final post from me on this thread- time to concentrate on the other fine stuff going on here ๐
Official Count- 83,508 Only 13 actual stepping hours (109/min) counting all the down time for nausea, ‘problems’, cramps, etc. Works out to 58/min for the 24. Humph!
Thanks again for all the well wishes, especially from the rare posters! Also thanks again to Nick for facilitating and helping out on it all! *There’s* da man ๐
Time to cheer on Troy ๐
Still quite a few steps! I can’t imagine doing something like that much less in heat and dust! You are the greatest man! Congrats
I might as well go ahead and make comment # 1000. Goodluck to you as well Troy! That has got to be rough. I couldn’t do either so goodluck on the fundraising efforts!
Welcome to the 1000 club Aaron !!!! ^5’s buddy
ha yeah I finally made it! I’d like to thank all the friends that helped me get there LOL
Jim, you inspire me to do more too! Please take care of yourself in this heat—we love you!