By YASEMIN TALAT
TARNEIT resident Jamie Joseph is preparing to climb new heights and beat his own personal best at the annual Eureka Climb 2013.
The Eureka Climb sees participants climb, walk or run the 88 floors, which is equivalent to 1642 stairs, up Melbourne’s tallest building to the Eureka Skydeck.
Mr Joseph will compete in the Elite Category of the Eureka Climb in which he is seeded number nine.
The 21-year-old student and fitness fanatic was preparing for his third Eureka Climb and hoped to complete the challenge in under 10 minutes.
“Last year I did it in just over 11 minutes,” Mr Joseph said.
“This year I hope to break the 10 minute mark.”
To prepare for the event Mr Joseph does kickboxing which involves a lot of leg work like running and skipping.
Mr Joseph is no stranger to a challenge.
He regularly takes part in an array of challenges including popular obstacle style events like Tough Mudder and The Stampede and has even run marathons.
“Fitness is a really big part of my life and I always do all the events that I can,” he said.
“It’s also my way of helping raise money for charities.”
“I’ve always loved helping out other people and being able to give a bit of my time to help someone else.”
Mr Joseph is studying to become a paramedic and has also applied to be a combat medic in the Army Reserves.
As a participant, Mr Joseph will help raise funds for event charity partners Interplast and Whitelion who help rebuild young lives in Australia and abroad.
To donate visit: http://www.eurekaclimb.com.au/registrant/5090
