Million Stair Challenge exceeds its goal

A celebratory potluck was held on Friday, July 1, 2016 for all participants in the Million Stair Challenge held at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park during the month of June.

Sunset on the last day of the challenge
Photo by Stephen H. Robinson

The Million Stair Challenge started in 2012 as a way to bring more attention to the health benefits of stair climbing and bring more people out to Saltwater Park in Shoreline. Since then, the stairs have become an increasingly popular place for people to gather with the common goal of staying in shape.

In the Challenge, individuals count the number of stairs they climb during the month of June. The goal was to cumulatively reach One Million Steps. The goal was 1,000,000 - the actual count was 1.848,850!

Following is a list of the individuals who participated and their number of steps. The top Stepper was Wallace Warren, with 131,016.

Grand Total	1,848,850
2	Wallace Warren	131016
3	Kinin Taylor	101556
4	Rene S	67626
5	Dean W	63310
6	Ryan Hague	58436
7	Leah W	57368
8	Carla Happel	56402
9	Amanda Zollner	54146
10	JO	53016
11	Jill S	52152
12	Alicia Kuppens	47564
13	Annie Carter	47446
14	Betsy Plotkin	41584
15	Rebecca Wagoner	41318
16	Rupp27	36666
17	Paul Gagliano	35066
18	Scott Hayes	34560
19	Matthew Rehfeld	33652
20	Stair Stepper	32148
21	Erik Nordstrom	31962
22	Joel Beerman	27448
23	Martha Hayden-Ledbetter	25820
24	Sunny Gagliano	25012
25	Sophia Keen	24066
26	DSD	23810
27	Kayla Shumate	22000
28	Jody Schwab	21566
29	Diana E	20598
30	Eric	19150
31	Samantha L	17860
32	bmb	17640
33	Lynn G	16356
34	Ani	15792
35	Beth Miller	15604
36	Ken Romdall	15040
37	Grace Jiang	15040
38	Barbara Guthrie	15040
39	Dylan	14548
40	Di DeBerry	14476
41	Alice Lawson	14178
42	Isabel Reeb	12474
43	Adair	12096
44	J. Winn	11280
45	Jeffrey Ledbetter	11218
46	C and E	11130
47	Jenny Rowe	11098
48	Michele Jones	10904
49	Raymond S	10832
50	John Hoey	10528
51	Grant R	10528
52	Carrie Johnson	10340
53	Cindy Bouchard	10220
54	Jo Bowen	10152
55	Anna C	9776
56	Al Troupe	9702
57	Stephanie Laviola	9450
58	Doug Loeser	9400
59	Nan Butler	9072
60	Desi	8426
61	Stacy Dalton	8084
62	K Shelley	8084
63	eboats	7896
64	Leslie Lytle	7606
65	Peter Aye	7520
66	Julie Wentzel	7520
67	CP Scott	7332
68	Alyssa S	6580
69	sheila tashiro	6402
70	Amanda Forshay	6392
71	Mavrick Homer	6016
72	Gary Sterling	5544
73	Carol Hiltner	5292
74	Lisa Hirohata	4710
75	Mikaela Covington	4700
76	Tammy doffner	4324
77	Jeff Reed	4324
78	Flapjack Daniels	4212
79	Jennifer Ursich	3768
80	barajas	3760
81	Lacy Cheers	3704
82	Kimberly Cardaropoli	3572
83	Karly Schell	3196
84	Liz	3140
85	Lisa Witzel	3140
86	Joan H	3072
87	Sarah Patton	3008
88	Olga Barajas	2632
89	Chris	2632
90	Kassy Reed	2256
91	Talia Speer	2068
92	Kevin O	2068
93	Denver Jones	2068
94	William W	2016
95	Michael W	1890
96	Yunwoo Choi	1880
97	Tina Bagoshvili	1880
98	Taewoong Thongdee	1880
99	Shea Keating	1880
100	Mark Coons	1880
101	Jen Kostanich	1880
102	RuthAnn Newbould	1448
103	Brianne Monett	1316
104	Angela Cook	1316
105	Susan Armstrong	1128
106	DJB	1128
107	Angela Birchman	1128
108	Kevin Schultz	1004
109	Robin O	940
110	Nicole O	940
111	Michelle Healy	940
112	Michael Martin	940
113	Linda Sovereign	940
114	Jessica Savini	940
115	Jennifer coons	940
116	Michael Izumi	752
117	McG33	752
118	Mike Lawson	630
119	Page Bonifaci	564
120	Federick Brooks	564
121	Tamara Cullison	376
122	Josh Shope	376
123	Joanna McMahon	376
124	Indicat Climbs	376
125	Alicia Shope	376
126	Lillian Balmforth	188

The event was so successful that the City may well increase the goal to Two Million Steps next year.