Fight For Air Climb returns to downtown Tampa

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Fight For Air Climb is back in the Bank of America Building in Downtown Tampa. Hundreds of people will be climbing hundreds of stairs on April 1 to raise money for the American Lung Association. One participant will be Troy Alston from Tampa. Over the past 12 years, Alston has competitively climbed more than 92,000 steps. “I started as an alternative method for the 400-meter hurdles. I had aspirations of competing in the Olympic trials, and I live by the motto, ‘If you want something you never had, you’ll do something that you never did to get it,’ so I found competitive stair climbing,” said Alston. Alston's first climb was a second-place finish in Orlando and the rest is history.