Adam Ahmad, Liam Hobbs, Dayna Hynes and Sandy Archibald have accepted the Firefighters Climb for MND challenge, where they will climb all 98 storeys, or 1504 stairs, of the Sydney Tower Eye wearing full structural fire fighting ensemble with a combined weight of over 20 kilograms, all to raise money for motor neurone disease (MND) research.

All funds will go towards Australia’s largest MND research facility, Macquarie University (Health), who are working to fight the terminal neurological disease.

Dayna Hynes, who has been pushing the team to put in the hard yards at training, says the climb is a first for Murrurundi.

“A few of us have been interested in previous years, including myself,” she said. “But, now that we have got a full crew we can actually participate in things like this and man the station as well.”

And, you may have seen the group in their firefighting ensemble, as they were put through their paces in a combined training activity at the Murrurundi railway bridge stairs.

“We worked out that if we do the stairs 46 times we can achieve the amount of stairs we need to for the climb,” Ms Hynes said.

“Obviously coming down the stairs means we get a breath so it’s not as rigorous as we’d like.

“Sandy, who’s on a property, has mentioned going there to do some hill climbs. He’s been working around his hills in boots and a weighted backpack.”

The journey will also have added meaning for the team, with a floor at Sydney Tower to be dedicated for the day to well-known Murrurundi local Fiona Woods (Purcell) who sadly passed away from MND at the age of 51 in April 2017.

“Many teams will dedicate floors to people that mean something to them or their community that have passed away or currently suffering from MND,” Ms Hynes said.

“There are plenty of people out there with this disease who wish they could climb up stairs.

“Hopefully through training hard over the next few months, fundraising for research into MND in the community and raising awareness we get a good message out there.”

You can donate ahead of the climb on October 20 here.