As part of the 100th year anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, I presented an oil painting of his 1987 "The Vertical Mile - A Climb For Health" to Eiffel Tower Officials, Mr. Christian Marequier and Mr. Bernard Hebert on June 16, 1989. Silva scaled the Eiffel Tower 7 1/2 times (2 hours, 2 minutes, 54 seconds) to complete the Vertical Mile. This event drew international attention by demonstrating that it is never too late to begin leading a healthier lifestyle.
And if you ever get to the Eiffel Tower, check out the offices under the north tower - the picture hangs there. (1989) It might still be there!
Philadelphia, October 10, 1990, Climbing the Rocky steps! Here kicking off a year long goal to climb "A Million Steps for Health" by climbing a Vertical Mile on the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Rocky only climbed them once, I did 180 round-trips!
1992, at the age of 42, I climbed the 79 stories of the Peachtree Plaza Hotel 39 times. A total of 45,708 stairs in just under 10 hours. That is the equivalent of running 4.2 marathons!
Here I am in front of the Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, where I shattered the Marathon Stair climbing Record.
October 10th, 1991, finishing the "Million Steps Climb" at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Completing a Vertical Mile and bringing my total number of steps climbed in one year to 1,335,545 steps, or 89,036 flights of stairs. Another World Record!
