Fastest time to climb or descend One Million Stairs for the 70+ age category: James C. Wigginton

April 23, 2025
Fastest time to climb or descend One Million Stairs for the 70+ age category: James C. Wigginton

Belleville, Michigan, United States Of America--The Fastest time to climb or descend 1 Million stairs world record for the 70+ age category is 135 days and was achieved by Jim C. Wigginton (USA) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY; the world record was set for the Punya Thyroid Cancer Endowment Fund.


"This was done to raise awareness and funding for Cancer, and specifically Thyroid Cancer, as well as for crippled veterans and others who cannot climb stairs, and as an inspiration for others,"says Jim Wigginton.

Fastest time to climb or descend One Million Stairs for the 70+ age category: James C. Wigginton

The final day of the world record attempt was witnessed by: Dr. Megan Haymart, Dr. Francis Worden, Ms. Chanel Stitt - a journalist with the Detroit Free Press and Mr. Eric Barritt (for the Michigan Medicine Journal), Smith Putti, Mrs. Shephard Nancy and Bush Geoffry.


World record holder James C. Wigginton also performed an anti doping test and a polygraph test, as requested by the World Record Academy.

World Record holder James C. Wigginton, also known as Jim, Ph.D. serves as the Managing Partner at True North Equity, LLC. Mr. Jim Wigginton has pledged to donate a $6 million endowment to support the Punya Thyroid Cancer Endowed Fund and establish the Nancy Wigginton Professorships of Thyroid Cancer.


Mr. Jim Wigginton is dedicated to raising funds in her name to support thyroid cancer at the University of Michigan.

Fastest time to climb or descend One Million Stairs for the 70+ age category: James C. Wigginton

Mr. Wigginton had previously established the Punya Thyroid Cancer Endowed Fund for the benefit of thyroid cancer clinical research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in August 2013 with a gift of $1 million.


Since then, he has pledged to donate another $5 million to establish two endowed professorships in memory of Nancy Wigginton. The combined $6 million is the largest gift to thyroid cancer research at the University of Michigan.

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