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Rain, hail, snow or shine: CFA members train for annual stair climb event

Up on the Mount Donna Buang Observation Tower, a line of CFA members slowly ascend the metal stairs. The icy wind whistles around them, interrupted only by the sounds of exhaustion. Oxygen tanks weigh them down like shackles, and their strained breath fog up their…

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