Roger Goodell, Jim Mora Scaled Mt. Rainier For Charity
Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Mike under NFLMaybe not quite the 2009 version of Vertical Limit, NFL executive edition. But I could see Goodell looking back to Seahawks CEO Todd Leiweke , lagging behind, and saying: “100,000 sperm and you were the fastest?”
Goodell, Leiweke and Seahawks Head Coach Jim Mora scaled Mt. Rainier on Wednesday in a charity ascent of the 14,411 ft. peak to raise money for the United Way. The group was led by Ed Viesturs, the only American to ever summit all 14 mountains over 8000 meters.
Leiweke on KJR sports radio in Seattle:
“Actually, no one approached us. This was kind of the Seahawks inspiration. Jim Mora had a real interest in going up (Mount) Rainier, so the idea just kind of snowballed. We went to the United Way and said ‘we have this idea. We can climb Rainier and plant the flag for the 12th man but also for United Way.’. So the idea kept building. Jim Mora signing up was a huge deal but then getting Commissioner Goodell to come out and join us was just a side of epic.”
Little more is known of how this group came together other than that one point The Taskmaster sent an email that read “count me in.”
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