By Laura Michell
Epping’s Andrew Talbot will be racing up the 88 floors of the Eureka Skydeck this Sunday while dressed as the PWS Power Ranger to raise awareness of a rare genetic condition.
Mr Talbot will don a morph suit for the gruelling 1642-step climb to shine a light on Prader-Willi Syndrome, which affects the daughter of a close friend.
The non-inherited genetic condition can cause small hands and feet, abnormal growth and body composition, weak muscles, intellectual disability and extreme obesity. Children with the condition develop slower than other children and face a multitude of health problems.
Mr Talbot first started wearing a morph suit when he ran as a way to have a bit of fun.
But after his friend’s daughter was diagnosed with PWS, he decided to turn the suit into a PWS Power Ranger costume.
“There are no charities or government backing for the condition,” he said. “All the fundraising for research is from family and friends of people with the condition.
“This is sort of my way to raise awareness – by being a character that is easily identifiable.”
It will be the second time Mr Talbot has completed the Eureka stair climb in the morph suit.
