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“2000 steps of pure terrifying exhilaration,” Bromstad wrote.
“This wasn’t just a climb for me, this was something so much more.”
Bromstad also described feeling less afraid as the hike went on, and how he even got emotional.
“It wasn’t about the speed and I wasn’t competing with anyone else but myself.”
He graduated from art school Sarasota, Florida’s Ringling College of Art and Design.
Bromstad switched gears and did sculpting work for the theme park as a contractor.
He later contracted with Disney and the Universal theme parks in Orlando to continue creating art for them.
Once he lost his contracting gig post-9/11, Bromstad was struggling financially.
“The big lesson from designing so many kids' rooms?
The wow factor,” Bromstad told Van Cleave.
Designing children’s bedrooms (and nudging from a friend) led Bromstad to enter “Design Star.”
One tattoo that holds deeper meaning than it might seem is the popcorn on his abdomen.
In a 2015 interview withOut, he spoke about the places he’d been, such as Mykonos.
“It’s time for a new city.”
However, he did say he may return to Mykonos one day.
It was worth losing a phone."
He mentioned Tahiti and Bora Bora, saying, “I can live there and not move.
I want a shack on the water and just be.
He has shared photos of his intricate costumes and decor on social media.
For 2017’s holiday, Bromstad got to spend Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, which he recounted onFacebook.
In 2019, Bromstad shared photos onInstagramfor his inaugural Halloween party.
“Happy Halloween my crazy creepy crawlers!”
Bromstad’s spookiest costume was in 2021 when he was covered in fake skulls and bones.
“All put together by myself,” Bromstad said onInstagram.
“Bone collector craziness.”
However, it doesn’t need to be Halloween season for Bromstad to enjoy something spooky.
“The house is exactly what [you] would imagine,” Bromstad said.
“Grand and mysterious but very casual.”
