Event: Velo29 Everest Challenge World record Attempt
Date: 8th June 2025

Everesting is a brutally simple concept to cycle repeat climbs of one hill in a single activity, totaling at least 8,848m of elevation and join an elite group of riders accredited by Hells500 – holders of the Everesting Hall of Fame. The world record for the most riders to complete an Everest in one event was set in Norway with 54 riders.

The Velo29 world record story began in 2023, with 77 riders taking to the start line, however, only 45 riders completed Everest. In 2024 86 riders took to the line but around 18:00 it became apparent that the record would be at least 2 riders short! So close yet so far!

On June 8th 2025, I joined 106 riders to have a go at the record! I was in group 2 that set off at the top of the hill at 5:00. With a temperature of ‘feels like’ -1 and speeds of 75kmph it wasn’t the most relaxing way to start! The bottom arrived very quickly and we saw the turn point, a traffic cone that had to be negotiated in the middle of a very narrow road. Then on to the climb…

The climb chosen for the attempt was Peaslows, it is 1.3km long, starts at 10% gradient, rises to 15% in the middle with an average of 10.6% after it flattens towards the top. Each lap is 2.6km so a Full Everest = 174.2km. With an average speed over the day on the climb of 7kmph this was a tough grind and proved to be the hardest challenge that I have undertaken! Character building springs to mind!

67 repetitions later and with a time of 14:42:39 I made it and officially completed an Everest!

With only a few hours left to the cut off time of 17-hours I didn’t have to wait too long to find out that 59 riders completed Everest so we became the new world record holders!