Everesting
noun

- an activity in which cyclists ascend and descend a given hill multiple times, in order to have cumulatively ridden 8,848 metres (the height of Mount Everest)

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ORIGIN

In 2014 Andy Van Bergen, the then 34-year-old founder of the Melbourne, Australia, cycling club ‘Hells 500”, had an idea. Long inspired by mountaineering stories, he decided to pedal 29,029 vertical feet—the height of Everest—in a single ride. And he’d challenge others to do the same, which is how the Everesting challenge was born.

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THE RULES OF THE GAME

The rules are diabolically simple: find a hill, climb, and repeat until you’ve conquered your personal Everest. No sleep allowed.

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FIVE NOTABLE EVERESTS

- In August 2017, 12 year old Tom Seipp was the youngest person to Everest. The location: Stwlan Dam in Wales.

- Following Tom Seipp, an 11-year-old American completed a virtual (home-based) Everesting, starting at 6.30am and lasting nearly 15 hours in the saddle.

- The first woman to Everest was Sarah Hammond in 2014, riding Australia’s Mount Buffalo eight times.

- Benny JJ completed an Everesting every month of 2016, for a total of 12 Everestings.

- Ben Soja was the first to Everest on a unicycle, riding up Mount Lowe in the San Gabriel Mountains of California ten times over in twenty-three hours.

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PRACTICE OWAD in an English conversation, discuss something like:

“Speaking of extreme sports, have you heard of EVERESTING?”

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