Records tumble in 'Mount Everest' bike challenge

With most cycling events disrupted, racing up and down a hill until you clock up 8848 metres of climbing has become a hot activity.

Andy van Bergen cycling in Tibet in 2017. Cyclingtips.com

Alec Jacobson

Aug 27, 2020 – 10.50am

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As my altimeter clicked past 9230 metres for the day – into the range of the low oxygen "death zone" on Mount Everest – and my eyes blurred with sweat and sunscreen, a white Ferrari accelerated past me into a curve.

I was drunk with fatigue, but the car was real, passing me as I slowly cycled up the road to Mount Seymour Resort below Dinkey Peak in North Vancouver, Canada. I was far from the world's tallest mountain, but straining to finish what is known as the Everesting Challenge.