Plan and Prepare

– Our Everesting guides are a comprehensive resource to help you plan.
– Use our Everesting Calculator to determine the number of reps you require for your chosen climb.

Complete the Everesting Challenge

– It must be recorded on Strava.
– vEveresting must be completed on Zwift.

Submit for approval

– You must submit the Strava activity from your Everesting to us for approval. Submit at everesting.cc/submit

–  If your descent includes a bit of climbing this still counts toward your total. Keep in mind that this is a climbing challenge, and routes with ‘kinetic gain’ should be checked via the everesting calculator first. The calculator has a built-in ‘check’ on descent elevation gain. For the moment you’ll simply have to halve the reps required on the calculator. You’ll know yourself from riding it in real life whether your chosen segment has a gain on the descent. We want to avoid ‘free metres’ where possible. A ‘rule of thumb’ should be applied when looking at a route with elevation gain on a descent or kinetic gain. If it feels like you are gaming the system, then you probably are! Ask us first if in doubt (it’s never nice explaining this afterwards).

– It does not matter how long the ride takes, but it must be ridden in one attempt (i.e. no sleeping in between). Breaks for meals etc. are fine. You can break for as long or as little as you like. Bear in mind break times add up quickly, and can add significantly to your elapsed time.

– It’s important to note that you undertake a Basecamp Everesting entirely at your own risk and Everesting, Hells 500, this website and its contents accept no liability for your actions, impact on others, safety, or your mental state!

– Rides must only focus on one hill or mountain per ride (e.g. you can’t base yourself in one location and ride multiple hills). You cannot ride different routes on the same mountain. If there are 4 routes, that means there are 4 possible ‘everestings’ (think of it like the North and South face of Everest).

– Rides cannot be loops. The descent must be via the same road unless you are prevented from doing so (e.g. one-way street or one-way trail). This is to prevent kinetic gain sometimes afforded by a loop, or an ‘easier’ descent.

– Rides must be full ascents each time (Strava segments or the accepted ‘traditional’ climbing route will generally be the best guide for this. You can’t commit to a combination of full and half laps). Acceptable is a shorter segment of a climb if it is recognised in its own right. If in doubt, ask.

– The exception to full repeats of the same section/segment of hill is once you hit 4,424m you can abandon that repeat (although we highly recommend bagging ‘just a few’ extra metres.. just in case!)

– Each repeat must be ridden up and down (i.e. you can’t get driven down each time). You also need to keep your device recording the whole time.

– No section of the ride can be walked. This is a cycling challenge.

– Your Basecamp Everesting attempt will be verified through proof of the laps repeated of a hill (or a shorter section of that hill). As we verify your attempt based on the completed laps, the previous requirement to use a device with an altimeter or barometer no longer applies. You can record your attempt on a dedicated cycling computer, fitness watch, or smartphone – essentially anything that allows you to record an activity in Strava.

– Our strong advice is to pre-calculate the amount of repetitions of a hill / section of hill / segment prior to commencing. An accurate calculation is important.

– Take 4,424m (14,514ft) and divide that by your elevation gain to calculate reps
(e.g. a segment of 100m gain: 4,424 ÷ 100m = 44.24 reps required)

– Study the hill / section / segment in Strava or on VeloViewer, and take note as to whether the profile looks accurate. A hill / segment / section with a saw-toothing profile will be the result of bad data, and will therefore give you a false elevation. If the hill / segment / section you have selected looks like this, best to find another alternate recording of the segment, or create a new one yourself.

(This is an example of poor data, resulting in ‘saw-toothing’. It only takes a quick look at this profile to know that no road had a gradient like this!)

– An important note: Non-barometric devices can significantly under or over report your elevation while climbing, so do not rely on those figures.

For clarity, previously rides were required to be recorded on a device with an altimimeter or barometer. This is no longer a requirement.