This August I will be undertaking the hardest cycling challenge I have attempted to date. I shall be tackling an individual event known as ‘everesting’. The rules are simple; climb the total height of Mt Everest by repeating a single climb in one session with no sleep. I will be doing this to raise money for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and have set a target of £1000. 

The attempt is scheduled for August the 15^th and I have chosen Barley Lane climb as my road of torture. For those of you who are local this is the climb out of Barley village towards Downham passing the bottom of Pendle Hill steps. This will mean 75 repetitions of the climb to total 8,848m/29 029ft of elevation. To put it into context that’s around 2900 times up and down your stairs at home however I will be riding this on a bike. I would like to encourage anyone who is willing to come along and either ride a few reps with me or simply offer support from the roadside. However please do not be offended if I don’t talk much on the ascents! The plan is to begin at around midnight and cycle through the day of the 15th in the hope I can complete it within a 24 hour period. I shall be setting us base in Barley village. Any donation would be greatly appreciated and will help support this superb charity.

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