Everesting

plural Everestings

1. countableuncountablecyclingThe challenge of ascending and descending a given hill multiple times on a bicycle, in order to cover a distance of 8,848 metres (the elevation of Mount Everest).

   The first person to undertake Everesting was British mountaineer George Mallory – grandson of the famous explorer and Everest climber of the same name – who ascended Australia’s Mount Donna Buang in 1994, completing eight laps of the 1,069 metre hill.

   2020 December 17, Mollie Mcguigan, “Everything you need to know about Everesting”, in Runner’s World

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   In September 2017 Paul Adler and CyclingTips founder Wade Wallace rode an unofficial ‘Everesting’ together around Annecy. Nearly 320km and 10,000m of climbing (the hight^([sic – meaning height]) of Everest is 8848m), Paul tells the story of his failed and successful attempts at climbing Mount Everest and how it relates to cycling.

   2017 November 16, CyclingTips, “How does 'Everesting' on a bike compare to climbing Mount Everest?”, in YouTube

   In the increasingly popular global challenge known as Everesting, the 33-year-old McLaughlin returned to the famed Mamore Gap in his native Donegal and completed the 8,848 metres, 29,029 feet in old money, that being the height of Mount Everest, in a time of 6:40.54.

   2021 March 29, Ian O'Riordan, “Mamore power to him: Ronan McLaughlin regains Everesting record in Donegal”, in Irish Times

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of Everest