Everest at 8,849m is represented by 48 climbs of 184.4m. Your team
must average one ascent every 30 minutes to complete the challenge in 24 hours.
Teams of 6, 8, 12 or more are recommended. A team of 4 is for tough guys only!
The Challenge
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The Challenge
Climb the height of Everest from sea-level as a relay effort in 24 hours.
Everest at 8,849m above sea level is represented by 48 climbs of 184.4m from ‘Base Camp’ at the car park of the Yew Tree Inn to the ‘Summit’, the triangulation pillar or Trigpoint, atop May Hill.
Challenge must be completed in 24 hours starting at noon on 3rd August 2024
Each team will have 48 tokens that must be carried up the hill and validated with a stamp at the Trig Point.
No person may carry more than one token
Each team will be permitted only a small number of tokens in play at any one time. A new token will be issued by Base Camp upon receipt of a validated token. The team must therefore operate relay style.
At a moderate walking pace, the ascent takes around 26 minutes and the descent, around 22 minutes. This is intended as a walking effort but there is no restriction on running. The focus is to complete the challenge within 24 hours rather than on completion in the fastest time.
The challenge is completed when your 48th token is validated at the Summit
Level
Team Players
Ascents per player
Number of team token in play
Rest time per player between repeats
Green
12
4
4
5 hours
Blue
8
6
4
3 hours
Red
6
8
3
2 hours
Black
4
12
2
1 hours
An example of how the tokens work.
Suppose you are in a blue team with eight players. You will be given four tokens to start. You might choose to have four of your players walk up together, validating the four tokens at the top and then walking them back down to the Base Camp. For each validated token returned a fresh token will be issued. Anyone in your team can take one token to the top, including someone who has just returned from the hill: you do not have to take turns. For example, you may arrange yourselves so some players walk up and down for a while as others get a decent rest in the darkness hours. It is up to you.
A special note for Black level teams of four.
You have just two tokens in play. It takes the best part of an hour to walk to the top and return and you have only an hour on average to get each two tokens up and back if you are to complete the challenge. This puts a particular time pressure on Black Team players to return to Base Camp before their team members or they themselves can head upward again with a fresh token.
I intend to set up the Everest – May Hill challenge with “Entry Central” so this page will change in appearance.
For now, you can enter a team or individual direct with me, Andrew, on info@everest24h.org.
Please send to me:
Team name and level/colour
Players names
A preferred email address to which I can send additional details and how to pay the entry fee. If you are happy to use WhatsApp I will add you to a community chat for the event.
If you do not have a team then please just provide your name and indicate what level player you feel you are. I will try to find you a team.
Entry fee The modest entry fee of £24 covers the operational costs while the minimum £48 per person sponsorship will be used 100% for funding the three beneficiaries. Cancellations before the 1st July will be refunded in full less any Entry Central fees.
Please raise a minimum of GBP48 per participant. There will be a small prize for the most sponsorship raised
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St. Peters Church, Cliffords Mesne St Peter’s church is the focal point of Clifford’s Mesne, a small village near the market town of Newent in north-west Gloucestershire. The church was built in 1882 on an area of common land (some of the common survives, adjoining the churchyard to the north, and is used for the village fete and other events). The area enclosed for church and churchyard was only 0.4ha (1 acre) but the shallow, free-draining soil of this small burial ground supports an astonishing diversity of grassland and heathland plants – over 100 species at the last count.
St. Peters Church desperately needs funds to tackle a rotting floor and roof repairs
Main route 1 Starting at the Yew Tree Inn walk directly up the lane, past the cattle grid until you reach the top car park (1.23km). Turn left off the road, up the steeper footpath to the kissing gate and then direct to the summit trees and Trigpoint (2.27km)
Alternative, daylight route 2 (not to be used between 9pm and 5am) Past the cattle grid bear left up the forest track (green diamonds) and continue to the kissing gate and open common land leading to the summit trees. This route is shorter but steeper.
Character of the route Average 8% gradient, around half on sealed road and half on footpath.
May Hill is one of the most familiar landmarks in the Forest of Dean. On a clear day you can see 12 other counties and it is especially celebrated as a sunrise and sunset spot. The hill is easily recognised from many miles upon approach due to the iconic plantation of trees on the summit.
