treadmill Rules
Pick your route anywhere in the world and climb the height of your chosen Everesting Challenge in a single, continuous activity.
Just hit the SUBMIT button in our Hall of Fame, log in to your account and upload your Strava activity.
We will carefully review your attempt, and once approved, you’ll earn your place among thousands of trailblazers, athletes, and adventurers in our global Crew.
To complete the challenge you must gain the total elevation of your chosen Everesting Challenge in one effort.
- Quarter Everesting 2,212m (7258ft)
- Half Everesting 4,424m (14,515ft)
- Full Everesting 8,848m+ (29,029ft+)
Check potential routes and segments on the Everesting Calculator to make sure they are appropriate.
Your attempt must be recorded on Strava.
For treadmill Everestings, elevation gain is calculated using the incline setting and distance covered.
Vertical gain is calculated as: Distance × Incline %
Example: 10 km at 10% incline = 1000 m vertical gain
Participants should document the incline and distance used for their calculation.
- Anything that produces verifiable vertical gain on a treadmill can be used to complete a treadmill Everesting.
- Your attempt must simulate one continuous climb using a consistent incline setting.
- The incline must be set to a minimum of 5%.
- You cannot combine multiple incline levels to simulate multiple hills.
- Runs must consist of continuous climbing intervals at the chosen incline.
- Once you hit your climbing target you can end the run at any point.
- You may pause the treadmill briefly for breaks, but the activity must remain one continuous recorded session.
- The challenge must be completed in one attempt with no sleep.
- Breaks for meals are acceptable.
- You can break for as long as you need, keep in mind this counts towards the total elapsed time.
- Your final time for the challenge is taken as the total elapsed time of the attempt, not the total moving tim