The support team - Rowena and Dickie.

EVERESTMAX.
The aim of the expedition was to climb from the lowest place on earth to the highest… the Dead Sea in Jordan to the top of Mount Everest. Five cyclists and two support staff travelled overland from Jordan through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Chinese Tibet to Everest base camp. On Everest eight more climbers joined us in an attempt to reach the top.

The Cycle
- The overland route covered a distance of about 8000km (about 5000 miles)
- The team cycled an average of 100km per day 6 days a week for 15 weeks passing through 8 countries en route.
- We encountered deep snow and deserts. Temperatures that reached -30 at night in Iran and well into the high 30’s in Pakistan. We travelled through sand storms, floods, bird flu, political uprisings and endless, generous cups of tea and coffee.

The Climb
- The ascent of the mountain was attempted from the challenging North side (the North-east ridge)
- The total ascent by the expedition was 9300m (about 30,250') - the ascent on the mountain alone was about 3700m.

The expedition was a fantastic success and the statistics speak for themselves..
- 3 of the 5 cyclists summitted thus completing the longest climb on Earth
- 9 of the 16 climbers (including our sherpa team) summitted
- 13 of the 15 EVERESTMAX team reached the North Col (higher than any place in the World outside the Himalaya)
- Pauline and Phil became the first British couple to summit
- Most importantly all 15 members of the expedition returned to Base Camp alive and without any signs of frostbite - a rare thing on Everest.

Dickie and I organised food, accommodation, border guards, broken vans and tired cyclists. We also cycled almost 2000km and climbed to the North Col at 7100m.
It was an amazing trip.