Overview
Tom and Adam Leach will be riding up a virtual Mount Everest for approximately 12 hours to raise money for palliative care services in Bungendore NSW, and Yorkshire UK.
Watch live online - from 06:00 AEST sat 12th September
**UPDATE - 25th August**
Venue in Bungendore confirmed - come along to give your support at the Bungendore Village Square - starting at 06:00 on 12/09/2020 until 6pm (ish). Tom will be riding there in person, and Adam via webcam from Melbourne.
** In case of foul weather the event will take place in ...bpsoke bicycle shop on Gibraltar street **
Join in
Come to Bungendore Village Square to support Tom on the day – and stretch your legs – having a go at cycling up the Alpe Du Zwift alongside Tom!
Follow live online!
Watch live - from 06:00 AEST sat 12th September
Expected event running time:
- AEST Sat 12th Sep 06:00 – 18:00
- BST Fri 11th Sep 21:00 – Sat 12th Sep 09:00
The Challenge
“Everesting” is a challenge of endurance. It involves riding up (and down) the same hill over and over, until you have climbed to the same altitude as Mount Everest – 8,848m.
We would love to be able to do it together for real, but due to current COVID-19 restrictions, we will be attempting a “Virtual Everesting”.
In a Virtual Everesting (vEveresting) the same rules apply, but you complete the event using a “virtual” hill in the online cycling simulation game “Zwift”, riding on a smart bicycle trainer that simulates the gradient and power required to ride up the hill.
We will be riding up “Alpe du Zwift” - a replica of the famous Alp D’Huez climb used in the Tour De France. To complete the challenge, we will have to ride up it 8 and a half times.
This is a really tough challenge!
The challenge will start at 0600 AEST on Saturday 12th September. It is expected to take 11-14 hours.
Tom will be completing the challenge as a community event in the centre of Bungendore in The Village Square – if you can make it, please come along and give some moral support. You can also have a go too! Local cycling shop ...bspoke will provide a second bike, where you can come and test your endurance riding up the Alpe alongside Tom.
** In case of foul weather the event will take place in ...bpsoke bicycle shop on Gibraltar street **
Adam is under strict lockdown in Melbourne. He will be riding at home, but you’ll be able to follow him via webcam, and in-game on Zwift.
The Charities
Money raised in relation to this event will be split 50:50 between two palliative care charities – one here in Bungendore, and one back in our native Yorkshire, UK.
(1) The Anne Lim Memorial Fund provides financial support to local residents of the Bungendore region who are suffering from a terminal illness to allow them to access medications and other resources that might otherwise be financially out of reach.
(2) Dove House Hospice provides end of life care and other palliative care services to residents of Kingston upon Hull and the surrounding region. Dove House holds a special place in our hearts as it is where Joan Leach, our grandmother passed away in 2019.
Tom and Adam Leach will be riding up a virtual Mount Everest for approximately 12 hours to raise money for palliative care services in Bungendore NSW, and Yorkshire UK.
Watch live online - from 06:00 AEST sat 12th September
**UPDATE - 25th August**
Venue in Bungendore confirmed - come along to give your support at the Bungendore Village Square - starting at 06:00 on 12/09/2020 until 6pm (ish). Tom will be riding there in person, and Adam via webcam from Melbourne.
** In case of foul weather the event will take place in ...bpsoke bicycle shop on Gibraltar street **
Join in
Come to Bungendore Village Square to support Tom on the day – and stretch your legs – having a go at cycling up the Alpe Du Zwift alongside Tom!
Follow live online!
Watch live - from 06:00 AEST sat 12th September
Expected event running time:
- AEST Sat 12th Sep 06:00 – 18:00
- BST Fri 11th Sep 21:00 – Sat 12th Sep 09:00
The Challenge
“Everesting” is a challenge of endurance. It involves riding up (and down) the same hill over and over, until you have climbed to the same altitude as Mount Everest – 8,848m.
We would love to be able to do it together for real, but due to current COVID-19 restrictions, we will be attempting a “Virtual Everesting”.
In a Virtual Everesting (vEveresting) the same rules apply, but you complete the event using a “virtual” hill in the online cycling simulation game “Zwift”, riding on a smart bicycle trainer that simulates the gradient and power required to ride up the hill.
We will be riding up “Alpe du Zwift” - a replica of the famous Alp D’Huez climb used in the Tour De France. To complete the challenge, we will have to ride up it 8 and a half times.
This is a really tough challenge!
The challenge will start at 0600 AEST on Saturday 12th September. It is expected to take 11-14 hours.
Tom will be completing the challenge as a community event in the centre of Bungendore in The Village Square – if you can make it, please come along and give some moral support. You can also have a go too! Local cycling shop ...bspoke will provide a second bike, where you can come and test your endurance riding up the Alpe alongside Tom.
** In case of foul weather the event will take place in ...bpsoke bicycle shop on Gibraltar street **
Adam is under strict lockdown in Melbourne. He will be riding at home, but you’ll be able to follow him via webcam, and in-game on Zwift.
The Charities
Money raised in relation to this event will be split 50:50 between two palliative care charities – one here in Bungendore, and one back in our native Yorkshire, UK.
(1) The Anne Lim Memorial Fund provides financial support to local residents of the Bungendore region who are suffering from a terminal illness to allow them to access medications and other resources that might otherwise be financially out of reach.
(2) Dove House Hospice provides end of life care and other palliative care services to residents of Kingston upon Hull and the surrounding region. Dove House holds a special place in our hearts as it is where Joan Leach, our grandmother passed away in 2019.
Co-organizers (2)
Tom Leach
Organizer
Anembo, NSW
Adam Leach
Co-organizer