Katie Hall (Boels Dolmans) broke the women's Everest summit record this weekend by summiting 8,848 meters in 10 hours on Bonny Doon, just outside Santa Cruz, California. Hall beat the previous record by more than two and a half hours, Boels Dolmans confirmed in a Twitter post.

"Congratulations to Katie Hall on breaking the Everest Challenge women's record!" Boels Dolmans posted on Twitter.

"Katie climbed 8848 meters in 10 hours and 1 minute, breaking the previous record of over 2.5 hours. Katie joined the challenge to help fight the coronavirus."

The riders will run as fast as possible over 8848 meters, the height of Mount Everest, in the Everest Challenge, officially run by Australia's Hells 500. The previous female record was over 12 hours (12 minutes and 32 seconds), set by Alice Thomson of England.

Hall chose to complete Everest on the Bonny Doon climb, which is 3.8 km long and has an average gradient of 8.8%. She repeated this climb 27 times, completing the total distance of 197 km and altitude of 8,848 m in 10 hours and 1 minute.

Hall also completed Everest as part of the "Giddy Up For Good" climbing challenge (open in new tab) run by seven-time world champion Rebecca Rusch, and for COVID-19 relief through the Be Good Foundation. completed the Everest climb. Beneficiaries were the CDC Foundation, World Bicycle Relief, and People for Bikes. the event took place over Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25. As part of the high altitude challenge, there was a category called Queen's Everest.

U.S. cross-country mountain bike champion Keegan Swenson set the unofficial men's best time at the Everest Challenge outside Salt Lake City, Utah, last week. Swenson's time was estimated at 7:40, well ahead of the unofficial record of 7:52:12 set by former professional athlete Phil Guymon at Topanga State Park near Los Angeles.

Other athletes who completed the Everest Challenge were Ruth Winder (Trek Segafredo) and James Piccoli (Israel Startup Nation).