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Cousins hike tallest mountain 18 times in one day
Cousins hike tallest mountain 18 times in one day
Eighteen trips up and down mount Slættaratindur is the vertical-metre equivalent of climbing Everest
Exhausted but happy: cousins Jens Petur Eliassen and Ken Bærentsen, pictured left to right at the completion of their charity hike
22.08.2021 - 12:24
Hiking enthusiasts Jákup Petur Eliassen and Ken Bærentsen yesterday completed their so-called ‘Everesting’.
By hiking 18 times up and down the 880-metre tall Slættaratindur in 24 hours and 42 minutes, they cumulatively hiked 8,946 vertical metres, which is about 100 metres more than the height of the world’s tallest mountain, mount Everest.
Measured horizontally, the hike amounted to 65.5 kilometres, which is roughly one-and-a-half Marathon.
In addition to being a physical challenge for the two cousins, the event also functioned as a fundraiser for the ‘Eydnudeildin’ handball club for children with special needs.
Read the Faroese version of this article here.
Translated by prosa.fo.
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