Climbers set world record by participating in fitness class at Nepal's Mera Peak

While some fitness classes occur inside comforts of homes on mobile devices, ors are higher up notch, sometimes, even 6,000 metres high. Recently, a team of climbers jet-setted to Asia to be a part of a fitness class that was set to be held at Nepal’s Mera Peak. 

After nine days of climbing peak, on October 9, personal trainer along with 8 participants, did a 30-minute fitness session of exercises such as push-ups and planks at an altitude of 6,036m, thus creating a new world record. climbers set record by breaking previous record of 5,714m.  

“We stayed at High Camp on Mera Peak and on tenth day, we reached summit of Mera Peak at 6,476m,” said Tim Megginson of Body Shape Fitness. “Everybody committed to task and everyone went in with a positive mindset. I would love to explore more extreme altitudes to see how far my ability can take me,” he ded, according to Ely Standard. 

Climbing group sets new world record at Mera Peak

Megginson, along with his team members Wes Hooper and Ryan Creak, departed from Nepal on October 16. Sharing snippets of expedition on his Facebook account, Megginson wrote, “6476m Summit + 2 New Guinness World Records… Highest fitness session on earth! Highest 1 hour chess game on earth!”

“Out of 3 teams that left high camp for summit on Monday morning, I’m proud to say ours was only one that me it, 7 of us wed and climbed through 2 feet of fresh snow around naughty deep crevasses for 5 hours,” he elucidated. images feature climbers on snow-cl mountain, wearing climbing gear and bomber jackets.  pictures have garnered nearly 400 likes and dozens of comments. “Looks amazing but brutal! Massive well done!” one user wrote.“Wow, what an amazing achievement... Outstanding,” anor user ded.

Mera Peak, a popular trekking peak, is situated in Mahalangur district of Nepal. At an altitude of 6,476 metres, mountain is me up of three summits: Mera North, Mera Central and Mera South. Every year, it attracts travellers with its breathtaking view and is known as gateway to world's tallest peak, Mount Everest.