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Tyler Andrews climbed from Everest Base Camp to the 29,032-foot summit in 9 hours 55 minutes on May 28, 2026, breaking Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa's 2003…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 28, 2026
On the morning of May 28, 2026, American ultrarunner Tyler Andrews did something no one had managed in 23 years: he beat Mount Everest's speed record. Andrews climbed from Everest Base Camp (5,364m) to the 8,849m summit in 9 hours 55 minutes — more than an…
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Andrews didn't arrive at 9h 55m by accident. He had spent more than a year chasing an even harder goal — Everest's no-oxygen speed record — and the public story of his 2026 record starts with two very public defeats. Andrews announces he will attempt…
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