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Ross Edgley

Extreme endurance adventurer, sea swimmer and fitness author (Great British Swim)

4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Ross Edgley Assisted adventure swim distance

Ross Edgley's recorded Assisted adventure swim distance is 510.558 km (317.25 mi). Performance date: 2024-06-18. Age at the time: 38. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at guinnessworldrecords.com gives this mark. Source type: official result.

Yukon River; assisted swim record

Source quote and limits

“510.558 km”

Longest assisted adventure swim

Attempt ran June 16–18. Elapsed time omitted because reports conflict.

2024
- Assisted adventure swim distance510.558 km (317.25 mi)
  Max or PRYukon River; assisted swim record
  Official result, guinnessworldrecords.com2024-06-18 · age 38
  Quote and details
  “510.558 km”
  Longest assisted adventure swim

Ross Edgley Staged sea swim around Great Britain: 2,884 km in 157 days

The source records Ross Edgley's Staged sea swim around Great Britain: 2,884 km in 157 days. Performance date: 2018-11-04. Age at the time: 33. The effort is unknown. The source at guinnessworldrecords.com gives this mark. Source type: official result.

The Great British Swim (June to November 2018) · Age 33; swam about 6 hours on, 6 hours off from a support boat

Source quote and limits

“209 legs over 157 days and covering 2,884 km”

First stage swim around Great Britain (Guinness World Records)

Guinness records a WOWSA-verified assisted staged swim from June 1 to November 4, 2018. Date is the stated finish day. Distance uses the source’s original kilometre unit.

2018
- Staged sea swim around Great Britain: 2,884 km in 157 days
  Effort unknownAge 33; swam about 6 hours on, 6 hours off from a support boat
  Official result, guinnessworldrecords.com2018-11-04 · age 33
  Quote and details
  “209 legs over 157 days and covering 2,884 km”
  First stage swim around Great Britain (Guinness World Records)The Great British Swim (June to November 2018)

Ross Edgley Rope climb, cumulative 8,848 m (height of Mount Everest)

Ross Edgley's recorded Rope climb, cumulative 8,848 m (height of Mount Everest) is 19:54:00. Performance date: 2016-04-22. Age at the time: 30. The effort is unknown. The source at gq-magazine.co.uk gives this mark. Source type: self-reported.

World's Longest Rope Climb, Pippingford Park, Sussex · Fitness author and adventurer, age 30; charity challenge

Source quote and limits

“took 19 hours and 54 minutes”

What I learnt from climbing a rope repeatedly until I’d scaled the height of Everest (Ross Edgley, GQ, April 28, 2016)

Edgley describes repeated rope climbs to a cumulative 8,848 m. The challenge began April 22, 2016, at Pippingford Park; date is its start day. Source gives the time to the minute.

2016
- Rope climb, cumulative 8,848 m (height of Mount Everest)19:54:00
  Effort unknownFitness author and adventurer, age 30; charity challenge
  Own post, gq-magazine.co.uk2016-04-22 · age 30
  Quote and details
  “took 19 hours and 54 minutes”
  What I learnt from climbing a rope repeatedly until I’d scaled the height of Everest (Ross Edgley, GQ, April 28, 2016)World's Longest Rope Climb, Pippingford Park, Sussex

Ross Edgley Marathon (26.2 miles) pulling a 1,400 kg Mini car

Ross Edgley's recorded Marathon (26.2 miles) pulling a 1,400 kg Mini car is 19:36:00. Performance date: 2016-01-22. Age at the time: 30. The effort is unknown. The source at gq-magazine.co.uk gives this mark. Source type: self-reported.

World's Strongest Marathon, Silverstone circuit · Fitness author and adventurer, age 30; charity challenge

Source quote and limits

“for 19 hours and 36 minutes”

4 Things I learnt from pulling a 1.4 tonne car 26.2 miles (Ross Edgley, GQ, January 29, 2016)

Edgley’s first-person essay dates his finish at Silverstone to Friday January 22, 2016. It states 19 hours and 36 minutes. Source gives the time to the minute.

2016
- Marathon (26.2 miles) pulling a 1,400 kg Mini car19:36:00
  Effort unknownFitness author and adventurer, age 30; charity challenge
  Own post, gq-magazine.co.uk2016-01-22 · age 30
  Quote and details
  “for 19 hours and 36 minutes”
  4 Things I learnt from pulling a 1.4 tonne car 26.2 miles (Ross Edgley, GQ, January 29, 2016)World's Strongest Marathon, Silverstone circuit

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