Records

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Events

[View Times] 50,000ft - (men)
[View Times] Everest - (men) 29,028ft
[View Times] Everest - (women) 29,028ft
[View Times] Everest - team (men) 29,028ft
[View Times] Everest - team (women) 29,028ft
[View Times] Everest - team (mixed) 29,028ft
[View Times] 5,000ft (men)
[View Times] 5,000ft (women)
[View Times] Vertical mile (men) 5,280ft
[View Times] 30 minute sprint with a 40lb backpack (men)
[View Times] 60 minute sprint with a 40lb backpack (men)
[View Times] 24 Hour (Mixed)

Times

50,000ft - (men)
10 hours, 37 minutes - Gareth Fessey
Billesley Indoor Tennis Centre, Edgbaston
Monday 9 June 2008

Everest - (men) 29,028ft
2 hours, 57 mins, 57secs - Kelvin Turner
Freelance fitness instructor Kelvin Turner, from Redland in Bristol, set an unconfirmed Guinness World Record time at the Livingwell Premier gym in Bristol on 19th February 2003.

3 hours, 23 mins, 13 secs - Neil Rhodes
Neil (44) a personal trainer from Yeovil set the time on 25/11/02 at the Workout North Exhibition, held at Bolton's Reebok Stadium. Neil climbed at a rate of 144 feet per minute and lost a total of 3lbs (1.5kg) in weight during the record attempt.

Everest – (women) 29,028ft
Katie McManaman - 3 hours, 7 mins, 33 secs

Katie is the very first Versaclimber record holder. She achieved a time of 3 hours, 7 minutes, 33 seconds for the Everest challenge at Bodibitz Gym in Selby on 11/02/2006.

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Everest - team (men) 29,028ft
2 hours, 23mins, 54 secsTeam 1
Gym & Tonic Health & Therapy Centre, Isle of Man
A four-man team set the new Versaclimber record for completing the challenge on 13th July 2003 at the Gym & Tonic Health & Therapy Centre in Douglas.

2 hours, 43 mins, 54 secsTeam 2
Gym & Tonic Health & Therapy Centre, Isle of Man
Gym & Tonic's second four-man team was only 20 minutes behind the record setting Team 1 on 13th July 2003 fundraising event held to mark the opening of the new fitness cente.

Everest - team (women) 29,028ft
2 hours, 13min and 27sec

An eight-strong, female team from the Bude Surf Boat Club completed the Everest challenge at Aspire Fitness Pod, Bude, Cornwall on Sunday 13 March 2011.

Everest - team (mixed) 29,028ft
3 hours, 3 mins
Glenochil Health and Fitness Centre, Clackmannanshire
A 12 person team smashed the original record on 10/12/03 using the LX model Versaclimber.

5 hours, 22 mins
HSBC Bank, West Bromwich
A 12 person team undertook the Everest challenge in aid of Comic Relief on 16/03/01.

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5,000ft - (men)
23 mins, 33.25secs - Kelvin Turner
The time was recorded by Kelvin Turner (45) at the Living Well Premier Club in Bristol on 19/04/02.

25 mins, 06 secs - George Young
The time was set by George Young (51) from Stamford Bridge in York at Courtney's Gym on 11/03/02.

5,000ft (women)
38 mins, 25 secs – Sarah Ruscombe-King
14 November 2007
Sarah Ruscombe-King (43) recorded this time on 14 November 2007 at Fusion Gym in Bude.

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Vertical Mile - (men)
24 mins, 42.57 secs (British Record) - Kelvin Turner
The record time was recorded by Kelvin Turner (45) at the Living Well Premier Club in Bristol on 19/04/02.

26 mins, 36 secs - George Young
The time was set at Courtney's Gym in York by 51-year old George Young on 11/03/02.

30 Minute sprint with a 40lb backpack (men)
4,161ft - Kelvin Turner, Fusion Gym, 27th August 2006

3,734ft - Neil Rhodes UK (aka Titanium Man)
13/10/04 Club One, Mason Street, San Francisco, USA

3,125ft - David Christie
David (28) undertook this amazing feat on an LX model on 02/01/04 at the Glenochil Gymnasium in Clackmannanshire. David also registered his time for completing the Everest challange in August 2003 and is looking forward to tackling even more of the Versaclimber challenges.

60 Minute sprint with a 40lb backpack (men)
8,036ft - Kelvin Turner, Fusion Gym, 27th August 2006

Neil Rhodes (aka Titanium Man)
2/11/04 Cannons Health Club, Yeovil, Somerset, UK.

7,231ft - Neil Rhodes (aka Titanium Man)
Once again Neil (44) took the fitness world by storm when he set yet another record on the Versaclimber at Cannons Healthclub in Yeovil on 14/08/03. The feat is all the more amazing considering that only a few months earlier Neil survived a near fatal brain anneurysm which result in him having surgery to fit a titanium plate in his skull.

24 Hours – (Mixed) 29,038ft
Bodyworks Gym, Bracknell
16th November 2007

The 12-person team set a new world record on 16 November 2007 and raised more than £3,000 for Children in Need.

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