Concord Ultrarunner Breaks Mount Everest Speed Record

A Massachusetts ultrarunner and broke the speed record for climbing Mount Everest.

Concord's Tyler Andrews "set a new officially ratified speed record" Thursday, according to a media release.

Andrews, 36, climbed from Base Camp at 17,455 feet to to the 29,029-foot summit in nine hours and 55 minutes, "over an hour faster than the previous record of 10:56:46 set by Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa in 2003," the release said.

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"Andrews also shattered the round trip record, returning to Base Camp in 16 hours and 32 minutes, nearly two hours faster than the previous mark of 18:30," per the release.

"This was the hardest thing I've ever done, mentally and physically," Andrews said in the release.

"I've been preparing for this for almost six years, seven attempts over three seasons," Andrews said.

"I had no doubt that I was in the best physical shape of my life thanks to my preparation and guidance from my team at Human Power Health," he said. "But, you don't just need to be super fit, you need cooperation from the mountain, the weather, the crowds. Everything has to align.”

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