--- title: Craig Wiltshire | Worlds Highest Bike Ride description: Craig Wiltshire is a guy from South Africa who has lived in the United Kingdom for the last 24 years. He tries to do things! --- ![a-list-education](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Black%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png?width=3160&height=601&name=Black%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png) ![a-list-education](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Black%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png?width=3160&height=601&name=Black%20logo%20-%20no%20background.png) [Donate](https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ithq-techspedition-nepal-2024) - [Home](https://craigwiltshire.com) - [Blog](https://craigwiltshire.com/craig-wiltshire-blog) [Donate](https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ithq-techspedition-nepal-2024) ## Always. Be. Better. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games,” ~ Ernest Hemingway [Donate](https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ithq-techspedition-nepal-2024) [Watch the video](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/Highest%20Ride.mp4?hsLang=en) Trek to Kagot. Do some Good. ## The Big Cause: September 2024. Give children at a remote Himalayan school access to computers and the Internet. **This is what it's all about.** Doing some good. We'll take computers and satellite internet equipment to a remote school in the Himalayas. Sally and Melissa (Sal and Mel) will spend time at the school setting the computers and equipment up and training the teachers and kids on how to use the equipment to access the Internet. [Download the Sponsorship Brochure](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/Nepal24_sponsorship_offers_optimised.pdf?hsLang=en) Trek to Putha Hiunchuli. Break a World Record. ## The Big Project: September 2024. Break the Guinness World Record for the highest bicycle ride. To set a big record, you need a big mountain. This is Putha Hiunchuli, part of the Dhaulagiri range in Nepal. It stands at 7,246M and if we summit and ride our bikes down will mean we set a new Guinness World Record for the highest bicycle ride. This is what I'm training for. [Download the Sponsorship Brochure](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/Nepal24_sponsorship_offers_optimised.pdf?hsLang=en) if it was easy everyone would do it ## Come along for the ride as I prepare for the toughest thing I've done. I'm on a mission to get fitter, physically and mentally. This project provides a central focus and goal. Achieve the goal, achieve the outcome.  ![3 December 2023 - The Goodwood Half-marathon.](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### 3 December 2023 - The Goodwood Half-marathon. **The Goodwood Half-marathon is my starter goal.** I've never been a runner, although I do have a legacy of failed stop-start Park Runs over the last 10 tears. I've been running for 3 months now, easily the longest stretch I've managed to maintain. Lets see how we do on this one! ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![January 2024 - Winter Mountaineering Course](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### January 2024 - Winter Mountaineering Course **Scotland, here I come.** Whilst I trekked up Kilimanjaro in December 2011, there was little technical climbing involved. For the climb up Putha Hiunchuli, we'll need more traditional, basic mountaineering skills, such as roping up, using an ice axe, crevasse rescue and so on. ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![10 March 2024 - Cape Town Cycle Tour, 109km](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### 10 March 2024 - Cape Town Cycle Tour, 109km **This is a favourite.** I have a few of these under my belt, but this one will be slightly different. I won't have the time to train on the bike as much as I'd like, so I will have to rely on my marathon training instead. That being said, I will try to set a PB here, wind permitting. ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![14 April 2024 - Manchester Marathon](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### 14 April 2024 - Manchester Marathon **This is a primary goal for me.** Getting my fitness level up to Marathon distance by April will put me on the right trajectory for the big climb. I'm hoping to get home in under four and a half hours as a B goal and under four hours as an A goal. ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![May 2024 - Climb Mera Peak, Ampulabsta Pass, Island Peak](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### May 2024 - Climb Mera Peak, Ampulabsta Pass, Island Peak **Ideally, I'd like to put some training into action.** This objective is an opportunity to stress test myself and my gear Mera Peak requires some basic mountaineering skills, so it would be great to practice. The Ampulabsta pass is a more technical challenge and a non-negotiable on the way to the even more technical Island Peak. ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![26 June 2024 - A Night of Extreme Adventure](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### 26 June 2024 - A Night of Extreme Adventure **Join us for a couple of drinks.** Members of the team will regale you with stories of past adventures. Join us and be inspired to step out of your comfort zone. All proceeds go to Tensing Norway School, Kagot, Nepal. ![tick](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tick.png?width=28&height=25&name=tick.png) Done. ![August 2024 - Thames Meander Marathon, 42km](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### August 2024 - Thames Meander Marathon, 42km **Building endurance.** The last thing I'd want to be is the weak link in a team climb, so it's important to control the controllable and my fitness is the one thing that's all up to me! Based on the expected calorific expenditure on Summit Day and the leadup to it the ability to run 42KM in a single stretch seems like an adequate target. ![Sep 2024 - Worlds Highest Bike Ride](https://craigwiltshire.com/hubfs/website/icon-placeholder.svg) ###### Sep 2024 - Worlds Highest Bike Ride **This is the big one.** Drag bicycles to the top of Putha Hiunchuli and then ride them at 7,246m to set a new Guinness World Record. It takes an army ## Proud to be sponsored by ![sponsors-logo](https://craigwiltshire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sponsors-logo.png?width=1200&height=113&name=sponsors-logo.png) Alway. Be. Better. ## Latest blog articles Always be better is a motto I try to live my life by. It's a tough gig, getting better. It requires discipline and resolve. If, like me, you don't like being told what to do then you can imagine the internal dialogues I have with myself. If it was easy everyone would be the best they can be. ###### [30 July 2024 6 Weeks Till The Worlds Highest Bike Ride](https://craigwiltshire.com/craig-wiltshire-blog/6-weeks-till-the-worlds-highest-bike-ride?hsLang=en) [Learn More ![](https://165931.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/165931/arrow_icon.png)](https://craigwiltshire.com/craig-wiltshire-blog/6-weeks-till-the-worlds-highest-bike-ride?hsLang=en) ###### [25 October 2023 One Big Cause and One Big Adventure: Connect a Remote Himalayan School to the Internet and  Set a New Guinness World Record.](https://craigwiltshire.com/craig-wiltshire-blog/one-big-cause-and-one-big-adventure-connect-a-remote-himalayan-school-to-the-internet-and-set-a-new-guinness-world-record?hsLang=en) [Learn More ![](https://165931.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/165931/arrow_icon.png)](https://craigwiltshire.com/craig-wiltshire-blog/one-big-cause-and-one-big-adventure-connect-a-remote-himalayan-school-to-the-internet-and-set-a-new-guinness-world-record?hsLang=en) ## Want to donate to the ITHQ Techspedition? 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