Lane Maher climbs over 100,000ft in single ride for Black Lives Matter

100,000ft ride for Black Lives Matter
(Image credit: Lane Maher)

American cyclo-cross racer Lane Maher climbed 100,000ft (30,500m), the equivalent of Mount Everest almost three and a half times, in order to raise money for the Black Lives Matter movement. 

The 19-year-old from Harwinton, Connecticut, who rides for the Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld Development team, took to the Strava segment 'Millstone to Lookout', for a ride that covered 585 miles (942km), comprised a moving time of more than 60-hours, and an elapsed time of 72 hours and 40 minutes. 

At the time of writing, Maher's GoFundMe page has raised $6,415 of a $10,000 target for Black Lives Matter Foundation.

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