Highest altitude game of touch/mini/tag rugby

Highest altitude game of touch/mini/tag rugby
Who
Wooden Spoon, Matt Mitchell, Mark Akred, Jeff Broderick, Rob Callaway, Jess Cheesman, John Curtis, Mark Dean, David Fenton, Roger Davies, Lesley Davies, Matt Franklin, Ben Harvey, Miles Hayward, Jon Ingarfield, Paul Jordan, Huw Lougher, Jude McKelvey, James O'Malley, Lee Mears, Ollie Phillips, Nick Stevenson, Tamara Taylor, Shane Williams, Viv Worrall, Simon Wright, Carrie Gibson
What
5119 metre(s)
Where
Nepal (Mount Everest Base Camp)
When
Age Restriction: Applications for this record title will only be accepted if the applicant is 16 years of age or over.

The highest altitude game of touch/mini/tag rugby is 5,119 m (16,795 ft) and was achieved by Wooden Spoon (UK and Ireland) on Mount Everest region, on 25 April 2019.


The group comprised former international rugby players, including Lee Mears (England) and Shane Williams MBE (Wales), who boast almost 140 international caps between them. Ollie Phillips, a former star of the international Rugby Sevens circuit, and Tamara Taylor, a legend of the women’s game, having represented England 115 times. Their teams were made up of volunteers from the rugby community.