A group of five amateur athletes, including two women, will attempt the gruelling Everesting Running Challenge record at the tiny Matheran hill-station in Raigad starting Friday evening and ending Sunday morning, an organiser said.

The full ERC -- which has been successfully completed by only three Indians so far -- will be attempted for the first time by two women, Queenie Silveira and Mahejabin Ajmanwala -- besides three males, Prashant Rane, Narendra Ranawat and the group coach, Manish Jaiswal.