As part of Urs Pedraita's Grizzly Race Team, Swiss rider Jiri Zak on a Yamaha reached 6,546m (21,476 ft) again on the slopes of Ojos del Salado in Chile in February 2020, overtaking the 6,472m (21,233 ft) outright motorcycle mark previous held by Chileno Gianfranco Bianchi. The Guinness World Records folks have verified and confirmed the record.
Zak's effort peaked about 70 metres (200 feet) higher than the previous mark set in 2015 by Chilean Gianfranco Bianchi, who was himself about 80 metres higher than we achieved in 2012 (6361m).
[just my personal opinion but having been to the mountain, ridden up it, and knowing the possible vehicle routes and contours, it seems to me that 6690 / 6700 metres is definitely possible at Ojos del Salado. That means there are more records to come from that location and this will not be the last. The main factors are preparation and acclimatization - then once fully prepared and acclimatized you have basically one shot at the record as your body weakens from the altitude before you need to go back down to near sea level to recover. If Graham Jarvis wants a world record, its there for the taking]
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