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Yet another Everesting record
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Didn't take long for Emanuel Buchmann best Keegan's time by 14 minutes. Interestingly he chose an 11 k climb he did less than eight times.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/...s-everesting-record/
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [rubik] [ In reply to ]
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rubik wrote:
Didn't take long for Emanuel Buchmann best Keegan's time by 14 minutes. Interestingly he chose an 11 k climb he did less than eight times.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/...s-everesting-record/

That time is obscene. The mind boggles.

Buchmann is a Top Tier rider, correct?

Thanks for the link.
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [bluefever] [ In reply to ]
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bluefever wrote:
rubik wrote:
Didn't take long for Emanuel Buchmann best Keegan's time by 14 minutes. Interestingly he chose an 11 k climb he did less than eight times.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/...s-everesting-record/


That time is obscene. The mind boggles.

Buchmann is a Top Tier rider, correct?

Thanks for the link.

yea 4th at the tour.

bernal or quintana should do it
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [zmjones] [ In reply to ]
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They article said he went up one side, then down the back side and did the rest of the reps on the other side, which is steeper. Because all of the ascents weren’t on the same side, it may not be official. In my eyes it counts, but I have a question:

If he did all his reps on the steeper side, instead of one on the other side, wouldn’t his time have been slightly faster anyhow?

Two last things:

1500 VAM is obscene. I can get to 1200 on a REALLY steep climb but that’s a 20 -30 minute thing, not all day.

I’d like to see Bardet do it. A great pure climber and descends like a champ.

Dan Mayberry
Amateur a lot of things, professional a few things.
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [drm437] [ In reply to ]
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He probably shouldn’t get it, because that is a clear rule violation , but I don’t understand why that rule needs to exist.

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Re: Yet another Everesting record [ericlambi] [ In reply to ]
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There's rules to this? I thought this was just more or less a phenomenon?

Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [ericlambi] [ In reply to ]
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ericlambi wrote:
He probably shouldn’t get it, because that is a clear rule violation , but I don’t understand why that rule needs to exist.

https://www.velonews.com/...g-record-in-austria/

I think the rule exists because when you climb Everest, you're going up a specific route. If you do both sides of a mountain, it's a different route.
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [teichs42] [ In reply to ]
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teichs42 wrote:
ericlambi wrote:
He probably shouldn’t get it, because that is a clear rule violation , but I don’t understand why that rule needs to exist.


https://www.velonews.com/...g-record-in-austria/

I think the rule exists because when you climb Everest, you're going up a specific route. If you do both sides of a mountain, it's a different route.

But if the rule is there because of different potential routes up Everest, wouldn't that imply that Buchmann didn't break "the" world record, but instead holds the record for Ă–tztal, while Swenson still holds the Pine Canyon record, and Gaimon still holds the Mountaingate record?

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Re: Yet another Everesting record [Warbird] [ In reply to ]
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Warbird wrote:
teichs42 wrote:
ericlambi wrote:
He probably shouldn’t get it, because that is a clear rule violation , but I don’t understand why that rule needs to exist.


https://www.velonews.com/...g-record-in-austria/

I think the rule exists because when you climb Everest, you're going up a specific route. If you do both sides of a mountain, it's a different route.


But if the rule is there because of different potential routes up Everest, wouldn't that imply that Buchmann didn't break "the" world record, but instead holds the record for Ă–tztal, while Swenson still holds the Pine Canyon record, and Gaimon still holds the Mountaingate record?

i think the point of that rule is more about descending the same road you climbed to stop you optimising both climb and descent independantly.

regardless, to me buchman didn't optimise his route, he just road out from home and actually de-optimised his route in doing so which makes his time even more impressive. backs up what i said in the swenson thread about how a real top climber would destroy him - buchman is up there but still not one of the very best
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Re: Yet another Everesting record [teichs42] [ In reply to ]
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teichs42 wrote:
ericlambi wrote:
He probably shouldn’t get it, because that is a clear rule violation , but I don’t understand why that rule needs to exist.


https://www.velonews.com/...g-record-in-austria/

I think the rule exists because when you climb Everest, you're going up a specific route. If you do both sides of a mountain, it's a different route.

errr no. you've climbed everest if you've climbed to the top. if you've gone via the south col you are of course welcome to say that but it isn't necessary. generally if you've done a less common route up any particular mountain you are keen to note it to distinguish yourself as "standard" usually means "easiest" (even if it may still be quite hard).
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