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