In the quest to always go BIGGER…just need to find the right climb. LOL.
Hard to ride when you’re underwater for more than half the ride…
Using that logic, the base of Mt Everest sits at 17,000 ft above sea level so to imagine a ride from the base to the summit would “only” require 12,000 feet of climbing, or so
Denali’s base, however, is only 2,000 feet above sea level, a much more impressive climb of 18,000 feet
Also, “Everesting” is so Imperial/Colonial; shouldn’t it be called “Chomolungma-ing?”
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Why would you start at the base? Real men would start at the Bay of Bengal.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
Chimborazo is 3967 miles from the center of the Earth. 20,900,000 or so ft. Said you wanted a challenge.
Hard to ride when you’re underwater for more than half the ride…
How about 20000 ft swim and 13000 ft vertical ride+run. I might just do this “event” when we can swim. Might be a goal for a Tremblant training camp day!!!
Why would you start at the base? Real men would start at the Bay of Bengal.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
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Like Tim Macartney-Snape did in 1990
https://gearjunkie.com/…-tim-macartney-snape
Special mention to Goran Kropp…Legend…RIP…
Would love to see someone doing Mauna Kea twice.
An “easier” climb is alto de letras in Colombia:
https://www.strava.com/routes/17532157
Would love to visit that country someday and tackle it.
If someone would fly me there…I’d do it. 110% I’d do it. Hawaii is my favorite place to ride bikes. Mauna Kea was closed this Christmas when I was there. I settled with Haleakala and that beast is no joke.
Why would you start at the base? Real men would start at the Bay of Bengal.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
we could make it a full on triathlon…swim from the Bay of Bengal up the Ganges to Patna, hop on a mountain bike to base camp in Nepal and then run to summit…
If someone would fly me there…I’d do it. 110% I’d do it. Hawaii is my favorite place to ride bikes. Mauna Kea was closed this Christmas when I was there. I settled with Haleakala and that beast is no joke.
Haleakala is hard, but doable for anyone reasonably fit and the right gearing.
The only really steep grades are the punch out of Makawao and the short final bit from the visitor centre to the summit.
Mauna Kea has all that cycling above 2500m. That’s where things get tough.
My goal this summer, if my fitness allows, is the High Rouleurs Society. 10,000m in 400km minimum in less than 36 hours. I have a route that doesn’t repeat a climb and is a big loop.
Why would you start at the base? Real men would start at the Bay of Bengal.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
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Like Tim Macartney-Snape did in 1990
https://gearjunkie.com/…-tim-macartney-snape
Special mention to Goran Kropp…Legend…RIP…
I love this part about Snape:
After a quick calculation, he started running. It simply wasn’t an option to sit and wait for a border crossing that may never open. Though, running nearly a marathon a day for five days to get through the open border and back to the spot he intended to cross, was an option, so that’s what he did.
Had he have used a mountain bike for part of the Sea to Summit it would be a full on 29K sea to summit tri given that he swam in the Bay of Bengal and ran 5 marathons to cross the border to Nepal
LOL, bunch of coddled earthers on this website. Earth’s mountains are for wusses. Yesterday I rode up olympus mons (16 miles of climbing) on a contraption pieced together from the pieces of Opportunity, the mars rover. Its a good thing my FTP is over 1000 Watts because mars has an O2 concentration of around .2 percent. Haters will bring up the whole “mars has gravity 40% of earth’s”. True, but I am also fueling on dried space food and filtered urine, and wearing about 50 pounds of protective gear so I don’t freeze to death or get radiation poisoning…
If someone would fly me there…I’d do it. 110% I’d do it. Hawaii is my favorite place to ride bikes. Mauna Kea was closed this Christmas when I was there. I settled with Haleakala and that beast is no joke.
Haleakala is hard, but doable for anyone reasonably fit and the right gearing.
The only really steep grades are the punch out of Makawao and the short final bit from the visitor centre to the summit.
Mauna Kea has all that cycling above 2500m. That’s where things get tough.
My goal this summer, if my fitness allows, is the High Rouleurs Society. 10,000m in 400km minimum in less than 36 hours. I have a route that doesn’t repeat a climb and is a big loop.
Mont Ventoux from all three sides for 36 hrs on your France trip ???
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
I learned Chomolungma when I read Jitterbug Perfume
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8682.Jitterbug_Perfume
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If someone would fly me there…I’d do it. 110% I’d do it. Hawaii is my favorite place to ride bikes. Mauna Kea was closed this Christmas when I was there. I settled with Haleakala and that beast is no joke.
Haleakala is hard, but doable for anyone reasonably fit and the right gearing.
The only really steep grades are the punch out of Makawao and the short final bit from the visitor centre to the summit.
Mauna Kea has all that cycling above 2500m. That’s where things get tough.
My goal this summer, if my fitness allows, is the High Rouleurs Society. 10,000m in 400km minimum in less than 36 hours. I have a route that doesn’t repeat a climb and is a big loop.
Mont Ventoux from all three sides for 36 hrs on your France trip ???
It remains to be seen whether they will open France to Canadian travelers this summer.
If I get to travel I’ll do the 50km running race I signed up for, provided it isn’t cancelled. The organizers in Morzine say it’s still possible, but who knows.
My HRS route in Europe would probably be the Tour of Mont Blanc route with another climb added somewhere to get the 10,000m.
But… that requires crossing the Swiss and Italian borders, so doubtful that’s allowed either!
Maybe two loops of La Marmotte route?
My Canadian HRS route is a mix of paved and hard packed gravel roads (doable on a roadie) between Pemberton and Cache Creek using parts of a sufferfest the locals do called the “Hellracer”.
Gotta have some sort of goal when all the racing is cancelled. To date, my hardest ride EVER has had only 3300m of climbing, so going 3 times that might be a bit insane.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
I learned Chomolungma when I read Jitterbug Perfume
https://www.goodreads.com/...82.Jitterbug_Perfume
Some of his books are really good. Some are just “interesting”.
I prefer to call it Sagarmathaing…
I learned Chomolungma when I read Jitterbug Perfume
https://www.goodreads.com/...82.Jitterbug_Perfume
Some of his books are really good. Some are just “interesting”.
I read a Tom Robbins book once. I recall thinking it was terrible. Never read another.
It’s been attempted by a legit hard nut… https://www.lavelocita.cc/la-velocita-rides/mauna-kea
It’s been attempted by a legit hard nut… https://www.lavelocita.cc/...cita-rides/mauna-kea
Holy shit. FUCK THAT.