Everesting

[GSVBagpuss]

Someone local to me achieved an Everesting last week and it got me thinking....

For those not aware, Everesting is where you undertake a single ride up and down the same hill until you have climbed 29,029 feet / 8,848m. You can pause during the ride but no sleep breaks etc. It's an iconic thing to do and only something like 300 riders have ever done so (IIRC).

I did non-stop JOGLE last year (as part of a team) and have been looking for an “interesting” challenge since. There is much debate over what makes a good hill - too steep and you will fry your legs, too shallow and it will take too long. For me, I think I would only want to do such a thing on a climb that meant something to me. Fortunately, the hill I grew up on and my parents still live is a relatively sensible one and would require a mere 171 reps to get to 29k feet It is a quiet road though and I would have lots of support and could stash food / drink at my parents.

I am going back home in a few months and will try 20 reps just to see how it feels. I assume boredom is a major issue as well as the obvious awfulness of climbing that much! It wouldn't be a challenge otherwise Anyone fancy it?!

 

[grudas]

I just dont see the appeal of it? it sounds simply dreadful.. - and I dont mind an odd hill here and there.

challenges likes london to paris rides etc are more "my" thing and something I'd attempt but say riding up the same hill 150+ times for that magic 29k ft number is just boring.

 

[Cookeh]

Can you do it on a trail? Might make things more interesting, potentially be interested in that (would be ridiculous sessioning) but again Im not too sure in the point of it and as Grudas said, it would more than likely get very boring very quickly.

 

[Vonhelmet]

I just dont see the appeal of it? it sounds simply dreadful.. - and I dont mind an odd hill here and there.

I think that's part of the challenge. Doing the same hill dozens of times takes a lot more mental strength than doing a long ride with equivalent elevation.

 

[Begbie]

I'd want the biggest Hill I could find to do it on.

 

[JeffyB]

Sounds like a personal preference, especially if you have a decent climb local to you (i'm in a really flat bit of London, why I run 12-25 but want a 11-23). Keep at it and keep hitting PB's and your target will fall

 

[FrenchTart]

Part of me does want to try it for some reason but another part of me also sees it as kind of pointless. It sounds like it'd be mentally very challenging, even aside from the physical side of things.

 

[GSVBagpuss]

I think that's part of the challenge. Doing the same hill dozens of times takes a lot more mental strength than doing a long ride with equivalent elevation.

this.

Can you do it on a trail? Might make things more interesting, potentially be interested in that (would be ridiculous sessioning) but again Im not too sure in the point of it and as Grudas said, it would more than likely get very boring very quickly.

You can do it anywhere you like.

Part of me does want to try it for some reason but another part of me also sees it as kind of pointless. It sounds like it'd be mentally very challenging, even aside from the physical side of things.

It is sort of pointless but it also allows me to hopefully raise a load of money for charity

 

[FrenchTart]

True. As I say, I'm kind of tempted by it myself - so much so that I might try a random 10 repeats of a tough hill quite soon to get a feel for it.

 

[platypus]

I just dont see the appeal of it? it sounds simply dreadful.. - and I dont mind an odd hill here and there.

challenges likes london to paris rides etc are more "my" thing and something I'd attempt but say riding up the same hill 150+ times for that magic 29k ft number is just boring.

Agreed.

 

[FrenchTart]

Agreed.

You should be more pro the idea than anyone else. For you it's like 5 repeats of a local hill

 

[platypus]

You should be more pro the idea than anyone else. For you it's like 5 repeats of a local hill

Yer if I can get up them once I'm pretty happy .

 

[FishFluff]

If I was going to do it I'd rather make a small loop that takes in 4 or 5 vicious climbs rather than just one. Thankfully I live in Yorkshire so that's something I could put together pretty easily (ask the Tour de Yorkshire riders...)

 

[Vonhelmet]

If I was going to do it I'd rather make a small loop that takes in 4 or 5 vicious climbs rather than just one. Thankfully I live in Yorkshire so that's something I could put together pretty easily (ask the Tour de Yorkshire riders...)

Not allowed. It's got to be one climb, over and over.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

I can't really get my head round this one. Don't mind doing hill repeats for training but this is just a bit odd imho. It's not even as if Everest is related to cycling in any way, other than its just a notional distance to aim for.

Personally would rather climb ventoux in a reasonable time or something like that.

 

[SoliD]

I can't really get my head round this one. Don't mind doing hill repeats for training but this is just a bit odd imho. It's not even as if Everest is related to cycling in any way, other than its just a notional distance to aim for.

Personally would rather climb ventoux in a reasonable time or something like that.

Same here, although if it's for charity then fair play.

 

[FrenchTart]

Agreed. Or the three Ventoux climbs in less than 24 hours. That'd be fun.

I also don't see why someone that was Everesting wouldn't just do that bit extra to hit 10,000 metres of climbing either

 

[SoliD]

Agreed. Or the three Ventoux climbs in less than 24 hours. That'd be fun.

That would be good, I want to do that at some point, as you're not riding on the same roads!

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

That would be good, I want to do that at some point, as you're not riding on the same roads!

+1

 

[FrenchTart]

We just need to get Platypus to move to the base of Ventoux and then have an OcUK ride from there