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?!

 

[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.

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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