Everesting Anyone iNTERESTED

[Raymo853]

I would be. That website is blocked for me at work. Can you give us a little detail on where the potential places are? I do not think I would do the full thing, but would be happy to join you for a few hours.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Website is blocked for me too. I was looking at the first section of Skyline Drive out of Front Royal (Ascent to Dickey Ridge). It’s 3.8 miles long, gains about 1,100 feet. So it’s a nice, even grade that isn’t too steep. By my math, it would require 25 ascents to Everest, which clocks in just shy of 100 miles. The only complication is that it’s in Shenandoah National Park, but to the best of my knowledge, Skyline Drive is open 24/7/365 with very few exceptions…so once you pay the admission fee, you should be fine, but NPS may frown on all the support and what not.

https://www.strava.com/segments/613009

[Tim Kelley]

@TwoWheelsDC 120850 wrote:

Website is blocked for me too. I was looking at the first section of Skyline Drive out of Front Royal (Ascent to Dickey Ridge). It’s 3.8 miles long, gains about 1,100 feet. So it’s a nice, even grade that isn’t too steep. By my math, it would require 25 ascents to Everest, which clocks in just shy of 100 miles. The only complication is that it’s in Shenandoah National Park, but to the best of my knowledge, Skyline Drive is open 24/7/365 with very few exceptions…so once you pay the admission fee, you should be fine, but NPS may frown on all the support and what not.

https://www.strava.com/segments/613009

I’ve thought a lot about Dickey Ridge and think that it is the right mix of length and grade and has a convenient parking lot at the top to keep your food/water/clothes etc. It would be 100 miles of climbing and then 100 miles of descending, making for a 200 mile day.

Imagine that you average just under 8mph going up (30 minutes) and 30mph going down (8 minutes). That’s 38 minute to complete one lap. 25 times makes for almost 16 hours of riding, without factoring in any stops for food, drink, bathroom, rest, etc….

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Tim Kelley 120852 wrote:

Imagine that you average just under 8mph going up (30 minutes) and 30mph going down (8 minutes). That’s 38 minute to complete one lap. 25 times makes for almost 16 hours of riding, without factoring in any stops for food, drink, bathroom, rest, etc….

From what I’ve read about Everesting, that seems about right. We better start training!

[vvill]

I calculated 22x for that section of Skyline, or 7x if you go to Hogback. Either way, it’s a bit out of my league but I might be interested in supporting a ride. The only thing I’d say is to double check that it would count – partial ascents are not always considered eligible.

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Rides must be full ascents each time (Strava segments or the accepted ‘traditional’ climbing route will generally be the best guide for this. You can’t commit to a combination of full and half laps). Acceptable is a shorter segment of a climb if it is recognised in its own right. If in doubt, ask.

[americancyclo]

@ewilliams0305 120848 wrote:

No MD/PA/VA/WVA everesting attempts yet. We need to put these hills on the map, Any Interest???

http://www.everesting.cc/hall-of-fame/

Roanoke

http://veloviewer.com/everesting/200289011

[ewilliams0305]

In PA there’s big flat, that will yield about 1300′ in about the same distance 3-4miles, need to ride it again to figure it all out.

In MD there’s alot of options in New Germany, western port wall, Twin Churches, and few others. Western port wall would probably work us over way to hard, the whole 20-30 grade thing… Also Gapland that has a nice park at the top and easy turn around, but not enough yield 200+ miles

VA, there are alot of gaps between VA and WVA that arn’t too bad and yield some serious gain. Wolf gap, eniburg, lots.

The rules are also posted on that site. Basically it has to be an out and back, same decent as the ascent. a good climb would be one that has a nice spot to rest at the top or bottom with a safe turn around. any climb that gets close to 2000′ would be ideal.

oh and a place to use the bathroom would be helpful.

[ewilliams0305]

@americancyclo 120867 wrote:

Roanoke

http://veloviewer.com/everesting/200289011

That’s too far from DC, doesn’t count:) haha, that’s beast! well we need to put MORE of these hills on the map.

“If you ain’t first your last”

[ewilliams0305]

@vvill 120858 wrote:

Either way, it’s a bit out of my league but I might be interested in supporting a ride.

Not True. I will gladly fail an everesting attempt. I think the key would be to really pace your self and not go too hard on the climbs. take all the time you need and balance muscle fatigue with tired. eat on every decent, every. Plan a ride like this to take HOURS and HOURS and hope you don’t start cramping up. Cause well if the cat gets you the cat gets you and your done.

I really don’t know if I can do a ride like this but I would really like to find out.

[Tim Kelley]

@ewilliams0305 120871 wrote:

Not True. I will gladly fail an everesting attempt. I think the key would be to really pace your self and not go too hard on the climbs. take all the time you need and balance muscle fatigue with tired. eat on every decent, every. Plan a ride like this to take HOURS and HOURS and hope you don’t start cramping up. Cause well if the cat gets you the cat gets you and your done.

I really don’t know if I can do a ride like this but I would really like to find out.

One unexpected result of doing a serious climbing day (Diabolical Double, with a ride to and from the Starting line) was that because of the angle of going up all the time, my sit bones hit the saddle at a different angle than usual. Despite reapplying chamois cream frequently I still had that area rubbed raw to the point of bloody. It hurt to sit down for a couple days.

[ewilliams0305]

@Tim Kelley 120872 wrote:

One unexpected result of doing a serious climbing day (Diabolical Double, with a ride to and from the Starting line) was that because of the angle of going up all the time, my sit bones hit the saddle at a different angle than usual. Despite reapplying chamois cream frequently I still had that area rubbed raw to the point of bloody. It hurt to sit down for a couple days.

Sounds AWESOME! I’ve been there but only due to hours in the rain, like 15 hours in the rain. No fun, but I bet you never forget the experience:)

[Steve O]

@ewilliams0305 120848 wrote:

No MD/PA/VA/WVA everesting attempts yet.

Two people have done this one by Roanoke
http://veloviewer.com/everesting/200289011
http://veloviewer.com/everesting/200491876

MD, WV, PA (& DC!) have no Everestings

Most of the times are in the 17-20 hour range, for planning purposes.

Instead of Everesting, perhaps I’ll accomplish reaching a different highest point, like Ebright Road.

[Greenbelt]

I did a backyard test on the hill behind my house last fall in an earlier challenge. But even with a bathroom and food stops right at the top of the hill, so I could ride light, it took me nearly 6 hours elapsed time to get 6600 feet of elevation (not a fast climber and I was taking it pretty easy, and I had to put a turkey in the oven at one stop).

It was actually remarkably pleasant (closed road), and nowhere near as boring as I thought, but I could never do a full Everest in one day at that pace. Maybe Kilimanjaro. http://www.strava.com/activities/223876361

Tempted to make this a Thanksgiving day thing and get started earlier and go for maybe Pikes Peak at least.

[vvill]

@ewilliams0305 120871 wrote:

Not True. I will gladly fail an everesting attempt. I think the key would be to really pace your self and not go too hard on the climbs. take all the time you need and balance muscle fatigue with tired. eat on every decent, every. Plan a ride like this to take HOURS and HOURS and hope you don’t start cramping up. Cause well if the cat gets you the cat gets you and your done.

I did do the Rapha Rising challenge on Strava last year and the year before (not this year – heard about it too late, and didn’t have the time). It was interesting accumulating thousands of feet every day and like Greenbelt I did note how many feet I could climb per hour as I did repeats around my house. It shows you your limits. Everesting is more than double the elevation of any ride I’ve done! The mileage alone on most routes (without the climbing) is already well beyond what I’ve done before!

I would have to ride really slowly uphill on any attempt like this. I would consider a single speed actually if it was a consistent gradient – geared specially low for the climb, and then just coast down for the descent. It would force a steady pace/cadence throughout the attempt, and you wouldn’t have to worry about the extra fuss/weight of shifters and derailleurs.

[hozn]

I love hills, but honestly this just sounds boring (and, yes, very difficult). If I was gonna take the day off of work to do an all-day ride, I’d definitely rather ride roads that I’d never ridden before — and not the same ones on repeat A 30k day sounds really hard, but on the edge of doable. DD (~16k) was a tough ride, but luckily I didn’t suffer any of that discomfort that Tim described (!!). I struggle to imagine doing it twice, but with the right (much slower) pace, perhaps. But finding 30k in elevation that would be enjoyable / not-overly-repetitive and <200 miles doesn't sound likely around here.

(I think that’s a long way of saying, “y’all have fun!” I look forward to seeing these hit the Facebook/Strava.)

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