Career change - How to become the next Mark Beaumont?

[blazed]

I am envious of the likes of Mark Beaumont who basically gets paid by sponsors to ride and partake in various challenges. As well as writing books, social media following, talking at events etc. A great way to make a living.

I think I am ready made for this life but the hard but will just be the initital breakthrough. Before hiring a PR agency which is expensive and a last resort, looking for ideas on what would be needed, and ways to promote myself/challenges?

I think I have pretty good USP's to stand out in that all my challenges will be done on fixed gear bike and myself 200lbs+ in weight. I think this would make the general public respect the efforts even more. We've seen from the recent yearly distance records outside of the cycling world the mainstream media wasn't very interested so the USP is crucial.

My first challenge I would like to climb Muana Kea twice in succession to make it also an everest attempt. Each climb of muana kea is nearly 14,000ft elevation, only 73 people have ever cycled it once accoring to strava and I doubt any on fixed gear.

Anyway, any ideas on progressing this further?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Ride it backwards.

 

[Markymark]

Now let's see how many people get cross and take you seriously.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I'll do it with you tho you may need to book 12 years off work as im a bit slower than you

 

[classic33]

There's an annual race up it. Time to beat,
"Course record of 3:23:20 was set by Oahu’s Eric Lau in 2011"
http://www.hawaiicyclingclub.com/

34/27, on a fixed.

 

[Crackle]

Only 73. Well, If they're not on Strava, they didn't do it, obviously.

 

[S-Express]

Not sure if trolling, or genuinely in need of therapy...

 

[screenman]

I did it 3 times backwards on a unicycle, unknown to me I had not turned my Garmin on. I did have some photo's as proof but they were destroyed by a rogue shark that escaped from our garden pond and ate the saddle bag they were in.

 

[vickster]

I did it 3 times backwards on a unicycle, unknown to me I had not turned my Garmin on. I did have some photo's as proof but they were destroyed by a rogue shark that escaped from our garden pond and ate the saddle bag they were in.

Awww that's so sad...even sadder than Blazed

 

[midlife]

I thought your weight was now under 200lbs ? Something to do with entering your new weight on Strava rings a bell from another thread

 

[roadrash]

ah but he may have taken the advice to drink a litre of water to get his weight back up ,......either that or he hasn't had a dump yet today

 

[Brandane]

I think this would make the general public respect the efforts even more

Good luck with that - if the general membership of CC is an accurate gauge!

 

[swee'pea99]

Who?

 

[sight-pin]

Think I'd rather drive up and ask for look through one of the Keck's.

 

[Bazzer]

Or a mountain like Killimanjaro?
Yes it's been cycled before, but there would be a record to beat and it's possibly a little more famous as the highest mountain in Africa than a dormant volcano in an American state.
Then there are the poles. One has been cycled, not sure about the other.