Everesting

[Runexeter]

Well what can I say...it was really really hard! but the sense of achievement afterwards and knowing that you have become a member of a very exclusive club is amazing.
I hope by putting this in the forum it will inspire other riders to give it a crack, the founder Andy Van Bergen has a clip on Youtube and says that over 51% of people that attempt an Everesting don't make it.
That just gave me more motivation to do it and hopefully will do for others as well. Don't get me wrong the stats don't lie and it was the hardest thing I have ever done BUT it is in your hands.
It took me around 17 hours moving time but 26 hours in total...a lot of that time was wasted with Garmin problems, needing better lights, longer breaks because of my knee's etc etc.

The body starts to shut down at a certain point and then it's all a mind game....how strong is yours.

I hope to read some other people's Everesting achievements in this forum soon.

https://app.strava.com/activities/338859063

www.everesting.cc

 

[fimm]

I assume this means climbing over the height of Everest in one ride? (The website doesn't seem to say this in words of one syllable.)

 

[moo]

Good effort. I'd have given up at any one of those issues. Kudos for sticking with it.

I wouldn't attempt an Everest without at least 2 Garmins, both running off a power bank - a usb cable with the data wire shorted will keep them charged while in use.

It's a goal of mine to do this one day, but there are no feasible hills nearby. I'll probably lay claim to a French mountain on holiday next year. Plenty to choose from and much easier to do a few repeats than the 200 needed on my local hills.

 

[coffeejo]

I assume this means climbing over the height of Everest in one ride? (The website doesn't seem to say this in words of one syllable.)

Took me three goes and several mugs of tea to work it out.

 

[siadwell]

I assume this means climbing over the height of Everest in one ride? (The website doesn't seem to say this in words of one syllable.)

You have to climb the equivalent of Everest (8,848m total elevation gain) by repeatedly riding up the same ascent, turning round, descending and doing it all over again ad nauseum.

 

[Runexeter]

You have to climb the equivalent of Everest (8,848m total elevation gain) by repeatedly riding up the same ascent, turning round, descending and doing it all over again ad nauseum.

Yes exactly, I now realise I didn't put down the most obvious thing I should have, you tend to think more people know about it than they do.

 

[puffinbilly]

I thought it was a reference to the everesting gobstoppers sold by the chinese man in my local shop - years later still trying to sell me another and always disappointed that I still have mine - have to remind him it's an everesting one.

 

[summit2ride]

I completed mine this time last year. It really is a grueling challenge. I was surprised how few people new what it was, I'd read about it in Cycling Plus.

If you have a spare 5 mins check out my Blog about it at https://summit2ride.com/2016/09/16/everesting/

 

[steveindenmark]

I would love to have go but I live i Denmark. Our highest point is 101 metres and I would get dizzy just going up and down.

 

[summit2ride]

@steveindenmark That would require a lot of reps! Although if you can find one, mine was only 90m high

 

[Dogtrousers]

Jens Voigt is having a go today. From Twitter

Jens Voigt ‏@thejensie 4h4 hours ago
The morning of my Everest Challenge....Waking up to the first snow this winter. But hey, its only little snow,right?! Gonna be fun.

More: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/voigt-plans-24-hour-everest-challenge-for-charity/

Edit. It's a charity challenge, for the Tour de Cure cancer charity. Here's his charity page
https://www.ammado.com/community/jensieeverestchallenge

 

[Dogtrousers]

Jens has just finished.

Jens Voigt ‏@thejensie 9m9 minutes ago
Done and dusted! 8845m of climbing - 27h with some small breaks on the bike! Over €25k raised! You guys are amazing! #EverestChallenge

 

[Shadow]

So , he was over the time limit by 3 hours?!! (or am I misunderstanding something?) Maybe he should have gone for a bigger hill!!

 

[ColinJ]

So , he was over the time limit by 3 hours?!! (or am I misunderstanding something?) Maybe he should have gone for a bigger hill!!

Funny, I too thought that was the rule, but apparently not ...

It does not matter how long the ride takes, but it must be ridden in one attempt (i.e. no sleeping in between). Breaks for meals etc. are fine. You can break for as long or as little as you like. Bear in mind break times add up quickly, and can add significantly to your elapsed time.

THE RULES.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Lighten up guys, its for cheriddee!

He did say in his initial press release that he was aiming for 24 hrs.

There are probably several sets of self important busybodies who are promoting conflicting versions of the one and only set of "official" rules.

I'm impressed enough as it is. I don't know Berlin terribly well, but it's always struck me as a bit of a flat place. I know it's built on marshy ground because they have to pump a lot of groundwater out of the foundations of any new buildings, so to find a hill in or near Berlin big enough to do that must have meant a lot of riding.

The hill he chose was called the Teufelsberg, but I don't know how big it is. There are about a zillion strava segments with that name.