The Bi-Cingles du Mont Ventoux

ju5t1n

6 ascents of Mt Ventoux in one day to raise over ten thousand pounds for charity. A good read...

https://www.shuttvr.com/blogs/news/the- ... epic-place

lettingthedaysgoby

Wow.

mrb123

If the climbing was 9000m then also counts as an Everest! Great blog.

davep1

I read the thread title and assumed it was about 2 of the 3 routes up, doh!

davep1

mrb123 wrote:

If the climbing was 9000m then also counts as an Everest! Great blog.

I don't think so, Everesting is meant to be one route, repeated. Isn't it?

mrb123

davep1 wrote:

mrb123 wrote:

If the climbing was 9000m then also counts as an Everest! Great blog.

I don't think so, Everesting is meant to be one route, repeated. Isn't it?

Yeah, think you may be right. Probably a rather more satisfying ride though than flogging up and down the same route time after time.

bernithebiker

Cinglé = crazy in French, which is about right!

supermurph09

Good read that and a great effort to achieve, I'd say more mental than physical?

buckmulligan

Haha, I did it the Cinglés de Mont Ventoux last year and the thought of doing it twice over is just ridiculous.

davep1

mrb123 wrote:

davep1 wrote:

mrb123 wrote:

If the climbing was 9000m then also counts as an Everest! Great blog.

I don't think so, Everesting is meant to be one route, repeated. Isn't it?

Yeah, think you may be right. Probably a rather more satisfying ride though than flogging up and down the same route time after time.

Definitely! Bit close to the High Rouleurs target of 10k though...

meanredspider

supermurph09 wrote:

Good read that and a great effort to achieve, I'd say more mental than physical?

Definitely a mental challenge but eating and drinking enough will be really hard too. At least you do each climb "only" twice (which looks stupid when written).

There was a 49 year old Brit who did this a couple of years ago supported just by his wife IIRC. After doing AdH6, I'd thought about attempting this but decided I don't have the time to commit to training. Now my daughter has been diagnosed with leukaemia, I might just have to rethink that decision and get on with it next year. I think it would make me one of the oldest Brits to do it. Will focus on my daughter for now but riding up a hill a few times is nothing compared with the treatment either my daughter or son has gone through - I just need to MTFU.

Rodrego Hernandez

davep1 wrote:

mrb123 wrote:

If the climbing was 9000m then also counts as an Everest! Great blog.

I don't think so, Everesting is meant to be one route, repeated. Isn't it?

Isn't this one route (the 3 ascents) done twice?

Iron_Duke

meanredspider wrote:

supermurph09 wrote:

Good read that and a great effort to achieve, I'd say more mental than physical?

Definitely a mental challenge but eating and drinking enough will be really hard too. At least you do each climb "only" twice (which looks stupid when written).

There was a 49 year old Brit who did this a couple of years ago supported just by his wife IIRC. After doing AdH6, I'd thought about attempting this but decided I don't have the time to commit to training. Now my daughter has been diagnosed with leukaemia, I might just have to rethink that decision and get on with it next year. I think it would make me one of the oldest Brits to do it. Will focus on my daughter for now but riding up a hill a few times is nothing compared with the treatment either my daughter or son has gone through - I just need to MTFU.

Hope all works out ok. Treatment for lymphoma has come a long way so all crossed.

Jerry185

Great blog - informative and exciting, yet concise. Could leave without a donation and this message should push the post back up.