Everesting Hardknott Pass

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    Draycott steep ticked... it was very hot on saturday... good thing the steepest part is shaded... fairly steep climb... guess 20% or so?

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1675865255

    Yesterday was much fresher and had a clear run up the Gorge with tail wind too, what a luxury... and got drenched on the way back, as I caught the only heavy shower in the area :-)
    left the forum March 2023
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    roger merriman wrote:

    Cheddar Gorge

    So that's where all the cheese went - Gromit, cancel that Moon flight!
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    What happened of this plan?

    I went up Wrynose the other day... the thought of doing it again would be unbearable... besides, it takes almost as long to get back down alive, so time-wise it seems to make little sense to go for these stupidly steep climbs

    https://www.strava.com/activities/2556730189
    left the forum March 2023
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,274
    You really think this was ever a plan? More like a wind up.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    homers double wrote:
    You really think this was ever a plan? More like a wind up.

    I never thought he could physically do it... I was ready to bet he could do no more than 2-3 ascents at best...

    But I thought it was a plan... :roll:
    left the forum March 2023
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    What happened of this plan?

    I went up Wrynose the other day... the thought of doing it again would be unbearable... besides, it takes almost as long to get back down alive, so time-wise it seems to make little sense to go for these stupidly steep climbs

    https://www.strava.com/activities/2556730189

    ciao

    got posted away, back and forth since then, everything in life now random due to work/family.

    it is still on the backburner though

    #bigringeverestin'
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    Better you than me... I think a specially built bike is on the cards... you need a 28 at the front and 34 or bigger at the rear and you need double brakes at least at the front, disc AND rim to alternate and avoid boiling either... I might even consider flat pedals, in case you need to put your foot down and restart (cars coming down or bottleneck)

    Building the bike could be the only fun part of the all experience to be honest
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  • john1967
    john1967 Posts: 366
    I can't think of bigger waste of time.
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    Gone up it once not inclined to try again. Doing it 28 times in one day... Whatever floats your boat.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    It's all about the likes/kudos. Be sure to take a selfie at the top for the full millenial experience.
    Then go home and reflect on what a complete and utter waste of time it was *

    * apart from the kudos, natch
  • surfercyclist
    surfercyclist Posts: 894
    Yeah but will it be documented/on Strava or is this a Walter Mitty fantasy? Let's wait and see if it actually happens first.

    But agree, bit of a waste of time in my opinion but as it's such a hard climb by all accounts it would be a heck of an achievement to Everest it.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    I agree that Everesting seems a monumental waste of time and I even argued it with the editor of the Audax Arrivee magazine, when he issued a cover article about a lady who Everested her local hill in Bristol... somehow that seems to be the exact opposite of what Audax is about ie. long distance cycling, as in "going far".

    On the other hand, these "pointless" challenges are very popular and not too dissimilar to things like cingles du Ventoux and that can't be ignored... in fact I am surprised the all thing has not been monetised by people offering on the road/off the road support, specific training plans, Zwift Everesting challenges and whatnot
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,307
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    I agree that Everesting seems a monumental waste of time and I even argued it with the editor of the Audax Arrivee magazine, when he issued a cover article about a lady who Everested her local hill in Bristol... somehow that seems to be the exact opposite of what Audax is about ie. long distance cycling, as in "going far".

    On the other hand, these "pointless" challenges are very popular and not too dissimilar to things like cingles du Ventoux and that can't be ignored... in fact I am surprised the all thing has not been monetised by people offering on the road/off the road support, specific training plans, Zwift Everesting challenges and whatnot
    https://everesting.cc/virtual-everesting-rules/
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    Ha!
    left the forum March 2023
  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    I agree that Everesting seems a monumental waste of time and I even argued it with the editor of the Audax Arrivee magazine, when he issued a cover article about a lady who Everested her local hill in Bristol... somehow that seems to be the exact opposite of what Audax is about ie. long distance cycling, as in "going far".

    On the other hand, these "pointless" challenges are very popular and not too dissimilar to things like cingles du Ventoux and that can't be ignored... in fact I am surprised the all thing has not been monetised by people offering on the road/off the road support, specific training plans, Zwift Everesting challenges and whatnot

    Why is Everesting any more pointless than audaxing?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,311
    DaveP1 wrote:

    Why is Everesting any more pointless than audaxing?

    Everesting is pointless from an Audax perspective and probably the opposite is true. I have friends who would relish a 12 hour virtual Everest on Zwift, but would never tackle a 9 hour 200 km Audax.

    Each to their own, I do respect those to treat the bicycle as another training implement, like a treadmill, an indoor rowing machine or a set of weights, but it's just not the way I see it.
    left the forum March 2023
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    PMSL @ everesting on zwift.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    What happened of this plan?

    I went up Wrynose the other day... the thought of doing it again would be unbearable... besides, it takes almost as long to get back down alive, so time-wise it seems to make little sense to go for these stupidly steep climbs

    https://www.strava.com/activities/2556730189

    ciao

    got posted away, back and forth since then, everything in life now random due to work/family.

    it is still on the backburner though

    #bigringeverestin'

    Just do it on Gospel Pass instead. Less travel and fewer ascents needed.

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