'Everesting' is a concept dreamed up by an Australian club Hells 500, and the rules are pretty simple: climb the same route, descend the same route; until your cumulative elevation gain is equivalent to the height of Everest.
The idea of a riding an 'Everesting' found its way onto my Bucket List a while back. As someone that uses the #insearchofup hashtag a lot, it seemed a fitting masochistic challenge.
This year, I've decided to tick it off.
My attempt, the Down Lane #EquinoxEveresting will take place on Saturday 24th June 2017
(weather conditions and health permitting).
Details
- The location is St. Boniface Down on the Isle of Wight. From the clock tower on Ventnor Seafront, to the radar station at the top of Down Lane, there is an elevation gain of 230 metres, over 3.3 kilometres.
- The climb will require 38 repetitions to reach the 8,848 metre target
- The ride distance will total 250 kilometres
- An expected average speed of 18 kph will mean it will be 14 hours of riding (16 hours including stoppage time). That is the reason I've purposefully scheduled it for as close to the summer equinox as possible.
- Planned start time: 05:00
- Planned finish time: 21:00
For a good cause
My chosen charity and JustGiving page have yet to be finalised, but I'll add them into this blog as soon as they are.
Details to follow...
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| The St. Boniface Down Climb contains sections of 25 percent gradients |
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| #insearchofup |