Annual Simplified Climbing Lunacy (aka "I Don't Do Complicated") Challenge

[FrothNinja]

Target 1000 metres
Qualifying rides: 14

Ride 3, Mar 20 - Nelson, Clarion House, Barley, Downham, Sawley, Rathmell, Lawkland, Austwick, Clapham, Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Old Town, Killington Lake, Beck Foot, Tebay, Orton, Shap, Clifton, Mayburgh Henge, Penrith (total 82 miles plus 1,962 m of ascent)
Ride 8, July 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Blacko, Gisburn (via Gisburn Old Road), Rimington, Downham, Barley, Roughlee, Clarion, Fence, Burnley, Worsthorne, Gorple Track, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Nelson (total 41.2 miles plus 1381 m of ascent)
Ride 2, Feb 25 - Nelson, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Sabden Fold, Sabden to A59 return via Nick of Pendle (x2), Whalley, Black Hill, Noggarth, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Fence, Nelson (total 32.2 miles plus 1318 m of ascent)
Ride 11, August 29 - Burnley, Haggate, Catlow, Trawden, Pennine Bridleway, Wycoller, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Foulridge, Slipper Hill, Blacko, Blacko Bar, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Sabden, Portfield, the Ridge, Higham (& it's scarecrow festival), Fence, Burnley (total 39.3 mies plus 1308 m of ascent)
Ride 14, November 13 - Burnley, Fence, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion, Newchurch, Barley, Roughlee, Stang Top, Four Lane Ends, Ing Head Moor, Four Lane Ends, Roughlee, Stang Top, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Wheatley Lane, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield, Burnley (total 31.1 miles plus 1,196 m of ascent)
Ride 10, August 21 - Brackenridge, Coalburn, Red Moss, Abington, Crawford, Elvanfoot, Leadhills, Lettershaw hill, Crawfordjohn, Red Moss, Happonden, Coalburn, Brackenridge (total 56.1 miles plus 1,181 m of ascent)
Ride 6, June 17 - Nelson, the Ridge, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Moor Lane, Wiswell Moor, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Whalley, the Ridge, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley, L&L, Nelson (total 32.1 miles plus 1111 m of ascent)
Ride 9, July 24 - Nelson, Ridge, Sabden, Nick Of Pendle, Clitheroe, Barrow, Wiswell, Portfield, Heyhouses, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Foulridge, Barrowford, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley (total 33.9 miles plus 1066 m of ascent)
Ride 4, Mar 24 - Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Clapham, Austwick, Lawkland, Rathmell, Sawley, Chatburn, Barley, Clarion House, Nelson (total 42 miles plus 1062 m of ascent)
Ride 12, September 11 - Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Earby, Salterforth, Barnoldswick, White Moor, Blacko, Roughlee, Clarion, Spen Brook, the Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Whalley, the Ridge, Fence, Burnley (total 38.9 miles plus 1059 m of ascent)
Ride 13, September 25 - Burnley, Higham, Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Jinny Lane, Clarion, high rocky road to Barley, Newchurch, Sabden Fold, Stainscomb, Sabden, Dean, Ridge, Higham, Guide Lane, Spen Brook, Jinny Lane, Roughlee, Noggarth, Fence, Burnley (total 26.2 miles plus 1030 m of ascent)
Ride 1, Jan 5 - Nelson, Barley, Twiston, Downham, Worston, Sabden, Whalley, Read, Higham, Fence, Noggarth, Wheatley Lane, Nelson (total 31.3 miles plus 1029 m of ascent)
Ride 5, April 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Gisburn Old Road, Rimington, Chatburn, Worston, Barley, Roughlee, Heys Lane, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Colne, Barrowford, Nelson (total 33.9 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)
Ride 7, June 20 - Nelson, the Ridge, Whalley, A59, Preston (work), A59, Whalley, the Ridge, Noggarth, Higham by bridleway, Fence (total 50.4 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)

 

[steverob]

Target elevation: 2,000 feet (or 610 metres)

Rides in order of elevation so far this year:
1. 17th September - 2,743 feet in 62.43 miles - Buckingham & MK, long walk to get a mechanical fixed, then rode home
2. 23rd July - 2,735 feet in 50.93 miles* - Train to/from Moor Park, rode through private estates and London suburbs
3. 25th June - 2,726 feet in 63.50 miles - New hills around Amersham & Berkhamsted and recently chipped roads
4. 1st January - 2,723 feet in 62.26 miles - Rain interrupted ride through Dunstable Downs & Hockliffe
5. 13th November - 2,703 feet in 64.14 miles - Undulating Remembrance Day ride to Woburn Sands via MK
6. 29th January - 2,697 feet in 52.22 miles - Punctured heading to Amersham, back via the Chalfonts and Beaconsfield
7. 9th October - 2,530 feet in 75.87 miles* - Chalfont down to Heathrow, then all the way home due to missed train
8. 2nd May - 2,520 feet in 69.74 miles - Completing Wandrer achievements in direction of Brackley
9. 10th September - 2,461 feet in 50.84 miles - Five short but steep hills out to High Wycombe and back
10. 21st August - 2,388 feet in 62.27 miles - Lumpy route around Wheatley and the Baldons in Oxfordshire
11. 14th July - 2,362 feet in 66.31 miles* - Train to Banbury, rode home indirectly through the heat
12. 19th November - 2,313 feet in 41.88 miles - Three notable Chiltern climbs in full winter cycling gear
13. 24th April - 2,198 feet in 62.17 miles - Detour filled ride to Waterperry Gardens with some very strong winds

* = elevation/distance total gained over more than one ride that day; link takes you to Strava activity of longest part only.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Target elevation gain: 2,500m (Actual 2,800m)
Qualifying rides: 19

15. August 26th - 3,950m (Fleak Moss, Holgate Moor, The Stang, Tan Hill, Lamps Moss)
18. October 12th - 3,660m (Hathersage, Strines, Holmfirth, Hedben Bridge, Eldroth)
6. June 21st - 3,600m (Solstice circuit of the Dales, lots of them)
5. June 15th - 3,300m (Tebay, Brough, Barnard Castle, Holgate Pasture, Ribblehead)
9. July 16th - 3,300m (Kingsdale, Lamps Moss, Grinton Moor, Park Rash, Brootes Hill)
11. August 6th - 3,200m (Langcliffe, Burnsall, Oakworth, Airton)
8. July 5th - 3,200m (Orton, Haweswater, Askham, Appleby, Ribblehead, Settle)
17. September 14th - 3,050m (Newby Head, Great Dun Fell, Kirkstone Pass)
19. November 25th - 3,000m (Barnoldswick, Hebden Bridge, Haworth, Earby, Ribblehead)
13. August 11th - 2,900m (Blanchland, Swinhope Head, Brough, Ribblehead)
14. August 19th - 2,900m (Mallerstang, Lamps Moss, Fleak Moss, Barbondale)
1. April 25th - 2,800m (Orton, Tan Hill, Birkdale, Mallerstang, Ribblehead)
12. August 9th - 2,800m (Across the Dales and North Pennines to Geordielandia)
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3. May 7th - 2,770m (Wensleydale, Swaledale, Lamps Moss, Mallerstang, Barbondale)
10. July 29th - 2,700m (Newby Head, Fleet Moss, Whitewell, Cross of Greet)
4, May 17th - 2,600m (Kendal, Hawkshead, east side of Coniston, Arnside, Keasden)
7. June 27th - 2,600m (Newby Head, Mallerstang, Quernmore, Trough, Bowland Knotts)
2. April 29th - 2,500m (Quernmore, Inglewhite, Settle, Newby Head, Kingsdale)
16. August 31st - 2,500m (Halton Gill, Kidstones, Coverdale, Brootes Hill, Eldroth)

 

[FrothNinja]

Target 1000 metres
Qualifying rides: 15

Ride 3, Mar 20 - Nelson, Clarion House, Barley, Downham, Sawley, Rathmell, Lawkland, Austwick, Clapham, Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Old Town, Killington Lake, Beck Foot, Tebay, Orton, Shap, Clifton, Mayburgh Henge, Penrith (total 82 miles plus 1,962 m of ascent)
Ride 8, July 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Blacko, Gisburn (via Gisburn Old Road), Rimington, Downham, Barley, Roughlee, Clarion, Fence, Burnley, Worsthorne, Gorple Track, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Nelson (total 41.2 miles plus 1381 m of ascent)
Ride 2, Feb 25 - Nelson, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Sabden Fold, Sabden to A59 return via Nick of Pendle (x2), Whalley, Black Hill, Noggarth, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Fence, Nelson (total 32.2 miles plus 1318 m of ascent)
Ride 11, August 29 - Burnley, Haggate, Catlow, Trawden, Pennine Bridleway, Wycoller, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Foulridge, Slipper Hill, Blacko, Blacko Bar, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Sabden, Portfield, the Ridge, Higham (& it's scarecrow festival), Fence, Burnley (total 39.3 mies plus 1308 m of ascent)
Ride 14, November 13 - Burnley, Fence, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion, Newchurch, Barley, Roughlee, Stang Top, Four Lane Ends, Ing Head Moor, Four Lane Ends, Roughlee, Stang Top, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Wheatley Lane, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield, Burnley (total 31.1 miles plus 1,196 m of ascent)
Ride 10, August 21 - Brackenridge, Coalburn, Red Moss, Abington, Crawford, Elvanfoot, Leadhills, Lettershaw hill, Crawfordjohn, Red Moss, Happonden, Coalburn, Brackenridge (total 56.1 miles plus 1,181 m of ascent)
Ride 15, November 27 - Burnley, Wheatley Lane, Barrowford, Colne, Alkincoats, Foulridge, Whitemoor, Gisburn Old Road (low sided at 28 kph), Rimington, Four Lane Ends, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion (lights on but door locked 😢), Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley (total 31.7 miles plus 1,164 m of ascent)
Ride 6, June 17 - Nelson, the Ridge, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Moor Lane, Wiswell Moor, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Whalley, the Ridge, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley, L&L, Nelson (total 32.1 miles plus 1111 m of ascent)
Ride 9, July 24 - Nelson, Ridge, Sabden, Nick Of Pendle, Clitheroe, Barrow, Wiswell, Portfield, Heyhouses, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Foulridge, Barrowford, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley (total 33.9 miles plus 1066 m of ascent)
Ride 4, Mar 24 - Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Clapham, Austwick, Lawkland, Rathmell, Sawley, Chatburn, Barley, Clarion House, Nelson (total 42 miles plus 1062 m of ascent)
Ride 12, September 11 - Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Earby, Salterforth, Barnoldswick, White Moor, Blacko, Roughlee, Clarion, Spen Brook, the Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Whalley, the Ridge, Fence, Burnley (total 38.9 miles plus 1059 m of ascent)
Ride 13, September 25 - Burnley, Higham, Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Jinny Lane, Clarion, high rocky road to Barley, Newchurch, Sabden Fold, Stainscomb, Sabden, Dean, Ridge, Higham, Guide Lane, Spen Brook, Jinny Lane, Roughlee, Noggarth, Fence, Burnley (total 26.2 miles plus 1030 m of ascent)
Ride 1, Jan 5 - Nelson, Barley, Twiston, Downham, Worston, Sabden, Whalley, Read, Higham, Fence, Noggarth, Wheatley Lane, Nelson (total 31.3 miles plus 1029 m of ascent)
Ride 5, April 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Gisburn Old Road, Rimington, Chatburn, Worston, Barley, Roughlee, Heys Lane, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Colne, Barrowford, Nelson (total 33.9 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)
Ride 7, June 20 - Nelson, the Ridge, Whalley, A59, Preston (work), A59, Whalley, the Ridge, Noggarth, Higham by bridleway, Fence (total 50.4 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)

 

[FrothNinja]

Target 1000 metres
Qualifying rides: 16

Ride 3, Mar 20 - Nelson, Clarion House, Barley, Downham, Sawley, Rathmell, Lawkland, Austwick, Clapham, Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Old Town, Killington Lake, Beck Foot, Tebay, Orton, Shap, Clifton, Mayburgh Henge, Penrith (total 82 miles plus 1,962 m of ascent)
Ride 8, July 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Blacko, Gisburn (via Gisburn Old Road), Rimington, Downham, Barley, Roughlee, Clarion, Fence, Burnley, Worsthorne, Gorple Track, Widdop, Thursden, Haggate, Nelson (total 41.2 miles plus 1381 m of ascent)
Ride 2, Feb 25 - Nelson, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Sabden Fold, Sabden to A59 return via Nick of Pendle (x2), Whalley, Black Hill, Noggarth, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Fence, Nelson (total 32.2 miles plus 1318 m of ascent)
Ride 11, August 29 - Burnley, Haggate, Catlow, Trawden, Pennine Bridleway, Wycoller, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Foulridge, Slipper Hill, Blacko, Blacko Bar, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Sabden, Portfield, the Ridge, Higham (& it's scarecrow festival), Fence, Burnley (total 39.3 mies plus 1308 m of ascent)
Ride 14, November 13 - Burnley, Fence, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion, Newchurch, Barley, Roughlee, Stang Top, Four Lane Ends, Ing Head Moor, Four Lane Ends, Roughlee, Stang Top, Roughlee, Spen Brook, Wheatley Lane, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield, Burnley (total 31.1 miles plus 1,196 m of ascent)
Ride 10, August 21 - Brackenridge, Coalburn, Red Moss, Abington, Crawford, Elvanfoot, Leadhills, Lettershaw hill, Crawfordjohn, Red Moss, Happonden, Coalburn, Brackenridge (total 56.1 miles plus 1,181 m of ascent)
Ride 15, November 27 - Burnley, Wheatley Lane, Barrowford, Colne, Alkincoats, Foulridge, Whitemoor, Gisburn Old Road (low sided at 28 kph), Rimington, Four Lane Ends, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion (lights on but door locked 😢), Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley (total 31.7 miles plus 1,164 m of ascent)
Ride 6, June 17 - Nelson, the Ridge, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Moor Lane, Wiswell Moor, Nick of Pendle, Pendleton, Wiswell, Whalley, the Ridge, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley, L&L, Nelson (total 32.1 miles plus 1111 m of ascent)
Ride 9, July 24 - Nelson, Ridge, Sabden, Nick Of Pendle, Clitheroe, Barrow, Wiswell, Portfield, Heyhouses, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Foulridge, Barrowford, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Fence, Burnley (total 33.9 miles plus 1066 m of ascent)
Ride 4, Mar 24 - Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Clapham, Austwick, Lawkland, Rathmell, Sawley, Chatburn, Barley, Clarion House, Nelson (total 42 miles plus 1062 m of ascent)
Ride 16, December 24 - Burnley, Brierfield, Wheatley Lane, Spen Brook, Newchurch, Barley, 4 Lane Ends, Twiston, Downham, Chatburn, Clitheroe, Nick Of Pendle, Sabden, (dropped my bidon and gave its bottom a crack of its own, Portfield (kind householder let me refill my bottle which I then installed upside down), the Ridge, Read, Higher Trapp, the Ridge, Wheatley Lane, Cuckstool Lane, Brierfield, Burnley (total 31.2 miles / 50.2 km plus 3,481 ft/ 1,061m of ascent)
Ride 12, September 11 - Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Laneshaw Bridge, Cock Hill, Kelbrook, Earby, Salterforth, Barnoldswick, White Moor, Blacko, Roughlee, Clarion, Spen Brook, the Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Whalley, the Ridge, Fence, Burnley (total 38.9 miles plus 1059 m of ascent)
Ride 13, September 25 - Burnley, Higham, Ridge, Dean, Sabden, Stainscomb, Sabden Fold, Jinny Lane, Clarion, high rocky road to Barley, Newchurch, Sabden Fold, Stainscomb, Sabden, Dean, Ridge, Higham, Guide Lane, Spen Brook, Jinny Lane, Roughlee, Noggarth, Fence, Burnley (total 26.2 miles plus 1030 m of ascent)
Ride 1, Jan 5 - Nelson, Barley, Twiston, Downham, Worston, Sabden, Whalley, Read, Higham, Fence, Noggarth, Wheatley Lane, Nelson (total 31.3 miles plus 1029 m of ascent)
Ride 5, April 10 - Nelson, Foulridge, Gisburn Old Road, Rimington, Chatburn, Worston, Barley, Roughlee, Heys Lane, Barley, Newchurch, Clarion House, Roughlee, Blacko, Colne, Barrowford, Nelson (total 33.9 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)
Ride 7, June 20 - Nelson, the Ridge, Whalley, A59, Preston (work), A59, Whalley, the Ridge, Noggarth, Higham by bridleway, Fence (total 50.4 miles plus 1028 m of ascent)