Everesting within 2-3 hours of Norwich?

[Dogtrousers]

Yeah, that's what puts me off too. If it wasn't for that ...

 

[matticus]

I do actually have a ROUGH idea of what this would take, based on other hilly rides I've done (e.g. the Bristol Audax, 300km+ long with close to 5km of climb). With good support and good conditions, I'm pretty sure I could do it in under 24hours.
But although I quite like the concept of this - in the same way I liked watching Free Solo - i think I'd die of boredom, and would rather attempt a b*st*rd hilly 400km that actually goes somewhere!

If a local group of friends arranged everything, I could probably be talked into it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I do actually have a ROUGH idea of what this would take, based on other hilly rides I've done (e.g. the Bristol Audax, 300km+ long with close to 5km of climb). With good support and good conditions, I'm pretty sure I could do it in under 24hours.
But although I quite like the concept of this - in the same way I liked watching Free Solo - i think I'd die of boredom, and would rather attempt a b*st*rd hilly 400km that actually goes somewhere!

If a local group of friends arranged everything, I could probably be talked into it.

Just checked my records. Most I've ever done is 2,700m (a century ride on a cut-down version of a 200k audax called "The Shark"). But I was (a) absolutely dead on my feet at the end and (b) much fitter then than I am now.

But 8,848m? No, I don't even have the slightest idea of what it would take.

 

[T4tomo]

Just checked my records. Most I've ever done is 2,700m (a century ride on a cut-down version of a 200k audax called "The Shark"). But I was (a) absolutely dead on my feet at the end and (b) much fitter then than I am now.

But 8,848m? No, I don't even have the slightest idea of what it would take.

Its about 5 Mont Ventoux ascents I think if my sums / veloviewer records are right - no thanks1 doing it on a relatively short UK hill would be boring in the extreme.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Its about 5 Mont Ventoux ascents I think if my sums / veloviewer records are right - no thanks1 doing it on a relatively short UK hill would be boring in the extreme.

I'd love to be fit enough for boredom to be a consideration. Boredom I can easily deal with, just takes a bit of grit. Legs that have fallen off ... that's another question.

 

[matticus]

Its about 5 Mont Ventoux ascents I think if my sums / veloviewer records are righ

That's also about 1 Mount Everest. I think.

 

[T4tomo]

I'd love to be fit enough for boredom to be a consideration. Boredom I can easily deal with, just takes a bit of grit. Legs that have fallen off ... that's another question.

I don't think I'd have the legs either, I certainly don't have the inclination to find out.

 

[MichaelW2]

Gas Hill, off Riverside near Ketts Hill, is just what you need, nlmkiii

Pub at the bottom, no driving to get there, her at home to make you cake for your return, and averaging 10.7%.

I bed my disk brakes on Gas Hill.

 

[Dogtrousers]

That's also about 1 Mount Everest. I think.

27 Eiffel towers.

 

[T4tomo]

That's also about 1 Mount Everest. I think.

well it depend where you start riding to be fair and what route you take

The height of a mountain is different to the ascent gain riding from a certain point to its summit, up a recognised road, which to be fair, Everest is lacking in.

I should have clarified its about 5 Mont Ventoux ascents from Bedoin. Will be similar from Malaucene, but more ascents from Sault.

 

[matticus]

Obviosuly I was measuring from Greenwich.

 

[nlmkiii]

Gas Hill, off Riverside near Ketts Hill, is just what you need, nlmkiii

Pub at the bottom, no driving to get there, her at home to make you cake for your return, and averaging 10.7%.

I believe I'm the local legend on that climb at the moment, I've been using it for training for The Struggle this weekend. And I can promise you it is very very far away from what you want for an everesting I've thought about doing a half Everest on it though, I think that's doable, but a full? You'd have to be a lot lot more moutain goaty than I!

It's very short, and the last 20m or so are well over 20%. It's miserable!

I've done it 50 times in a row before, and those big gradients just rip the endurance out of you.

 

[nlmkiii]

#125 on Simon Warren's list of 100 climbs is Beacon Hill in Cromer. That's really handy for Norwich.
https://cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/beacon-hill/

Unfortunately it may not be exactly the ideal hill for Everesting. It's 65m high and 1.2km long so that it would require 137 ascents and would require 329km of riding. That's 204 miles.

Hang on a minute, add an extra mile and you have a 205 mile "Godwin" (link). You could knock them both off at once - an Everest and a Godwin. What's not to like?

i did 20 reps of that on a training ride a couple of weeks ago too. Rode up to it and back, and 100km round trip, then rode up and down it 20 times. It actually wasn't too bad. It's amazingly situated too, with multiple cafes at the bottom, and a quiet road. It's just not steep enough. Given my current fitness level is probably on the edge for completing an Everest with perfect conditions, I think a shallower climb like this would probably be a bit too much for me. It will be a good one to do a half everesting on though for a training ride!

 

[nlmkiii]

I do actually have a ROUGH idea of what this would take, based on other hilly rides I've done (e.g. the Bristol Audax, 300km+ long with close to 5km of climb). With good support and good conditions, I'm pretty sure I could do it in under 24hours.
But although I quite like the concept of this - in the same way I liked watching Free Solo - i think I'd die of boredom, and would rather attempt a b*st*rd hilly 400km that actually goes somewhere!

If a local group of friends arranged everything, I could probably be talked into it.

I am a bit worried about boredom! In the past I've found that things get a bit monotonous after 10 hours, and it would probably take me double that. So TBH I wonder if my legs will give way before then anyway!
I don't know if I'll be able to do it. But I did do a half everesting in November. It hurt a lot, but I could have kept going, and I've lost 10kg since then and added about 60W to my FTP (320 now vs 260 then). so I reckon it's a maybe.

Still not sure, it's definitely, at best, a maybe. But a maybe I'm keen on having a bash at!

 

[Jameshow]

I am a bit worried about boredom! In the past I've found that things get a bit monotonous after 10 hours, and it would probably take me double that. So TBH I wonder if my legs will give way before then anyway!
I don't know if I'll be able to do it. But I did do a half everesting in November. It hurt a lot, but I could have kept going, and I've lost 10kg since then and added about 60W to my FTP (320 now vs 260 then). so I reckon it's a maybe.

Still not sure, it's definitely, at best, a maybe. But a maybe I'm keen on having a bash at!

How much do you weigh? I think you need to be on the slim side to be good at Everesting!