The 2021 Annual Lunacy Climbing Challenge

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Total 12 rides. 12,230m ascent in 387.35km, giving overall HR of 31.6 or 3.2%.

12. HR 36.2 m/km on 17th November. 1,000m ascent in 27.6km (Goat Lane, Langcliffe Scar, High HIll Lane, Mitchell Lane - reverse)
That was hard. A distinctive, somewhat obtuse, new variant on the 'climbs from Settle' theme since it doesn't include Malham and does incorporate some stretches of road I've not used before in this challenge. It was pretty challenging on the planning front, to get the ascent just right, but starting on the way down the hill to the River Ribble at Little Stainforth and finishing on the way up it means I could modify the start/end point afterwards to make it exactly a thousand metres. Rather a pleasing route and an HR greater than all but the Kirkstone one. Just one to go, and I'm now hoping to get that in before the allegedly imminent appearance of ice.

All rides in HR order:
4. HR: 39.0 m/km on 19th April, 1,000m ascent in 25.6m (Kirkstone Pass: up and down all three routes to the top)
12. HR 36.2 m/km on 17th November. 1,000m ascent in 27.6km (Goat Lane, Langcliffe Scar, High HIll Lane, Mitchell Lane - reverse)
2. HR: 36.0 m/km on 30th March, 1,031m ascent in 28.6km (Askrigg, Fleak Moss return, Oxnop Scar return)
7. HR 33.8 m/km on 13th August, 1,030m ascent in 30.5km (High Lane, Mitchell Lane, Cove Rd. Rakes, Grains Lane)
11. HR 33.8 m/km on 14th November, 1,030m ascent in 30.5km (Mitchell Lane, High Lane, Cove Rd. Rakes, Grains Lane)
8. HR 32.2 m/km on 2nd September. 1,030m ascent in 32.2km (Askrigg, Fleak Moss, Crackpot, Oxnop Scar alternative)
1. HR: 31.7 m/km on 17th March, 1,009m ascent in 31.85km (Askrigg, Oxnop Scar, Crackpot, Fleak Moss, Askrigg)
9. HR: 28.7 m/km on 16th October, 1,020m ascent in 35.5m (Langcliffe Scar, Malham. Settle, Langcliffe)
5. HR: 28.5 m/km on 22nd April, 1,020m ascent in 35.6m (Buttertubs from Simonstone, up to Tan Hill, and back)
10. HR: 28.5 m/km on 13th November, 1,020m ascent in 35.6m (Buttertubs from Simonstone, up to Tan Hill, and back)
3. HR: 27.6 m/km on 14th April, 1,020m ascent in 36.9m (Settle, Langcliffe Scar, Malham Cove Rd. Settle)
6. HR: 27.6 m/km on 19th May, 1,020m ascent in 36.9m (Settle, High Fell Rd. both Malham climbs, down Langcliffe)

 

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Total 13 rides. 13,230m ascent in 412.95km, giving overall HR of 32.3 m/km or 3.2%.

FINISHED!

13. HR: 39.0 m/km on 19th November. 1,000m ascent in 25.6m (Kirkstone Pass: down and up all three routes to the top)
A repeat of the highest HR route I've found locally, this time starting and finishing at the top. Rather colder and windier than the first attempt in shorts in April. Oddly, the same group of three people was sitting outside the (closed) Kirkstone Inn, in single digit temperatures, from when I first arrived to when I left after the three ascents. They probably thought my behaviour equally odd though.

All rides in HR order:
13. HR: 39.0 m/km on 19th November. 1,000m ascent in 25.6m (Kirkstone Pass: down and up all three routes to the top)
4. HR: 39.0 m/km on 19th April, 1,000m ascent in 25.6m (Kirkstone Pass: up and down all three routes to the top)
12. HR 36.2 m/km on 17th November. 1,000m ascent in 27.6km (Goat Lane, Langcliffe Scar, High HIll Lane, Mitchell Lane - reverse)
2. HR: 36.0 m/km on 30th March, 1,031m ascent in 28.6km (Askrigg, Fleak Moss return, Oxnop Scar return)
7. HR 33.8 m/km on 13th August, 1,030m ascent in 30.5km (High Lane, Mitchell Lane, Cove Rd. Rakes, Grains Lane)
11. HR 33.8 m/km on 14th November, 1,030m ascent in 30.5km (Mitchell Lane, High Lane, Cove Rd. Rakes, Grains Lane)
8. HR 32.2 m/km on 2nd September. 1,030m ascent in 32.2km (Askrigg, Fleak Moss, Crackpot, Oxnop Scar alternative)
1. HR: 31.7 m/km on 17th March, 1,009m ascent in 31.85km (Askrigg, Oxnop Scar, Crackpot, Fleak Moss, Askrigg)
9. HR: 28.7 m/km on 16th October, 1,020m ascent in 35.5m (Langcliffe Scar, Malham. Settle, Langcliffe)
5. HR: 28.5 m/km on 22nd April, 1,020m ascent in 35.6m (Buttertubs from Simonstone, up to Tan Hill, and back)
10. HR: 28.5 m/km on 13th November, 1,020m ascent in 35.6m (Buttertubs from Simonstone, up to Tan Hill, and back)
3. HR: 27.6 m/km on 14th April, 1,020m ascent in 36.9m (Settle, Langcliffe Scar, Malham Cove Rd. Settle)
6. HR: 27.6 m/km on 19th May, 1,020m ascent in 36.9m (Settle, High Fell Rd. both Malham climbs, down Langcliffe)