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Old 09-20-10, 10:47 PM
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Everest Challenge 2010

Who's doing it? This year will be my first time doing this insane event. Can someone who has done it please post some detail on each of the climbs and any other relevant prep information?

Thanks in advance.
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Just finished the White Mountain Double. The climb from the Owens River to Schulman Grove is 20 miles. You gain 6000'. Average grade is 5.58%, but that takes into account a flat portion leading into the Schulman Grove turnoff, a short downhill just after the turnoff, and some flat/rollers for about a mile after mile 15.
Ride hills, more hills and even more hills.
Don't know about the other climbs.
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My report from last year (tandem): https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rest+challenge

This year's thread in the racing forum: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rest-challange
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Originally Posted by uspspro
My report from last year (tandem): https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rest+challenge

This year's thread in the racing forum: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rest-challange
After reading your write-up from last year again, I'm really happy that I switched from easy to very easy gearing for this.
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My race reports from the last four years are in my blog (see link in sig), and I collected links to other people's race reports as well.
They're all tagged Everest Challenge for easy searching.

The race web site has a lot of info, poorly organized. But it's worth looking for and reading it all.

There's at least one set of GPS points out there. I'm not sure they're all that useful- elevation profiles dont' seem to completely capture the difficulty.
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Originally Posted by Ygduf
After reading your write-up from last year again, I'm really happy that I switched from easy to very easy gearing for this.
The end of the 1st day has some steep ramps where you might want to use that 32t, especially since you generally spin a pretty high rpm.
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Originally Posted by uspspro
The end of the 1st day has some steep ramps where you might want to use that 32t, especially since you generally spin a pretty high rpm.
I really liked it on the back side of Hamilton the past weekend. Was at a good 85 cadence at the 12% sections vs. 70ish with the 28t.
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