Hill of Tara Everest Challenge

Vélo

Surprised not to see this mentioned on Boards but this was some achievement.

https://www.facebook.com/TaraEveresting/

Raymzor

Rough weather for a massive undertaking. There was plenty of local support riders there too!

Lumen

Is there a Strava link?

g0g

Incredible achievement! Not wanting to knock it (I'd struggle to do it in a week!) but I thought the whole Everesting thing was a 24 hour challenge? (The FB page says 28.5)

iwillhtfu

g0g wrote: »

Incredible achievement! Not wanting to knock it (I'd struggle to do it in a week!) but I thought the whole Everesting thing was a 24 hour challenge? (The FB page says 28.5)

I don't see any mention of 24hrs

– "It does not matter how long the ride takes, but it must be ridden in one attempt (i.e. no sleeping in between). Breaks for meals etc. are fine. You can break for as long or as little as you like. Bear in mind break times add up quickly, and can add significantly to your elapsed time."

http://www.everesting.cc/the-rules/

Wishbone Ash

Serious kudos to Declan - hope he raised plenty for DSI. :cool:

.. Bear in mind break times add up quickly, and can add significantly to your elapsed time...

I don't understand the significance of this. If it does not matter how long the ride takes, why is there concern about the elapsed time? Once the competitor doesn't sleep during the attempt, surely the break times are irrelevant?

I'm still in awe of the Boardsie who 'Everested' on Priest's Leap a couple of years back. One ascent of that pig of a climb was enough for me.

sullivlo

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Serious kudos to Declan - hope he raised plenty for DSI. :cool:

I don't understand the significance of this. If it does not matter how long the ride takes, why is there concern about the elapsed time? Once the competitor doesn't sleep during the attempt, surely the break times are irrelevant?

I'm still in awe of the Boardsie who 'Everested' on Priest's Leap a couple of years back. One ascent of that pig of a climb was enough for me.

I'd say it comes down to the elapsed time. The longer you rest for, the longer you go without sleep. You're just dragging out the pain :pac:

Congrats to the man. Some cycling.

Lumen

I was a bit concerned by a few references to "laps" on the FB page cos laps are against the rules, but Strava conforms it was straight up and down.

Fantastic achievement.

Welshkev

Lumen wrote: »

Is there a Strava link?

https://www.strava.com/activities/723982355

irishrover99

Great effort and something i'd love to try. As said before, i'm not knocking the ride but i'm sure a lot of boards members could complete that in 28 hours with so much support. Great that he done it for charity

Edit: By the looks of it,because of lost signal it might not be eligible to be classed officially by the everesting organization although maybe they can work it out by the amount of repeats he done of the hill

Lumen

irishrover99 wrote: »

Edit: By the looks of it,because of lost signal it might not be eligible to be classed officially by the everesting organization although maybe they can work it out by the amount of repeats he done of the hill

Not true.

http://www.everesting.cc/the-rules/

History has shown that data can fail, either on the bike or in the upload. Data is important, but we understand **** happens. So long as you can sufficiently prove the ride we’ll accept it. We’ll decide on a case-by-case basis and may include the requirement to ‘pinky swear’.

irishrover99

Lumen wrote: »

Not true.

http://www.everesting.cc/the-rules/

That's why i said "might not be and could work it out". I've have read the rules before.