xCorWin Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Hi All!We had a very interesting weekend!A few short and very hard lessons:- Make sure you are rested well before starting (dont hop on your bike after a 8 hour drive from cape town)- Cycling in the heat of the day will not work in 'Die Hel'- Dont under-estimate the extra effort of uneven road surfaces- Dont beleive a STRAVA segment that looks like a smooth 10% incline - and turns out ot have many short sharp 16, 17 and 18% incline bits.because of the possible weather on Saturday, we were forced to start early on friday, but then had to take a long break in the hottest part of the day(weather predicted 21degrees cool, actual weather turned out to be 33degrees and hot as hell). We did continue in the late afternoon till the early hours of the morning, but realised by about 4am, that in order to get to 8848 we would be busy for ANOTHER day and possibly into the night. By then we were running low on resolve We got to a good 4680m, in 10 repeats. This was just over 10 hours in the saddle, but due to conditions it was 20 hours elapsed time. I was about as tired after this 4680m as I was at 7000m on road. We intend to fo back there next year some time now that we have the first-hand 'skinny' on the conditions, and will give it another bash! Meanwhile the thoughts of another one on TAR closer to home sounds extremely favourable! Sportsworld.co.za, ClydeB1, Tubehunter and 1 other 4
Wez-O Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Hard luck guys and well done nevertheless!! Next up are the Edenvale guys who are attempting it for Pink Drive charity on the infamous Linksfield Switchbacks this Friday/Saturday. Its a tough course for sure with 9% ave gradient and descents that are fast and will take some concentration after a day of riding. BDF and Long Wheel Base 2
Ryanpmb Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Kevin Beckenstein completed another one this weekend riding up Old Howick Rd, PMB. 312kms 10000m. Underachiever, Wez-O, BDF and 2 others 5
Spinnekop Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Kevin Beckenstein completed another one this weekend riding up Old Howick Rd, PMB. 312kms 10000m.Insane ride!Definitely on my bucket list.10 000m accent. http://www.highrouleur.cc/ Sportsworld.co.za 1
Spinnekop Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Hard luck guys and well done nevertheless!! Next up are the Edenvale guys who are attempting it for Pink Drive charity on the infamous Linksfield Switchbacks this Friday/Saturday. Its a tough course for sure with 9% ave gradient and descents that are fast and will take some concentration after a day of riding.Sounds like 25 hours of riding..........insane!!! Wez-O 1
Sportsworld.co.za Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Well done nonetheless Cor & Attie. These guys are tough as nails. I remember accompanying them when they Everested MalansHoogte close to Durbanville. 100km, 20 repeats later, and I wasn't even 1/3rd of the way! Have a good rest, and we're looking forward to your next attempt.Keep us posted! Edited September 28, 2015 by Sportsworld.co.za Spinnekop 1
BDF Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Hard luck guys and well done nevertheless!! Next up are the Edenvale guys who are attempting it for Pink Drive charity on the infamous Linksfield Switchbacks this Friday/Saturday. Its a tough course for sure with 9% ave gradient and descents that are fast and will take some concentration after a day of riding. I think they will need to be 60kg people and very (read VERY) fit to do it on that hill! Brave chaps certainly! Wez-O 1
cat-i Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 ... and then there's the Durban Dash people who cycled from Durban on Friday morning at 6 and arrived at Thaba Trails Saturday evening ... 609 kays in 31 hours, but with 1200 m short of everesting they weren't very keen to continue and opted to watch the rugby instead Sportsworld.co.za, Tubehunter and Spinnekop 3
Spinnekop Posted December 8, 2015 Posted December 8, 2015 Check out this crazy Ausie:Double Everesting. BigDL 1
Tubehunter Posted December 8, 2015 Author Posted December 8, 2015 Twice as crazy as the rest of the crazeeeeees on that list! (Need to make a plan to get my name on there soon! Early January might be too hot to plan it for a weekend, so I'll have to pick a day when conditions are right and just go for it!)
Pure Savage Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 The rest of the team that has attempt Everest twice now managed to complete the Everest on Tuesday! Here is the blog post about it! So much respect for everyone that has completed one of these monsters, not sure there is anything tougher, 36 hours of no sleep was killer. http://goo.gl/OyWr8Q BDF, Tubehunter and Long Wheel Base 3
Patchelicious Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 The cheese isn't even melted on that burger.
'Dale Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 The cheese isn't even melted on that burger. Processed cheese can't melt
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