Everesting World Record Attempt

[Odinson]

The difference is most okes on here don't publicly belittle a massive physical challenge (Everesting is easy with the right gearing) and then fail CATASTROPHICALLY to get anywhere near said challenge.

 

And then brush it off lightly and move on to the next belittling and catastrophic failure.

 

Relax. You're getting way to wound up about this. 

 

Is there a rule that one must only speak of everesting in hushed reverent tones? 

 

As to the next challenge, he ran a fast 1/2 with little training. I'll give him kudos for that! He committed to a tight timeline and went for it. Yes, he came up short, but that was always going to be the case, given his running experience. If he can build up his running conditioning, I have no doubt in my mind that he can run a 75min 1/2. 

[MORNE]

the mental strength it must have taken to keep going even though he saw he was not going to achieve his goal...#WhatsTheF@%kingPoint   

[Patchelicious]

Tribalism at its finest

[MORNE]

Tribalism at its finest

[Duane_Bosch]

Relax. You're getting way to wound up about this. 

 

Is there a rule that one must only speak of everesting in hushed reverent tones? 

 

 

 

I'm not wound up.

 

There's no rule that I know of but a little respect towards people that have achieved something whilst you have not would probably have gone a long way to not winding people up the wrong way.

[Odinson]

I'm not wound up.

 

There's no rule that I know of but a little respect towards people that have achieved something whilst you have not would probably have gone a long way to not winding people up the wrong way.

 

You're really stretching. His whole 'with the right gearing' schtick is now disrespectful towards those who have everested? 

 

I thought millennials were the entitled ones. 

[Vetplant]

Tribalism at its finest

I'm not going to say a full witch-burning is ever justified, BUT from time to time we do need to give some critical feedback to hubbers.

 

Van Zweel rubbed allot of okes the wrong way with his first couple of posts but his tone on BikeHub has surely calmed down a little bit since then, which is surely in part due to the criticism he received.

 

So I think it is daft to expect hubbers to now suddenly not see the negatives of this oke anymore and forget the stuff posted before.

 

It will take time for people to turn around and we should allow them that, based on whatever VanZweel decides to post and put out into the universe.

 

Just calling "tribalism" is food for thought for all of us, but in this instance I think it is not entirely accurate

[Eldron]

My take away from this thread is "van fail".

 

Thank you to the poster that wrote that.

[Duane_Bosch]

You're really stretching. His whole 'with the right gearing' schtick is now disrespectful towards those who have everested? 

 

I think it's massively disrespectful to call Everesting easy. Especially if you've not done it. I'm pretty sure most people on here would agree with me on that particular point.

[Patchelicious]

I'm not going to say a full witch-burning is ever justified, BUT from time to time we do need to give some critical feedback to hubbers.

 

Van Zweel rubbed allot of okes the wrong way with his first couple of posts but his tone on BikeHub has surely calmed down a little bit since then, which is surely in part due to the criticism he received.

 

So I think it is daft to expect hubbers to now suddenly not see the negatives of this oke anymore and forget the stuff posted before.

 

It will take time for people to turn around and we should allow them that, based on whatever VanZweel decides to post and put out into the universe.

 

Just calling "tribalism" is food for thought for all of us, but in this instance I think it is not entirely accurate

You are right it’s not accurate in that context, because that isn’t what my point was. I was talking about his defenders.

[Odinson]

I think it's massively disrespectful to call Everesting easy. Especially if you've not done it. I'm pretty sure most people on here would agree with me on that particular point.

 

And calling his 1:29 a 'catastrophic failure' is disrespectful to anyone who's ever blown out their knees and hips and spent hours and hours on their feet trying to hit that mark. Your position cuts both ways.

[Duane_Bosch]

You are right it’s not accurate in that context, because that isn’t what my point was. I was talking about his defenders.

Didn't you know that being a vegan automatically gives you 100000 douchebag points (renewable monthly) an automatic entrance to Valhalla and a halo?

[Pulse]

I cannot stand this guy, but..

His running challenge was to beat his mate. His mate had a PB of 1.13, and it was estimated that he would do a 1.15. Thats where the 1.15 time came in.

 

He’s mate didn’t pitch for the race, so his 1.30 is still a win

[dirtypot]

And calling his 1:29 a 'catastrophic failure' is disrespectful to anyone who's ever blown out their knees and hips and spent hours and hours on their feet trying to hit that mark. Your position cuts both ways.

 

The catastrophic failure was giving up the Everesting attempt after only 1000m, not the jogging event.

[Odinson]

The difference is most okes on here don't publicly belittle a massive physical challenge (Everesting is easy with the right gearing) and then fail CATASTROPHICALLY to get anywhere near said challenge.

 

And then brush it off lightly and move on to the next belittling and catastrophic failure.

 

 

The catastrophic failure was giving up the Everesting attempt after only 1000m, not the jogging event.

[Vetplant]

You are right it’s not accurate in that context, because that isn’t what my point was. I was talking about his defenders.

Cool, I missed your reference. In that case:

Burn all the VEGAN TRIBE Witches defending their Tribal leader!

 

PS: Please note all SJW's and millennials/GenZ or whoever feels offended, the Comic SANS Font means I am being sarcastic... I am not advocating for any burning of anything. Except Marshmallows, they are much nicer after they have lit up in flames.