Most climbing in a day...?

[E65Ross]

Just out of curiosity....what is the most amount of elevation gain you've done in a single road ride before, and how far was that ride? For me, only 7100ft in 104 miles, although tomorrow I'm likely to be getting more than that!

One of the stages in the Giro this year had over 18000ft

[E65Ross]

Well I wanted to do a hilly route today and ended up doing 117 miles and 12600ft of climb......all on my own! I actually drove to the start and had loads of spare gels/bottles of drink etc in the car so I didn't have to carry stupid amounts with me.

That was a long time out on my own! Enjoyed it though and didn't bonk which was nice!

[E65Ross]

mcelliott said:

HardtopManual said:

AlasdairMc said:

An Everest sounds like a good challenge to aim for, although I don't know if I'd have the strength of character to continue once I'd got bored.

If you did it somewhere like the Alps or Dolomites, you could probably get away with little or no repetition. Or, there's the Tour du Mont Blanc, which is over 8000m, not sure if it's quite an Everest but you could always extend it.

Everesting has to be repeats not loops. There is an alternative to Everesting, which I did last year - it's a normal ride but you have to exceed 10,000m of climbing but a minimum of 450km (from memory) - no hill repeats were necessary.

Edited by mcelliott on Sunday 2nd July 07:47

Why does it have to be repeats, not loops? I just thought it was that you have to do a ride and climb the elevation of Everest?