The climb she is doing it on tomorrow is near me, one I’ve ridden many times. I’d ride over if I was allowed.
Not a nice day for it.
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Christ knows what she was playing at starting at 20 to 6!
I thought my late night turbo sessions were bad enough!
She’s a self-confessed chopper 
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i can’t even begin to contemplate that much time on a turbo! Outside, yeah i’m looking at a number of potential options. But indoors, no way!
The Everesting site is pretty swanky. The guys that run it must have attracted some good sponsorship (or they’re very good web guys themselves). The segment calculator is a pretty cool tool if you ask me.
Currently scoping out an autumn attempt with some friends. Whether or not it’ll come off, we’ll have to see.
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Looks like they are growing “Everesting” - email today:
CREW!
We’ve always had such amazing support and encouragement from you - our crew - and it’s for that reason that we want to bring you across a couple of future updates for Everesting that we are really excited about. As always we love taking your feedback, but until we’ve finalised some of these things if you could keep any discussion here in email rather than on social media that would be fantastic!
Here’s to an exciting 2020 and beyond.
Andy + Tam
Everesting has had a crazy 2020 to say the least. Pro riders, records (where did THAT come from?), incredible numbers, coverage in places like the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, comparisons to the sacred hour record, and being referred to as " …the marathon of running or the Ironman of triathlon" (thanks road.cc). Through all of that we still touch each and every submission that comes through, and get our biggest stoke from seeing your photos, hearing about your crazy support crews, and reading your stories.
Since February the number of Everesters in the Hall of Fame has more than doubled. With almost all events cancelled in 2020 and cancellation looming for many others in 2021, Everesting has become the focus for many athletes.
Like yourselves, we often feel like bemused bystanders in all of this.
We have both poured our blood, sweat, and tears into Everesting and Hells 500 for the past decade, and there have only been a handful of days in all that time where we were not approving, chatting to the crew, answering emails, progressing the concept, or tinkering online. All of this is nestled amongst managing two full times jobs and raising two little daughters (who thankfully look forward to hitting the tails with us!). As you hopefully see, we love the community we have built, and want to ensure that the same values we set back when it was four sweaty riders eating our parent’s homemade slice always stays in place - whether that crew is 100 or 10,000 strong.
With that in mind we have three new initiatives we wanted to tell you about.
1. Many of you might know that Tammy and I have been sending out our crew kit from our home, quite literally from our coffee table in our spare time. We’ve been chatting to our amazing friends at Cuore about how we can make this whole process more streamlined, faster, and a hell of a lot better for you. Thankfully they know a thing or two about kit, and we couldn’t be in better hands. You can expect quicker turnarounds and a bunch of (very) cool new products in the near future. Watch this space!
2. We are currently collaborating with cycling journalist Matt de Neef on a big project which will collate a whole range of interesting Everesting stories from YOU and elevate them to an exciting new level! If you could spare a few moments, we’d love to hear your own Everesting experience here. We really can’t wait to tell you more about that one.
3. We are chatting to a couple of potential partners to help us out with logistics, as well as generally broaden the support for Everesting. It will mean that we can bring our bigger ideas to life, throw the odd lycra party or two, and create an even more special experience to you. Stay tuned for announcements in the coming months in this area. It’ll be rad.
We love our crew, and want to do everything possible to ensure that the experience we are creating for you, and our future Everesters is as amazing as it could, and should be.
All the best, and ride safe.
Andy + Tam
EVERESTING | HELLS 500
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I rode that for the first ever time when I did Holmfirth the other month.
I absolutely loved it.
Bar none that’s my favourite climb.
There just no flat, or recovery - it’s a constant 6-8%, so it’s never too much, always just enough.
Just rode it tempo at 300W for 20 minutes.
Thoroughly enjoyable…
…however, for an everesting???
No way!
In no way is it steep enough - what’s the distance she will be doing???
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Old club mate of Derby Mercury was the third ever person to complete an Everesting and used that climb 
It’s a good one, but if it rains, she will have ZERO grip.
It’s really shaded by trees on the lower sections, where it’s ~15%, so it’s always a bit greasy, but as soon as it rains, it’s impossible (think of Mow Cop)
However, it is sheltered 
245km total distance on that one…
…although she could do Rowsley Bar which is about 500m down the road and get it over with in just 155km 
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Sorry everyone, you need to try again…
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You can be damned sure if I ever tried this I’d add at least 50m on just in case
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I think if you do it in Zwift you need to add something like 150 mtrs anyway and I can’t remember why.
Something to do with run in?
Probably nothing to add now 3 years on, but anyone with any advice I might not have thought of?
Try and keep watts down, regular food and drink, try and change positions but not too much standing (for me due to fatigue in arms/back).
Probably lining up for a half or base camp but we’ll see.
Concerned an attempt on the full will set me back and lose too much quality for multiple weeks afterwards.
At 80kg looks like I’m in for a much much harder day than @jaylen84 . Will be forced above 80% FTP for all the ascents.
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What climb are you planning on using?
https://strava.app.link/6hSIViP8KCb
2.25km at average 9.5%, and quite even without any hugely steep sections.
25 laps for a Base Camp (or 40-41 for a full)
2 very sharp hairpins that require a lot of concentration and braking to low speed, but no need to pedal out of them so no major energy cost to the descent.
Good surface, feels like a safer descent than many.
Super quiet part of the hills and picturesque, but still close to the city for people to come and join 1-2 laps ± bring some food.
13 minute at ~270W, avg 60rpm. 3 minutes down.
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Just looking online and it’s what, ~190 kms, looks like folks are taking 15 / 16 hrs for it. Guy called Josh Egan is smashing them out in 12!
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Yeah my initial hill I assumed would be best makes it a 400km day, and need to pedal parts of the downhills.
95km cycling makes it sound much better, and predict 3 hours faster.
Is that Jono Egan? Has the world record for the most, something like >100 Everests and at least half have been in Adelaide.
PS @Adam how are you seeing others results? Strava premium for an Everest segment? Assumed you were using the Everest hal of fame thing but can’t see how to filter by climb
Spotted on Strava that it looks like TT’s Aussie representative Everested a couple of days ago 
how was it?
80kmh+ on descent 
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I expected it to be @poet who first commented, with a moan at these people who dally around with 1.5hr stopped time on a ride 
It was beautiful! Set off with half a target of Everest, but actually more 50:50 on stopping at base camp. Decided I was going to kill myself just for the summit and lose too much future training, but felt good and it was my favourite ever day of riding, great weather, support for the first half, and then I just settled into my own rhythm ticking off the laps, power and HR the same from start to finish.
Should have been 40.4 laps according to internet. Garmin gave me 5-6m less altitude every rep so did 41.5 in the end.
Was repeatedly told by a friend to change brake pads before. Obviously I didn’t. Brakes smelt of rubber by 5 reps in so didn’t dare build too much speed on first half and feathering brakes early. But second half started having faith in them and leaving it longer into the hairpins.
Wonder if a friend hit 100kmh. He took >15s out of us on every 2.5 min descent.
Also received a DM from @jaylen84 with very useful advice. Well, it would have been useful if I hadn’t read it with 2 hours remaining of the ride. I only followed about 1 of his 10 pieces of advice. And regrettably it wasn’t the one about taking toilet paper, but just about got away with that one.
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Sorry I was meant to have talked to you about this mate. Cracking effort dude, really wanted to hear about it. Did Jaylen send you his bible? He sent it to me a few years ago when I was looking at it. Cracking document that was!
So you actually enjoyed it then?
Let’s have the details this week then. Planning, info on the hill, nutrition strategy, power averages per lap etc.
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