How high can we get......... - Triathlon

The (Original) Boy Wonder

25/09/2003 at 17:11

As the tri-athletes are well on their way to Oz (last seen in Turkey!) I thought that those of us who take more of an upward course might like to see how long it takes to get us to the summit of Everest, which apparently has recently grown by 7ft and is now 29,035' high.

Anyone want to estimate how long before we get there?

I'll start with a modest 600' or so last Sunday - feeling a bit rotten at the moment so it might be a day or two before I add any more - so it's over to you....

Miss Busy

25/09/2003 at 17:33

I went up a 'knoll' last Sunday (by mistake, wasn't the knoll I kneeded).

About 1000ft according to multimap (wow). D'you think we've made base camp yet?

Andrew Whaley

25/09/2003 at 18:58

Are we talking highest single climb on a route or total ascent for the route ?

My usual 6 miler that I do once a week has a total ascent of 480m so around 1500ft. Largest single climb is probably around 120m.

25/09/2003 at 19:10

Ooh! Will my hill on Sundays count?

Matt the Brum

26/09/2003 at 07:55

I work on the 3rd floor and walk up and down the stairs at least 5 times a day. You can add on 60m a day for me.

Richard Davies 3

26/09/2003 at 08:51

I am up for this, but same question as Andrew, are we talking about total ascent on a run, or highest single climb?

Fell Running

26/09/2003 at 10:09

4,100 at Totley Tormentor a couple of weeks ago - or do I have to start from now ??

moor man

26/09/2003 at 12:48

same question again, total ascent or single climb, also metres or feet?

Miss Piggy

26/09/2003 at 13:27

I'm going up Snowdon this weekend, so that should add a few more metres or feet. I don't know how high it is, but I'll find out sometime.

The (Original) Boy Wonder

26/09/2003 at 14:00

Yikes, didn't expect to have to make leadership decisions over this!! Right then << thinks hard>>

Total ascent in the course of a run

Steps don't count (working in a six floor Georgian building I'd be about at the top already!)

In feet - too old for metres.

Starting from - about this week-ish.

So thats about 2,100 from self, Quacks (you must tell us about the wrong knoll) and AW which gives us a start( somewhere near top of Brecon Beacons?) - anyone care to estimate when we'll reach the top?

Miss P - Snowdon is 3,560' but obviously you won't be starting from sea level (or much respect if you are!!) - enjoy it. My weekend run was going to be the 17m Black Mountains race, which would have added about 5,000', but now it's a 3m lap of Sutton Park in Birmingham in the Midland 6-stage relay so I shall have to rely on the rest of the team for the hard slog required.

Keep at it chaps, not far to the summit << said in best George Mallory / stiff upper lip tones>>

Richard Davies 3

26/09/2003 at 14:11

I missed the Black Mountains run as well, but it will be there next year.

Thanks for making the descisions, we all know where we are now. Will submit heights for this week's runs over the weekend.

moor man

26/09/2003 at 14:42

yesterdays dinner time run at work and todays- total of 20ft (including kerbs)unfortunately I work in a flat part of cheshire, will post better feetage on monday after I've had chance to go up t'local moors.

Richard Davies 3

26/09/2003 at 14:59

Moor man, I used to live in Cheshire many years ago, was an outdoor education student at Crewe and Alsager College in the early 80s, and lived in Sandbach, but spent a lot of time climbing at the Roches.

Miss Busy

26/09/2003 at 15:04

Aye aye Cap'n, don't want to let the expedition down so will attempt a local gradient asap. But I fear my contribution may be minimal for the forseeable.

(The wrong knoll was because was on navigation exercise and misconstrued me contours).

moor man

26/09/2003 at 15:14

Richard, I currently work just outside of warrington, but live in east lancs (a wonderfull round trip of 100 miles)
Quacks, forgot to ask you how the navigation weekend went, sounds like following you at the weavers might be a mistake!

Miss Busy

26/09/2003 at 15:34

You could be quite right there mm, I think I need a little more practice!!

It was all going well until I overshot the mark and started going round in circles and suddenly there were marshy bits everywhere I looked!

I think you will be weaving way ahead of me...!

The (Original) Boy Wonder

26/09/2003 at 15:41

Are we entrusting Quacks with the navigation on this trek?

BTW who has the Kendal mintcake, surely a staple food for high altitudes?

mountaingoat

26/09/2003 at 19:50

Am just back from a week at home and ran lots of lovely hills but now am unfortunately in flat______________ Suffolk so if my runs on Sunday and Monday count then about 4000' altogether (you can see where the name comes from).
I will probably cover another 200 or 300' feet in the next couple of hundred training miles <<sad sigh>> oh well back to how far can we go I go...go go.

RichK . . . . www.theracephotographer.com

26/09/2003 at 23:49

Andy . . haven't seen you in ages . . you've clearly got too much time on your hands!!!

I'll just take a short walk . . .

Richard Davies 3

27/09/2003 at 10:53

Total ascent of 1585' today, according to my computer and the help of anquest, and 11.35 miles.