highest climbs

shamrock55

whats th highest climb youve done on a bike mine was this which i did yesterday in the heat it nearly killed me:D
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/32809434

ednwireland

this

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/62457541

shamrock55

wow thats some climbing to be fair are you an experienced cyclist makes mine look like a ride to the shops:D

shamrock55

ednwireland wrote: »

this

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/62457541

is that the swiss alps i dont think we have those types of climbs here:D

TinyExplosions

2645m

shamrock55

TinyExplosions wrote: »

2645m

wow 8677 ft thats pretty high you dont look out of puff in that pic where was that

TinyExplosions

shamrock55 wrote: »

wow 8677 ft thats pretty high you dont look out of puff in that pic where was that

Col Du Galibier in the French Alps. Pic taken in October 2008 -I was fairly out of puff, but needed to look good for the photo

A bit more out of puff in this one, from the same place:

shamrock55

i take it you started at the bottom how long did it take did you have any stops or just keep going

Captain Havoc

Probably 800m to the top of Mt Leinster but I hope to outdo that this summer by doing 2,770 meters over the Col de l'Iseran (I know, will I shut up about it).

shamrock55

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Col Du Galibier in the French Alps. Pic taken in October 2008 -I was fairly out of puff, but needed to look good for the photo

A bit more out of puff in this one, from the same place:

that looks amazing a camera is nearly as important as the bike at times like that:D

TinyExplosions

shamrock55 wrote: »

i take it you started at the bottom how long did it take did you have any stops or just keep going

Started in Bourg D'Oisans (about 715m). About 47k to the top from there I think, and we stopped for lunch about half way up (was very tasty iirc).

Great descent too!

markdrayton

I win, so far. (I expect to be beaten.)

Cime de la Bonette, 2860m: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/40125246

On the same trip: Galibier, AdH, Izoard, Vars, Iseran, bunch of others.

TinyExplosions

markdrayton wrote: »

I win, so far. (I expect to be beaten.)

Cime de la Bonette, 2860m: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/40125246

On the same trip: Galibier, AdH, Izoard, Vars, Iseran, bunch of others.

Might not mate, Bonette is the highest limb in the Alps afaik, so unless we've some boardsies that have been to south america (or Blorg gets his bike up everest) you may just be equalled

Inquitus

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Might not mate, Bonette is the highest limb in the Alps afaik, so unless we've some boardsies that have been to south america (or Blorg gets his bike up everest) you may just be equalled

The USA has a plethora of higher paved climbs, less out of the way than Latin America or the Himalayas if anyone's done any of those.

seve65

mullaghanish 649m (did do 2800m on saturday up the side of knockshanahullion....admittedly it took 7 times !)

ednwireland

shamrock55 wrote: »

is that the swiss alps i dont think we have those types of climbs here:D

its the jura id watched a race over it the previous day

TinyExplosions

Inquitus wrote: »

The USA has a plethora of higher paved climbs, less out of the way than Latin America or the Himalayas if anyone's done any of those.

I knew there would be plenty of higher climbs, just couldn't think where off the top of my head

niceonetom

seve65 wrote: »

mullaghanish 649m (did do 2800m on saturday up the side of knockshanahullion....admittedly it took 7 times !)

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

Keep_Her_Lit

niceonetom wrote: »

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

I like the shark tooth profile of the elevation plot.
Did you do this for a bet or are you just a glutton for punishment?
Can you really spin at 157rpm? (my legs fall off at about 140rpm)

niceonetom

Keep_Her_Lit wrote: »

Did you do this for a bet or are you just a glutton for punishment?
Can you really spin at 157rpm? (my legs fall off at about 140rpm)

The second one, and no, that's probably garmin being silly.

cantalach

The Pico Veleta pass in the Sierra Nevada is Europe's highest at 3,367m. You start climbing in Granada at 800m and top out 44km later. Definitely on my to-do list. A sportive goes up it every July but snow can still be a problem then - September is apparently the best month to do it.

Diarmuid

markdrayton wrote: »

I win, so far. (I expect to be beaten.)

Cime de la Bonette, 2860m:

I can equal you. Did that too

Tonyandthewhale

Roughly 1800m over the Arlberg pass, not as much as some other's on here but it was fully loaded if that counts for bonus points. Will be taking in the Port D'Envilra in the Pyrennees on this Summer's tour so that'll be a new record at 2408 metres.

weaselman

Hoosier Pass Colorado - 11539 ft = 3517m. Rome wasn't built in a day and this wasn't climbed in one either. Had to drag up 35kg of equipment as well. Wish I'd done it on one of those Harleys in the background

mfdc

niceonetom wrote:

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish)

Pssh... that's only ~280m per ascent! Try a real hill... like 3 Rock!

blorg

2645m up the Galibier, 4 times now in total. 1st time with Tiny, another go from the other side same trip and two Marmottes.

2644m over some pass in Turkish Kurdistan near the Iranian border- I was hoping to top the Galibier but it was not to be. Hailstones, freezing.

2560m in Iran after sunset, with 20km to go to the next town. -10C. Brrrr.

I hope to get to 5416m in the next month here in the Himalays but it won't be with the bike.

ednwireland

blorg wrote: »

2645m up the Galibier, 4 times now in total. 1st time with Tiny, another go from the other side same trip and two Marmottes.

2644m over some pass in Turkish Kurdistan near the Iranian border- I was hoping to top the Galibier but it was not to be. Hailstones, freezing.

2560m in Iran after sunset, with 20km to go to the next town. -10C. Brrrr.

I hope to get to 5416m in the next month here in the Himalays but it won't be with the bike.

and here comes blorg to make us all look like part-timers

Lumen

blorg wrote: »

I hope to get to 5416m in the next month here in the Himalays but it won't be with the bike.

Thorung La Pass? Why not? The internet says it's possible:

Hail 2 Da Thief

blorg wrote: »

2560m in Iran after sunset, with 20km to go to the next town. -10C. Brrrr.

Crazy fecker :eek:!

2 Wheels Good

Mont Ventoux, 1912m twice in two days in 2009 from Bedoin side and Malaucene side.
1st was torture, 2nd more enjoyable
Doing the Etape so will be hitting 2550m on the Galibier and 4500ish in the one day...

gman2k

Kathmandu to Bhaktapur to Nagarkot and back to Kathmandu in Nepal - mostly off road on a MTB.

nerraw1111

I'd say its possible to do the Thorung La on a MTB but you'll be carrying the bike in many a place. The last 1000 metres could be cycled in theory. Although why anyone would wand to do it is beyond me. Amazing trek though.

I met a couple a in Tibet who cycled there (on a tandem) from Kathmandu. The highest pass they did was over 5000 metres.

niceonetom

mfdc wrote: »

Pssh... that's only ~280m per ascent! Try a real hill... like 3 Rock!

Well played, sir, well played.

TinyExplosions

blorg wrote: »

I hope to get to 5416m in the next month here in the Himalays but it won't be with the bike.

That's defeatist talk sir, shame on you!

Inquitus

blorg wrote: »

2645m up the Galibier, 4 times now in total. 1st time with Tiny, another go from the other side same trip and two Marmottes.

2644m over some pass in Turkish Kurdistan near the Iranian border- I was hoping to top the Galibier but it was not to be. Hailstones, freezing.

2560m in Iran after sunset, with 20km to go to the next town. -10C. Brrrr.

I hope to get to 5416m in the next month here in the Himalays but it won't be with the bike.

Thorung La pass perchance? I still stake a claim to one of the worlds highest joints smoked from 1999 there!

monkeyslayer

niceonetom wrote: »

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

Hey, how long did that take you? Considered doing laps of this, especially on cold windy days in the spring/autumn as it can be kinda sheltered, thinking might be good to do a few laps a couple of evenings each week

TinyExplosions

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Hey, how long did that take you? Considered doing laps of this, especially on cold windy days in the spring/autumn as it can be kinda sheltered, thinking might be good to do a few laps a couple of evenings each week

Moving Time: 6:24:36

-all the info is in the screen grab

seve65

niceonetom wrote: »

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

pffffff , no comparison, distance over ascent is about 60% easier compared to straight up & down knocshanahullion !


some details here:
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/226171

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056159201&page=2

blorg

Inquitus wrote: »

Thorung La pass perchance?

Yes, Thorung La. I would love to go to Tibet but it is very very difficult now on a bicycle. You have to be in a group and the visa is highly restrictive, only allowing 14 days in Tibet and 7 in the rest of China... which is not long enough to get out of China on a bike.

ryan_sherlock

For the Dublin locals, this is a very climby day I did at the end of January: http://app.strava.com/rides/283140

Basically, all day climbing at tempo power and then upping the pace for the last hour to see the HR:Power relationship.

3,400m of ascent without going 10k away from my home.

groovyg

niceonetom wrote: »

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

fair play on doing it ten times :eek:

nerraw1111

blorg wrote: »

Yes, Thorung La. I would love to go to Tibet but it is very very difficult now on a bicycle. You have to be in a group and the visa is highly restrictive, only allowing 14 days in Tibet and 7 in the rest of China... which is not long enough to get out of China on a bike.

Make sure you take the upper Pisang route if you're doing the Annapurna circuit. You might not feel like it at the time but the views are incredible

Lumen

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

http://app.strava.com/rides/283140

It's a very "special" kind of person who, having descended to the barrier from an ascent of 3 Rock then turns around to do it again, twice, before heading off for another three or fours hours of climbing.

:eek:

ryan_sherlock

Lumen wrote: »

It's a very "special" kind of person who, having descended to the barrier from an ascent of 3 Rock then turns around to do it again, twice, before heading off for another three or fours hours of climbing.

:eek:

haha, it was all about the suffering

57,000m of climb in January - here is a link to most of my training (inc power and HR) for the month - some big climb days in there: http://app.strava.com/athletes/8492#interval?interval=201101&interval_type=month&chart_type=elev_gain&year_offset=0

Anything I did on the indoor trainer is not up there. Mostly a few recovery rides and some tempo riding.

I have not been climbing nearly as much since - mostly due to racing. I do like that time of year when you can focus on training

cantalach

Inquitus wrote: »

The USA has a plethora of higher paved climbs, less out of the way than Latin America or the Himalayas if anyone's done any of those.

I read somewhere recently about a guy who was cycling up Tioga Pass (3,000m) from the west side when a park ranger pulled him over and said he couldn't continue without a permit. Yet anyone who visits Yosemite can drive it without requiring any such permit!? Other stories of people having strange laws (or interpretations of laws) thrown at them when cycling in the States are legion. I'd love to cycle there some day - California especially - but that sort of crap puts me right off.

dave2pvd

cantalach wrote: »

I read somewhere recently about a guy who was cycling up Tioga Pass (3,000m) from the west side when a park ranger pulled him over and said he couldn't continue without a permit. Yet anyone who visits Yosemite can drive it without requiring any such permit!? Other stories of people having strange laws (or interpretations of laws) thrown at them when cycling in the States are legion. I'd love to cycle there some day - California especially - but that sort of crap puts me right off.

Same for hikers at many Nat'l Parks. Part of the reason is so that they can attempt to find you if you don't come back.

seve65

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

..
57,000m of climb in January..

oh poo, have only done 20,000m this month. and i expect thats the most I have done all year

rubs

Slightly off topic but I came across this on a website the other day..its a charity sponsored hill challenge type timtrail event...going uphill...I remember doing these in the UK and they were very popular...first time I have seen it in Ireland though.

Check it out on

www.tramorehillchallenge.com

velo.2010

niceonetom wrote: »

Pfff. Try 10 times up to the viewpoint on the way up Glencree! 3200m (ish).

How did you get hold of my data?;)


edit; seriously though, when did you do that? The temps. suggest recently if its this year.

blobbie

Should be hitting this place later in the year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano

From sea-level in Chile and most certainly won't be in 1 day

niceonetom

velo.2010 wrote: »

edit; seriously though, when did you do that? The temps. suggest recently if its this year.

I did it in May of last year as part of Marmotte training. I'd never done more than about 2000m of climbing in a session so I just wanted to see what would happen if I attempted 3000m+. TBH it was fine and I didn't feel as wrecked as I'd expected, probably because I didn't spend much time near threshold at all, just steady endurance climbing after the first couple which I did at a decent tempo effort. It was useful in terms of seeing how I'd need to eat and how the legs would feel as the day went on. I was experimenting with over-gearing and spinning too just to see what would happen and to keep myself interested. The tedium of up and down is what got to me. I was contemplating going for the dozen but I was just too bored.

If I was trying to do something like that again I'd try something more like the route Ryan posted above.