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Everesting World Record falls yet again - to WorldTour cyclist Lachlan Mortonlachlan-morton-bikepacking-picture-credit-slipstream-sports

Everesting World Record falls yet again - to WorldTour cyclist Lachlan Morton

EF Pro Cycling rider scales height of world's tallest mountain on his bike in a little over seven and a half hours...
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, Jun 14, 2020 20:47
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You may have noticed in recent months that with professional racing suspended, other than taking part in races on Zwift one of the few ways professional cyclists can fulfil their competitive instincts right now is through Everesting – climbing on your bike the equivalent gain in altitude as the world’s highest mountain.

So, step forward Lachlan Morton of EF Pro Cycling, who has become the latest man to claim the world record, taking 7 hours, 32 minutes, 54 seconds to make an altitude gain of 8,848 metres.

The Australian, who is based in Boulder, Colorado, climbed Rist Canyon, near Fort Collins, Colorado, 42 times to claim the record.

It’s a short climb – 1.9 kilometres – but not the easiest one, with an average gradient of 11 per cent.

His average power output was 276 Watts, and he went through 6,891 calories during his effort.

Chapeau.

It's not even the first record that Morton, who is as comfortable riding the trails as he is on the road (past victories include last year's inauguraql GBDuro bikepacking raec) has set this week.

> World Tour pro Lachlan Morton wins “unimaginably hard” GBDURO bike-packing event

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Daclu Trelub | 3 years ago
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Nobody commented on his riding position, I take it?

 

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Organon | 3 years ago
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Has anyone told Phil yet?

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handlebarcam | 3 years ago
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Pfftt, call me when someone achieves a real challenge, like Olympus Monsing. Or watching an entire Coronavirus briefing without switching off in disgust.

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eburtthebike | 3 years ago
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Yes, but did he use oxygen and how many sherpas to carry the gear?

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henryb replied to eburtthebike | 3 years ago
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eburtthebike wrote:

Yes, but did he use oxygen and how many sherpas to carry the gear?

You raise a good point - to add realism to these 'Everesting' challenges, contestants should be wearing a mask which progressively restricts their oxygen intake 

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philhubbard replied to henryb | 3 years ago
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To be fair, this has been at a higher altitude than a lot of other attempts, I believe the base of the canyon is at around 2000m elevation

 

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the little onion replied to henryb | 3 years ago
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henryb wrote:

eburtthebike wrote:

Yes, but did he use oxygen and how many sherpas to carry the gear?

You raise a good point - to add realism to these 'Everesting' challenges, contestants should be wearing a mask which progressively restricts their oxygen intake 

 

And getting progressively colder, with avalanches.

 

And yetis. Don't forget the yetis

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Derk Davies replied to the little onion | 3 years ago
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the little onion wrote:

henryb wrote:

eburtthebike wrote:

Yes, but did he use oxygen and how many sherpas to carry the gear?

You raise a good point - to add realism to these 'Everesting' challenges, contestants should be wearing a mask which progressively restricts their oxygen intake 

 

And getting progressively colder, with avalanches.

 

And yetis. Don't forget the yetis

You have to do a double to see the Yeti's. After 14,000m you see all sorts. Weather it's actually there or not is debatable.

 

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mdavidford replied to the little onion | 3 years ago
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the little onion wrote:

henryb wrote:

eburtthebike wrote:

Yes, but did he use oxygen and how many sherpas to carry the gear?

You raise a good point - to add realism to these 'Everesting' challenges, contestants should be wearing a mask which progressively restricts their oxygen intake 

 

And getting progressively colder, with avalanches.

 

And yetis. Don't forget the yetis

Presumably the Yetis are providing neutral service support?

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rkemb replied to henryb | 3 years ago
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henryb wrote:

You raise a good point - to add realism to these 'Everesting' challenges, contestants should be wearing a mask which progressively restricts their oxygen intake 

Entertaining account of trying to Everest on Everest on CyclingTips: https://cyclingtips.com/2017/12/roadtripping-everest/

Fabulous photos too.

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