Rad! Ned Overend to race Mt. Washington Hillclimb
- Thread starter Rockland
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7.2 miles at 12% grade. :devil:
12%? Is that it? What's the big deal? 
Why aren't you entered?SkaredShtles said:12%? Is that it? What's the big deal?
:nuts:
Obviously you know nothing of Mt Washington weather conditions. 12% grade PLUS weather.SkaredShtles said:12%? Is that it? What's the big deal?
some dude climbed it via wheelchair recently.
well done!
well done!
Woah!narlus said:
Are we talking one of those hand crank set-ups, or a wheel-chair wheel-chair?
I don't race.ROCKLAND said:Why aren't you entered?
And I don't do organized rides.
I do, thank you very much. Highest recorded wind speed on earth, cold, etc.I Are Baboon said:
Oh yeah - this would be tough. 48f & 8mph winds?
Conditions as of Thursday, August 18, 2:49 p.m. est
Outside Air
Temperature Windspeed 15 Minute
Gust Wind
Direction Wind
Chill
48.1°F 8 MPH 9 MPH 302° (NW) 44°F
Oh - I forgot:
Ned kicks a$$! Way to go, Ned-meister.
Ned kicks a$$! Way to go, Ned-meister.
Then go ride in it and tell us how it really is. Oh yeah, you don't ride.SkaredShtles said:I do, thank you very much. Highest recorded wind speed on earth, cold, etc.
Oh yeah - this would be tough. 48f & 8mph winds?
Conditions as of Thursday, August 18, 2:49 p.m. est
Outside Air
Temperature Windspeed 15 Minute
Gust Wind
Direction Wind
Chill
48.1°F 8 MPH 9 MPH 302° (NW) 44°F
SkaredShtles said:I don't race.
And I don't do organized rides.
Then you have no clue, do ya?
"Home of the World's Worst Weather"
Mount Washington presents the most severe combinations of wind, cold, icing and storminess available anywhere in the world where people are on hand to take measurements. The summit lies in the path of the principal storm tracks and air mass routes affecting the northeastern United States, and it is, because of its elevation, biologically and ecologically similar to the subarctic zone.
Elevation: 6,288 feet
Latitude: 44° 16' N
Longitude: 71° 18' W
Highest wind (world record, April 12, 1934): 231 MPH
Average wind velocity for the year: 35.3 MPH
Lowest temperature (state record, January 1934): -47°F
Highest temperature (August 1975, June 2003): 72°F
Average temperature for the year: 26.5°F
Average annual snowfall: 256 inches
Maximum snowfall in a season (1968-69): 566.4 inches
Maximum snowfall in a calendar year (1969) 495.2 inches
Winds exceed hurricane force (75 MPH) on an average of 104 days a year
The summit is in the clouds about 60% of the time
Fog is reported (for at least part of the day) over 300 days a year
I ride in 48f and 8mph wind occasionally. It's not that bad.I Are Baboon said:Then go ride in it and tell us how it really is. Oh yeah, you don't ride.
douglas said:
Ay. There's the rub.....
OLN actualy had decent coverage of that race last year.SkaredShtles said:
The rub? Dude, you are bordering Mack intelligence here...SkaredShtles said:Ay. There's the rub.....
You NE-ers are so easy to rile up.I Are Baboon said:The rub? Dude, you are bordering Mack intelligence here...
I Are Baboon said:The rub? Dude, you are bordering Mack intelligence here...
bordering??
Like shootin' fish in a barrel.douglas said:
Ummmm....... did you say December?Zark said:
I believe it took him about 14 hours! That my friends is determination. On another note, my boss will be competing in the climb for the Tyler Hamilton Foundation, and his goal is to break 1:15.narlus said:
I give a huge to anybody who considers anything like this.
Zark said:
and So will I :devil:
SkaredShtles said:Like shootin' fish in a barrel.
dude, are you drunk....or f'd up on crack? cause if this you not f'd up, you have serious problems
and thats just sad
Hypoxia.... i think all people from coloradio suffer from that.douglas said:
Really there's something to be said for living at or near sea level and riding in the 5 to 7 thousand feet range. Everytime i start a ride from that elevation i have to back off a bit and find a rythym. When you're not used to it from living up there to start it's actually a challenge. What is the lowest starting elevation in Colaradio 10,000 feet?
That's weird how that area is so subject to such extreme adverse conditions only at 6000 feet though. i mean it's very common for the mountains around here to be very unpredictable but to not that extreme. 235 mile per hour winds! crap on that......
I'd try to respond, but I have *no* idea what you are trying to say here.......douglas said:
'Round there. Our Vail ride started over 10k, went to 11.7K and ended around 9K.Skookum said:
That's part of the biggest problem with people who climb / hike up onto Mt. Washington. Every year they have to go get people off the mountain who get stuck due to being unprepared for the unique climate. During the year it can be nice and sunny at all of the base trailheads, so people attempt to "hike" to the summit in shorts and a t-shirt and little or no provisions. The wather up top can and does change very quickly, at any time. The last time I went up to the top 2 years ago, there was ice on the puddles at the summit in August.Skookum said: