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Nice, that's fast. I wonder what the optimum grade is to maximize ascent rate.
by s0rce 9y ago
Nice, that's fast. I wonder what the optimum grade is to maximize ascent rate.
- codefined 9y agoThat's an interesting question. Speed climbing[0] is for 100% vertical climbs and seem to attain speeds of 6,000+ft/hr rate of ascent for only a minute. Over 30 minutes, people are very close to climbing a kilometer in vertical height[1]. One of the fastest times that author found was 0.568m/s (6708.6614 ft/hr), with an elevation of 16.4 degrees. I'm going to assume it's roughly similar for 60 minutes, as well as 30 minutes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_climbing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_climbing [1] http://www.irunfar.com/2012/04/the-30-minute-kilometer-a-look-at-the-vertical-kilometer-record.html http://www.irunfar.com/2012/04/the-30-minute-kilometer-a-loo...