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I don't think you need to replicate the gradients of whatever mountain you're "everesting".
by mvc 4y ago
I don't think you need to replicate the gradients of whatever mountain you're "everesting".
- orls 4y agoThat’s not the point they’re making, I think - they’re giving praise and kudos to the post above, saying they’re better than “very average” if they’ve pulled off that ascent 6 times
- avgcorrection 4y agoEDIT: Maybe average within this “hell 500” or whatever clique. But: Saying that you are just average compared to the general population when you are clearly above average is humble. Saying that you did six laps compared to George Mallory’s eight laps[1]—which forced him to get up ~before sunset in order to be able to ride his bike all day up and down a mountain/hill—is just a humble brag. At some point the supposed humbleness loses all suspension of disbelief. [1] Getting up to a best of six laps still took George Mallory from about New Years Day until Autumn.
- inopinatus 4y agoI’ll kindly ask you to stop misrepresenting my remarks. There is nothing humble about them. It’s unqualified outright bragging. I’m extremely proud to have achieved this. The motivation of my further comment in regards to being average, that is to say, a very ordinary person, is to encourage others that similarly want for any particular athletic gift, who may look at this sort of thing and might like to have a go, but aren’t sure of themselves, and it’s to them I say, you can do it, because I did.
- avgcorrection 4y agoGreat!
- wizofaus 4y agoPerhaps not but the average cyclist isn't going to ride for 24 hours straight or whatever is necessary for a climb with a lower gradient either. Anyway I was only responding to GP's suggestion that their own effort was achievable by an average cyclist.
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