There will have to be something in the water down in Queenstown, New Zealand due to the truth it is quietly turn out to be the focal point of endure-fests on mountain bikes. You may possibly effectively have heard of Ben Hildred, who smashed out 1 million feet of climbing and descending beneath his individual power in just 200 days. Appropriately, he just completed a “double-Everest,” but Annie Ford is the most up-to-date rider to tackle a mega-ride, a single that earned her a globe record for descending the most quantity of vertical on a bicycle. Oh, and she completed her individual Everest mission final summer time season also. What is it with the Kiwis?
Annie set out to conquer one particular hundred laps via the chairlift at Coronet Peak, just about the corner from Queenstown, which added up to 42,030m (137,894 feet) total descent and 313km (194 miles) distance. She accomplished this feat on her 27.5” Santa Cruz Nomad enduro bike, averaging 9.5 minutes per lap. The craziest stat of all is that she set her quickest lap time twelve hours into the occasion! She also took down the women’s Planet Record about this time, and speedily chased the men’s record.
The preceding Guinness Planet Record holder for descending the most quantity of vertical on a bicycle was set by Amir Kabbani and Patrick Schweika of Germany in Schladming, Austria, five years ago. Their record for the most quantity of descending vert in 24 hours stood at 40,840.5 m, but Annie recorded 42,030 m in only 18 hours and 53 minutes – appropriately inside the 24 hour time limit.
Our hats go off to Annie for tackling such an insane feat!
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