Day #: 365 Ride #: XXX Day's verts: XXXX average Total vertical feet: 404,000

'Up'
Bruce Brown's Y2K
World Record Journal

As the 21st century dawned, I set out to break my own World Record for climbing on a mountain bike, set the year before.

alone among the X billion people on the face of the globe, I had the ambition to climb more on a mountain bike than anyone ever had before

In the end , I bested

also begat a new sport -- like fish watching -- climbing for climbing's sake. Soime of the folks who have emerged... all road riders.

how much harder is it to climb on a mt. bike?

what's it like to set a world record?

January
Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
1/1/2000
Ride Journal: Sumas Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
1/7/2000
Ride Journal: Sumas Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
1/9/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
1/10/2000
Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
1/14/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
1/15/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
1/22/2000
mist1.jpg (28201 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
1/25/2000
sunset.jpg (17315 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
1/26/2000
cliff2.jpg (39321 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
1/31/2000

February
paw_rot2.jpg (76923 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/3/2000
ma8x.jpg (16256 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Adriance
2/5/2000
bo2yyyy.jpg (51533 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown & Bo Bumford
2/6/2000
bay3.jpg (14609 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/8/2000
chiam.jpg (26353 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/16/2000
heart.jpg (55582 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/17/2000
rl2.jpg (20199 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
2/18/2000
bb2201.jpg (29244 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
2/20/2000
squal_022300.jpg (10876 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
2/23/2000
drop2_022900.jpg (71163 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/28/2000
arsenio_022900.jpg (13790 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
2/29/2000

March
jek_030300.jpg (37239 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
3/3/2000
bo3_030500.jpg (20753 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge & Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance & Bo Bumford
3/5/2000
bb2a_030600.jpg (23311 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Bo Bumford
3/6/2000
mb_030700.jpg (49867 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark & Missy Belles
3/7/2000
Mb2_031000.jpg (57553 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance, Mark & Missy Belles
3/10/2000
jekyll3_031100.jpg (35954 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
3/11/2000
moss_031400.jpg (108257 bytes) Ride Journal: Heady Trails, WA
Bruce Brown
3/14/2000
mist_031600.jpg (35015 bytes) Ride Journal: Black Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
3/16/2000
ma_031700.jpg (42907 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Adriance
3/17/2000
curve_031900.jpg (75902 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
3/19/2000
flower3_032000.jpg (65077 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown, John Frey, Mark & Alex Adriance
3/20/2000
skunk1_032300.jpg (53344 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
3/23/2000
newstunt_032500.jpg (43666 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
3/25/2000
bb1_033100.jpg (30613 bytes) Ride Journal: Mt Constitution, Orcas Island, WA
Bruce Brown, Russ Lambert & Endo Bobbo
3/31/2000

April
Mtr2_040300.jpg (15041 bytes) Ride Journal: Hartstene Island, WA
Bruce Brown
4/3/2000
blackandred_040500.jpg (14159 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
4/5/2000
valley_cloud_040600.jpg (21518 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge & Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
4/6/2000
sun2_040700.jpg (11568 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
4/7/2000
bb2_041500.jpg (53679 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
4/15/2000
newbikes_041700.jpg (82387 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Steve Hindman
4/17/2000
mb2_041800.jpg (42421 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Belles
4/18/2000
mb2_042000.jpg (77269 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Tom DeBari
4/20/2000
ma1_042100.jpg (35417 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Mark Adriance & Missy Belles
4/21/2000
sh1_042500.jpg (40685 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Steve Hindman, Tom DeBari, Jason Ploskuniak & Jimmy Breitenstein
4/25/2000
bb1_042600.jpg (29001 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Belles
4/26/2000
bb1_042800.jpg (51862 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Adriance
4/28/2000
rl2_043000.jpg (26710 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Russ Lambert
4/30/2000

May
aa3_050100.jpg (24247 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark and Alex Adriance
5/1/2000
bigtree2_050200.jpg (87861 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/2/2000
bb_050300.jpg (20459 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Russ Lambert & Larry Simkins
5/3/2000
mb_050500.jpg (32017 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
5/5/2000
ma2_050700.jpg (25221 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Adriance
5/7/2000
flowers1_051000.jpg (74694 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/10/2000
chuckanut_051000.jpg (50839 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/14/2000
mb5a_051700.jpg (39954 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Belles
5/17/2000
170a5_052000.jpg (36451 bytes) Ride Journal: Methow Valley, WA
Bruce Brown
5/18-21/2000
bb1_052300.jpg (36746 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Adriance
5/23/2000
rainbow_053000.jpg (32434 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark Belles
5/30/2000

June
mb_060200.jpg (42130 bytes) Ride Journal: Blanchard Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance & Mark Belles
6/2/2000
sb_060300.jpg (69622 bytes) Ride Journal: Heady Rd, WA
Bruce Brown & Mark, Janet and Alex Adriance
6/3/2000
ridge3.jpg (75211 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Steve Hindman
6/6/2000
mb2_060700.jpg (14830 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Steve Hindman
6/7/2000
mb_060900.jpg (53766 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Mark Adriance
6/9/2000
flower_061300.jpg (19540 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/13/2000
mb_061500.jpg (14768 bytes) Ride Journal: Anderson Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/15/2000
nooksack_061900.JPG (22016 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
6/19/2000
mb1_062000.JPG (54331 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/20/2000
herb2_062100.JPG (31025 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles and Herb Hogan
6/21/2000
p000023c.jpg (33648 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles and Pete Miers
6/27/2000
rl_062800.jpg (57768 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Russ Lambert, Thad Quinn, Herb Hogan & Jimmy Straatman
6/28/2000
mb_062900.jpg (36719 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark and Missy Belles
6/29/2000
evening_063000.jpg (12481 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
6/30/2000

July
feather_070300.jpg (42343 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
7/3/2000
group2_070600.jpg (48162 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Thad Quinn, Herb Hogan & Tom
7/6/2000
mb_071100.jpg (49948 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Russ Lambert and Joe Scherking
7/12/2000
ma_mb_071300.jpg (32351 bytes) Ride Journal: Lummi Island, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Mark Adriance and Al Rosen
7/13/2000
bb2_071500.jpg (80541 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
7/15/2000
911_071600.jpg (54823 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Jimmy Straatman, Thad Quinn and John
7/16/2000
mb_log_072100.jpg (32836 bytes) Ride Journal: Upper Dungeness, WA
Bruce Brown, Russ Lambert, Mark Belles and Bob Hunter
7/21/2000
rl_072500.jpg (63288 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
7/25/2000
bad_dudes_073000x.jpg (43655 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
7/30/2000

August

September

October

November

December

This is an excerpt from Up: Bruce Brown's World Record Journal, which chronicles The Man Known As Mongo's pursuit of the World Record for climbing on a mountain bike, 404,000 vertical feet or the vertical equivalent of 13 sea-level-to-summit ascents of Mt. Everest during a 12 month period.

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