Day #: 76 Ride #: 54 Day's verts: 2300 Total vertical feet climbed: 84,400
Daily Deal: Personal best climbing Black Mt.
Ride Journal: Black Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
3/16/2000
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Clouds at the snowline on Black Mt.
Rode Black Mt for the first time this year, and beat my personal best for an hour of climbing. Last summer I did 2130 verts in an hour on Black Mt. Today I did 2190 verts in an hour. I felt pretty good about this, especially considering that my Cannondale Jekyll is a pound heavier than my Specialized Stumpjumper FSR XC.

Approximately 2300 verts.

This is an excerpt from Vert Quest, 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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