Vert Quest: excerpts from Mongo's World Record Ride Journal, 3/23/2000

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Day #: 83	Ride #: 58	Day's verts: 1100	Total vertical feet climbed: 91,500
Daily Deal: The benefits of a stiffer front end

Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown
3/23/2000

Spring on the Frost Rd.: the skunk cabbage in bloom across from Mark and Wendy Porter's place.

Rode Vedder Ridge and played some more on the Piano Drop. Now that I pumped the air pressure in the Lefty from 120 up to 135 pounds, it's much better for holes. It also climbs better -- I don't have to lock out the front end on climbs anywhere near as much as I did when I first started riding the Cannondale Jekyll.

Approximately 1100 verts.

The valley below: looking north up the Sumas Valley toward the Fraser and Sumas Mt in BC. Most of the valley here was under Lake Sumas until the 1920s.


Days: 365	Rides: 220		Total vertical feet climbed: 404,900


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Vert Quest 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. Mongo's mountain bike climbing tricks are distilled in Mongo's Over-the-top Guide to Climbing. © Copyright 1973 - 2020 by Bruce Brown and BF Communications Inc. Astonisher and Astonisher.com are trademarks of BF Communications Inc. BF Communications Inc. P.O. Box 393 Sumas, WA 98295 USA (360) 927-3234 Website by Running Dog