If I can get strong at something like this weight (I came back at 165, would like to hold 168), I should be able to climb fine on the Cannondale Jekyll, since the bike is one pound more but I am maybe as much as seven pound lighter myself (175 to 168 compared to last fall when I was on the Specialized Stumpjumper FSR XC).

Approximately 1400 verts.

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.