Climbed Sumas Mt. above the winery on the Specialized Stumpjumper FSR XC, and had an even faster pace than three days ago on Alger Mt. At the 40 minute mark, I had 1600 verts (compared to 1550 at 45 minutes on Alger). I thought I might get another personal best, but I ran out of mountain first. Even though I left the P1000 Rd for the first steeper fork to the left, it hit topped out around 2100.

Approximately 2100 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.