Vert Quest: excerpts from Mongo's World Record Ride Journal, 8/29/2000

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Day #: 242	Ride #: 153	Day's verts: 2000	Total vertical feet climbed: 281,500
Daily Deal: The seasons, they are a-changin'

Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/29/2000

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Mark Belles slicing through the big log drop on Evil Twin.

Rode Galbraith with Mark on the day the seasons seemed to have changed. We found a blown out blue umbrella in a puddle at the bottom of Darrell's Death Climb, and a slime factor of at least 10 all over the mountain.

Explored some more on Evil Twin, Banjoland and some of the south side trails for GalbraithMt.com Map #3.

Approximately 2000 verts.

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The seasons they are a changin'. A blown out umbrella by a rain spattered pool at the bottom of Darrell's Death Climb. Below, Bruce cruisin' through Banjoland.


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


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May	June	July	August

September	October	November	December

* Click here for the full list of Bruce Brown's Vert Quest journal entries.

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