vEveresting - #itsallmental #andtherightgearing
In the Spring of May 2019 a good friend, Carey Lowery, and I conquered our first Everesting in Tennessee. It was not easy at all and took roughly seventeen and a half hours to complete the adventure of 21 (or was it 22) ascents of our chosen climb. What made the IRL Everesting special was taking on the challenge with a friend and the gorgeous sites we were provided by the route and the near perfect day. I told myself, one and done, but as any ultra endurance athlete knows, those thoughts quickly fade, usually. Fast forward a year later, and Carey took on a virtual Everesting challenge on Zwift and not only that but she turned it into a charity event. If you are going to suffer, why not get some good out of it! Bravo Carey. The timing was not to be for me but I did a BaseCamp vEveresting about a month before and knew completing the full would be a serious challenge. <quickTangent> Near the end of 2020, I broke myself. Too much running, never wanting to take take ...