vEveresting Ventoux in France via Zwift: Had the right gearing this time, did not have the right body
Let me repeat the same sentiments I had after doing my first Virtual Everesting on Zwift in 2021, Holy Hell! I should have spoken to my therapist before doing this again. Mid summer I had the idea that I wanted to do another virtual Everesting on Zwift, but on a different climb. Having already vEverested Alpe Du'Zwift at the end of 2021, I decided that I wanted to give the biggest climb Zwift has to offer, Ventoux in France. Ventoux is an 11.8 mile climb with an 8% average grade. The grades are unrelenting with long sustained sections of 10-13%. I started testing out the climb to get a feel for it a couple months before I wanted to make my attempt on December 19th. The first thing I noticed was just how choppy the pedal stroke got after the grade hits and surpasses 9% and the difficulty setting set to Max which is the only proper way to vEverest in Zwift if you want it to be approved for the Everesting Hall of Fame . After doing an entire climb with the choppy pedaling I knew some...