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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:51am PT
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No 10K days, but like everyone else who's climbed in BC's Coast Range, my 4,000 foot days are easily equivalent to your 10,000 foot days.
So there.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:51am PT
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2 miles up in a day. More or less. Well, just less, but not by a lot.
That's 1 helluva day, I think.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:53am PT
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Didn't Will Gadd do 25,000 vertical feet doing laps in a day for charity at Ouray Ice Festival one year.
Or are you only counting what humans have done?
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skywalker
climber
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:53am PT
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Diamond car to car a few times. Not that big a deal in my early 20's.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Jun 20, 2012 - 01:29am PT
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Snow Creek --North Face of Mt San Jacinto, SoCal.
Yeah, it's a good hard hike. I did it in 1991. Took me from 1:00 AM to 9:00 PM in a push. I had totally inadequate gear which made it an epic.
If the land managers would wake up, this route would be more popular than Mt Whitney. More people should be allowed to do this.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jun 20, 2012 - 02:21am PT
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"More people should be allowed to do this."
If people want to do something badly enough, they'll do it. The reason there isn't a conga line on Snow Creek is primarily because it's 9500'+ of work, and most of So Cal would rather ride the lifts at Mtn High and go snowboarding.
I'm good with that. Snow Creek is a special place that is best appreciated by those who are willing to do the work.
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Jun 20, 2012 - 04:23am PT
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One day Mt Rainier ascents from White River… like Liberty Ridge, Willis Wall, Winthrop or Emmons Glacier routes… comprise a 11,400 feet altitude gain.
The climb/hike routes from Paradise are about 9,000, Mowich Lake 9,400 and West Road 11,500.
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JMC
climber
the swamp
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Jun 20, 2012 - 06:14am PT
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Ascent el. is the only value worth considering.
Maybe a half dozen?
My biggest day was the first 24 hours of AC100 with 20K feet of gain. The last 10 miles are flat but I was wasted by then. Sub-24 on that bitch is a skeleton that will remain in my closet. Ken Hamada is a f*k!ng animal for putting this race on!
Pikes Peak marathon is ~8K of gain, fell asleep and rolled a car after that one. Whitney is mild in comparison at 6k ft from Portal to Summit. If you yo-yo Whitney, Keeler & Russel, that should get you into the 10k zone. East Butt/East Face yoyo will barely be 7500'
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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Jun 20, 2012 - 08:26am PT
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Mt. Rainier
Happy Henry's Hunting Ground > Success Cleaver > Summit > Disappointment Cleaver > Paradise
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sjellison
Mountain climber
Range of Light
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Jun 20, 2012 - 08:51am PT
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I think doing Williamson from the Onion TH is pretty darn close. Especially with the huge descent halfway up the ascent hike.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Jun 20, 2012 - 09:16am PT
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Hmmm....I've come close--sort of--a couple of times.
My best:
1) Shasta in a day from road's end.
2) Inyo Peak from Manzanar Reward Rd. base, across from the old relocation camp. That one was about 8,700 ft. of gain, as I recall. We did it in Jan. one year, starting with and ending with headlamps--ouch!
3) Did Whitney reg. east face in a day, like many others, although we missed the correct approach trail and took the FIRST ravine and so ended up having to drop back to the proper approach trail, so that added at least a few hundred feet to the day's total. Finished that minor epic well after dark, too. Leading the climb in hiking boots and a 9 mm rope left an impression on me....
BAd
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Jun 20, 2012 - 10:28am PT
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About 9k with heavy gear.
Rainier.... Tahoma Glacier.
Full Packs from West Side road to a tick under 10k in a single 10 hour push. We were actually pissing cloudy red. Liquified quad muscles I figured.
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Mic
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jun 20, 2012 - 10:54am PT
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By the way, I like the questions that mike m is always posing.
I've never done 10,000 gain in one day, although close. I think the biggest I've done is the north ridge of Mt. Tom, which was 8 or 9 thousand.
Now being in Boulder, I'm taking advantage of proximity to bike to the trailhead. This year I did Mt. Audubon by first biking about 5000 feet up to Brainard Lake. Last weekend I did South Arapahoe, but I cheated by using the bus.
That Ulta-Trail Monte Blanc that ThomasKeefer mention sounds crazy.
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Tony Puppo
climber
Bishop
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Jun 20, 2012 - 11:01am PT
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Road bike from Bishop to end of pavement, which BITD was Parchers Camp. Then hike up Agassiz. Not quite 10,000'. Biked White mountain, that was over 10 k.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired in Appalachia
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Jun 20, 2012 - 11:04am PT
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Also did a trail-ultra back in the 1990s, all over 10,000 feet, with a total of 12,000 feet elevation gain and loss.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:10pm PT
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The closest I came was about 8,000ft riding a Schwinn Varsity from Golden to the top of Mt Evans when I was 16. I should get an extra 2,000 ft just for hauling that beast up there, weighs almost twice what todays lightweights weigh and the lowest gear had me standing almost 80% of the time.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:47pm PT
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Me? Over 60,000' in a day.
Of course that was up & down.
Jets can do that for ya.
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brawa
climber
SAN
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:48pm PT
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Cactus to Clouds on San Jacinto ~10.5K, pretty popular and a fun hike. Though the part from the tram to summit is pretty mind-numbing after the steep first half.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jun 20, 2012 - 12:58pm PT
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This little old lady has done the 9,000' gain for Rainier a bunch of times. The biggest 24 hours (ok, maybe it was 26 hours)was about 13,000'+. I climbed St. Helens via the Worm Flow route, 5,500'. A rescue call came in that early evening. I went out on the rescue, reclimbed 2,400' and assisted with the carry-out. I agreed to retrieve the gear that the party left behind the following day. I went out very early, marked the gear stash, and continued up to the rim, 5,500'. It was a gorgeous day, and the mountain was still putting on its steam and lava display. I came back down, retrieving the left behind gear.
Thankfully, the two long ascents were light. Otherwise, .....
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