MonGoose wrote:What an exciting 10 days it has been watching this new speed record being set, one mountain at a time. I was skeptical given the amount of snow and the continuous rains of the monsoon season, but Andrew persevered. Andrew, I would like to congratulate you on accomplishing such an amazing feat and offer a special "Thank You" to your support crew (Kyle, Andrea and others) for all of their efforts. Cave Dog, congratulation on setting such an amazing record that has held for the past 15 years and being part of a lasting legacy. Lastly, I would like to say thank you to Bill Middlebrook for designing and supporting this website, where we can celebrate Colorado's highest mountains and the amazing accomplishments of those who climb them.
I can't wait to celebrate with everyone at tonights Denver 14er HH.
Was Andrew able to put together a 14er Dance-Off video? Breaking the record is great and all, but it can't hold a candle to winning the 14ers Dance-Off Challenge.
I haven't had time to go through all the recent posts so I apologize if any of these are duplicates, but here are a few pics from last night and early this morning:
1 Parking Lot Prep dnsz.jpg
2 The final start dnsz.jpg
3 Finish line elevation check dnsz.jpg
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...the mountain peaks belong to Him. -- PS 95:4
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
I enjoyed hanging out and meeting some of the friends and family. History in the making, just incredible. Also it was a distinct pleasure meeting and chatting with Cave Dog on the way down. Congratulations Andrew!
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...the mountain peaks belong to Him. -- PS 95:4
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
queue_ball wrote:I refuse to be out-geeked, so I took the statistics for verts and distance and average ground speed to compute the caloric intake that would be required to accomplish all that Andrew accomplished. And without even factoring in the maintenance requirement to keep him warm, I estimate that he would have needed a MINIMUM of 72,000 kcal (food calories) over the approximately 10 days. Would be interesting to know how many calories he actually consumed; that's three times the amount an 80-kg man needs just to stay the same weight under sedentary conditions.
Interesting. Corey and I were with Andrew and Luke between Lincoln and Bross (oops, did I say that?) and Andrew was talking about this. If I remember right, he was trying to consume 400 cal/hr while he was moving. From my post, I think he was moving 18 hrs per day for 7,200 cal/day. Bingo.
It just occurred to that Andrew still would have another 10.5 hours to beat the record, you know, if he hadn't completely smashed the record already and were still out there.
"Wilderness settles peace on the soul because it needs no help. It is beyond human contrivance." -- E.O. Wilson
I was at the gym today. I was exhausted and wanted to stop. But then I thought WWAHD? I kept pushing. I think your biggest accomplishment, Andrew, is almost Valvanoesque. "Don't give up. Don't ever give up." From one dad to another, one love
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I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. - John Muir
...I love not man the less, but Nature more... - Lord Byron
In the time it took me to get up to Huron, ascend and get down and home last weekend i figure 'the boss' climbed at least 7 peaks. Wowser! Awseome work.
Greetings, all.
Here is a video clip of Andrew's finish on Longs last night(...er...this morning??). You'll have to forgive the quality because I am short, I was in the back, it was dark, and it is an iPhone.
[youtubevideo]http://youtu.be/EObcPbuovno[/youtubevideo]
It sure was great to see (and meet so many of you for the first time) yesterday.
