Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

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Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by tschalpi » January 27th, 2015, 8:58 am

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015, I set out to climb Mt. Defiance as many times as possible in 24h. The announcement of the challenge can be found here: http://www.teuscher.ch/aagaa/announceme ... -challenge.
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I managed to do 5 climbs in 19h35min. There was not enough time in 24h for a 6th climb. Strava logged 49.1mi and 24,369ft of elevation gain: https://www.strava.com/activities/245974466/overview.
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The legend says that PH member mayhem held the triple Defiance record before he disappeared from the hiking scene.

A more complete trip report is available at the following address: http://www.teuscher.ch/aagaa/report-qui ... nce-in-24h

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknzJ1iTz-8
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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by weathercrazy » January 27th, 2015, 9:10 am

That's insane! I have never done that trail, and I know it would take way longer than your longest time that day.

What was your down time between getting to the base and heading back up?

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by sprengers4jc » January 27th, 2015, 9:29 am

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by adamschneider » January 27th, 2015, 1:43 pm

How could it have only been 49 miles total? Isn't Defiance like 12 miles round-trip?

(Oh, and also: YOU'RE INSANE. :shock:)

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by Sean Thomas » January 27th, 2015, 4:31 pm

Dude you're a monster, CT! :o :D And a big inspiration for me and so many others! :)


This was my favorite part,

"After getting over the initial (over-)excitement, I got to the usual point at which you cannot possibly imagine doing this for as many times you thought you wanted to. Once you get over this mental barrier and accept the challenge as such, things generally flow better until you start to physically fall apart."

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by wsevert » January 27th, 2015, 9:02 pm

That has to be the craziest thing I've ever heard of! I'm no stranger to Mt. Defiance but I can't imagine doing it three times, much less five! Great job and great video!

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by Don Nelsen » January 27th, 2015, 9:39 pm

Excellent! As Sean said, you are a monster!!

An observation: I've done this many times (never more than twice in a day - I'm not crazy... yet) and my GPS is very consistent on the route you took recording 10.96 miles RT from the Starvation parking lot to the summit's highest rock at the south of the summit area. Credit where credit is deserved, you must have done 54.8 miles, not 49.1. Either way, just awesome.

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by CraigG » January 27th, 2015, 9:54 pm

Amazing! I did the Defiance Loop (ridge/trail) the day after. Some of those foot prints must have been yours. :)

Well done!

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by Bosterson » January 27th, 2015, 10:05 pm

Christof, I'm still amazed that you stop in the middle of these runs and set up your camera and then run back so you can run past it while it's filming!! ;)

Your splits are pretty incredible. You only gained 61 minutes round trip on the fifth lap. That's absurd. :shock:

Congrats, man. I have no desire to ever do this! :D

Also, this is pretty great:

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Re: Quintuple Mt. Defiance in 24h - Jan 25, 2015

Post by retired jerry » January 27th, 2015, 10:13 pm

"I have no desire to ever do this"

I would stop halfway through the first lap and camp out.

Maybe at that lake, not at the radio towers. :)

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