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MR x3 in 23 hours
Ascents: 3:30, 4:00, 4:30
Descents: 2:45, 3:00. 4:00 (longer due to darkness)
Half hour food and hydration breaks between laps. It also helped to put on fresh socks, get a fresh shirt, and fresh sweatband at the TH.
Now that it is out of the way I doubt I'll do another triple.
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Congrat's that is quite an acomplishment! When asked by a coworker why I"m not watching the olympics I told them about RP and RK 5 Baldy Summits and Sean's 14Ker record now I'll tell them about you....With your guys feat's who needs the olympics!
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Big brother, I am so proud of you. Done in style, I know. I can't wait for our next adventure together (damn those clouds!).
Hugs from B-town,
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MR x3 in 23 hours
Ascents: 3:30, 4:00, 4:30
Descents: 2:45, 3:00. 4:00 (longer due to darkness)
Now that it is out of the way I doubt I'll do another triple. A big thanks and CONGRATULATIONS. Never really wanted to do it, but it was available as a First. Now it's not. WoooooHoooo.
Last edited by Richard P.; 08/21/12 03:20 PM. Reason: Amazing that you could hold that pace in this crappy, muggy weather!!!!!!!!!!
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That's very impressive!
You actually did it in less than 23 hours according to my calculations.
22 hrs 45 min.
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Must have been the beet juice...
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great job Gator.. stylish
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Damn. Looks like I'll have to find other plans this weekend.
Good job Gator.
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Next Challenge: 3 X Whitney Main Trail round trip
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As I mentioned to Tracy and Davey, it's pretty easy to shave off 2.5+ miles each way on the Main Trail... (I regularly see ~8 miles on the GPS after using the alternate routes.)
So rather than 63 miles, you can do it as 48 miles on that side of the mountain. It's still a SL of mileage, not to mention 19,500' of climbing and 19,500' of descending.
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Wow! Congrats to you, amazing...
What will the human body to next...4 of course
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Wow good on you, Gator! Congratulations!
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Nice work Gator way to go..
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Hi Ya but you parked in the day use area! I keep checking your vehicle and thought something was up. Didn't know of a rescue going on so had a hunch you were doing a big trip . Great times on the runs , Same logic I thought would work for the long haul, slow steady on each up trip and pick up the down times for breaks between runs. Very strong record set in stone!!!!!! Thanks Doug
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 I don't think I'm too excited that Jim did this... My 3x was a lot easier than his. I was dancing a jig up on Five Fingers this evening, with another woooooohooooooo echoing thru Indian Wells Canyon.
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Thanks all! Looking at the webcam today and seeing the clouds building up that way yesterday I definitely caught a break on the weather. Things fell into place and I was fortunate enough to be able to do this.
Rather than launching at midnight, I opted to get a good night's sleep and start at 4:40 am. I wanted to set a good pace without going so fast that I would flame out and not be able to finish.
No beet juice, but I did consume a package of poptarts (shout out to Sean) on the way down on laps one and two. I drank mostly water, some chocolate milk(shout out to Laura) after lap two, some gatorade. A package of shot bloks on each lap seemed to help. Ruth made me some turkey wraps for the breaks between laps. Fresh grapes and an apple at each break too.
Lap 2 saw clouds building up and I expected claps of thunder that never came. The clouds did chill the afternoon heat though. A few tiny hailstones on top.
The last lap was an amazing experience. Contrary to what I anticipated I felt stronger on lap 3 than on lap 2, at least for the first few hours. The night sky up there was amazing, no moon, stars galore,urban glow on the horizons, lightning over in Nevada, and music on my ipod...it was just me and Toomangoyah (aka Whitney).
...and at the end an ice cold beer at 3:40 in the morning!
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That last lap description is awesome. Nice work on the triple!
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Maybe I'll call it Toomangator now...
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You sir are an inspiration! I am keenly interested in some more facts about this endeavor.
What shoes did you use?
What summit sack/pack did you use?
Did you dip & sip as far up as you could, then carry a liter or two to the top?
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