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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Stuff like this is superhuman
and may have to involve performance or awakeness enhancing drugs (like pots of coffee or something) not that I judge that cause this aint the olympic
Congrats!!
Peace
Karl
Edit: from the piece:
I brought salt pills and ibuprofen on all legs, which I used as needed. For the sleep-deprived second and third legs, I brought the caffeinated versions of energy bars and gels. I drank beet juice before each leg, since its nitrates are supposed to increase performance by about 2%.
See waste product..! Loaded Gels!
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part-time communist
Mountain climber
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pretty incredible.
I remember quite a few years back, Sean and I did long dayhikes in the Sierra like Williamson and Langley back to back dayhikes, our first, and then expanded to many many more dayhikes in the Sierra, then he moved away to new mexico. Congratulations are def in order.
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seano
Mountain climber
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Thanks, all.
Regarding performance enhancing drugs, the caffeine was helpful on the first night, but probably not necessary. I considered Sudafed, but decided against it, since I haven't tried it before and it's banned in real competition.
Dayhiking in the greater ranges is something I would like to try, but that's taking things to another level, e.g. Christian Stangl did Aconcagua in 6 hours round-trip from base camp, 4h25 up. That's climbing 2000 ft/hr from 14,100' to 22,800'.
Regarding Milestone, that was actually the start of my longest day last summer, hitting four peaks on that section of the Great Western Divide. With such a long approach, I try to get as much done as I can while I'm out there.
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Amazing.
Along with the recent new JMT record, the sleep deprivation to do these things is hard to wrap the mind around.
Keep crushing it Sean!
Round trip from the highway for Aconcagua, sub 24 hours, right in your wheelhouse.
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bearbnz
Trad climber
East Side, California
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Great job Sean, that is an amazing accomplishment. I climbed all of the Cali 14ers once, but it took a couple months.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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That is amazing Sean. congratulations !!!
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spyork
Trad climber
Tunneling out of prison
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Congrats. Thats an amazing effort! Kind of boggles the mind though...
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em kn0t
Trad climber
isle of wyde
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Amazing achievement. Great to read the peak-by-peak TR. Its simplicity seems to reflect the incredible laser focus required to do a link-up which to of us humans would be inconceivable.
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James Doty
Trad climber
Phoenix, Az.
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hey Sean in the narrative you mentioned your heart rate. Do you use a hr monitor? any tricks for keeping the elastic band from falling down?
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Congrats. I couldn't do it and apparently no one else could excepting of course Sean. Wherever he's a climbin' now, nobody knows.
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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This is quite an unbelievable achievement. Congratulations on a great effort and a wonderful TR!
The Taco abides...what's next...circle the globe on foot in a year?
haha
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seano
Mountain climber
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James -- I just feel my neck pulse for 6 or 10 seconds, so it's approximate. An HR profile for a day might be interesting, but I wouldn't find it all that useful.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
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MY GOODNESS! This is outstanding!
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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UN-believable! And beet juice? I'm going to the store right now!
Congrats. I would say that this time is unbeatable, ...certainly by me. I am barely out of bed struggling with coffee by the time the time the first 3 summits were reached! WOW.
TY
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seano
Mountain climber
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philo -- Going in, I could see that both Jack McBroom's and Hans Florine's records were soft. McBroom did too many legs, and Florine bivvied. Going near-sleepless for 2-2.5 days should be manageable, since RAAM riders do far worse. The CA driving logistics are also within my abilities.
Cave Dog's CO record is another matter: He had friends driving multiple support vehicles for 10 days, and his days are already pretty big (e.g. the Sunlight area 14ers plus the Wilson ones in a single day). Reading about what it did to his body also gives me pause.
Plus, the CA 14ers are more fun ;-).
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Any idea how many miles of hiking involved in this epic? Trying to wrap my mind around it
peace
Karl
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Sam R
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Way to go, Sean!! Great to see the new record is held by a dirtbag- a Doctor Dirtbag no less!!
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jahil
Social climber
London, Paris, WV & CA
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Woah , thats something to aspire too!
steve
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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Karl -- I have no idea on miles, since I don't have a program to figure it out, but I would guess around 30 for the first and 40 for the second. Roughly drawing the lines with an online tool, I can get a decent estimate of elevation gain/loss. The first leg has roughly 11,460 gain, the second leg 13,460.
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