The Hardest Bike Climb on Earth - (Cycling 13,850 ft From Sea To Summit of Mauna Kea)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- From sea level at the Pacific Ocean to the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Chris and Chris tackle the hardest cycling climb on Earth, 13,850 relentless vertical feet in 42 miles. This is like stacking Alpe d'Heuz, the iconic Tour de France climb, on itself 3.5 times.
We take a break from the East Coast of the US to head to Hawaii's Big Island for this adventure. Thanks for watching and if you enjoy the video, please like and subscribe to our channel!
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extremely good production quality for a channel with less than 1k subs. you guys should have at least 100k
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Awsome! I climbed Haleakala last year, but this is the Holy Grail of climbs! Thanks for the good footage.
You guys are awesome. Im so impressed
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. Someday I’ll climb that as well. 🙏💪🚴🏼♀️💪🙏
Great effort guys I have been up there and it feels like you’re on top of the world I didn’t ride my bike to the top but often road up through the rain forest to above the tree line your video brought back many found memories. of life on the big island thank You
Duuuudes. This is epic!
Would love to see the adventure on the way down as well
Thanks! Going down was really considered, we were so spent and it was so steep, it would have been really dangerous and probably not a smart decision.
@@chrisandchris What is the greatest reward for any climb on bike ? Descent ... But freedom of choice comes first ..
@@chrisandchris Absolutely. The camber of the road is not perfect
Awesome vid! Was great meeting you guys again! Safe travels and glad you both made it up to the top! 👊
We appreciate you taking a look! I hope the 767 life is treating you well!
Wow!!!!!! Well done! Beautiful video!
nice trip, did it 2 years ago as well
Awesome job !!
I’ve ridden many times around Maui east loop
120mi. Many countless hills. 10miles of gravel.
I’ve climbed Haleakala 1 time. 10,000ft.
I need to do that big island climb 13,800ft.
Sounds rough
Slow is smooth, smooth is Fast! Wow
Great job guys! Totally brutal climb.
Thanks Andrew! Definitely brutal, but such an awesome ride.
Amazing !
Such an amazing documentation of this epic journey
I live in Thailand but want to ride a bicycle to Mauna Kea summit once in my life
Great video!!!!!! Well done!
Radical. I’m living on the island now. Thinking about doing this.
Let us know if you do!
@@chrisandchris ok!
The biggest climb i've ever done was 3k in 30 miles on smooth road and I was dead after. I couldn't even imagine how difficult this was
It was pretty hard! Much of it was mental, being ok with the rain and the length of the climb.
Interesting I must go there
Amazing video guys! Were you tempted to go down the road to cash in on some free miles? Haha. I'm curious to know what gears you were running as your lowest gear, was it about 1:1?
We definitely considered riding down, but we had our partners drive up with us and crew us with the essentials, so it probably would have been rude of us to ride down. Also, the gravel descent would have felt pretty dicey at that point of the day riding and wet. The descent will be for next time!
The gravel section looks like fine sand 🥶🍼🥵
Fortunately it was a little packed down for us given the light rain on this day :)
I am not kidding, the guy had more food after 13 miles than I ever had on one ride, even those over 150 miles
Sir , great video!
What is your granny gear/ gears when you climb MAUNA KEA?
Hey nice work and excellent video. Best one I've seen to give a sense of what it is like. I am planning on giving this a go the first week of January. I don't think you covered it here but was curious whether the Rangers at the Visitor Center checkpoint required you both to acclimatize for 30 minutes before proceeding up the gravel section, like they apparently do with people in vehicles? It wouldn't be the worst thing to have a forced rest stop but certainly would break up the flow if one was in a decent "grind it out" rhythm. I live in Colorado and am routinely up at altitudes of 12-14K, including having ridden both Evans and Pikes by bike; thus, not very concerned with that aspect of it (from a safety standpoint). Thanks!
Hey Andrew,
You aren't required to acclimatize or anything like that. It's a recommended practice from the park but certainly more geared towards folks who are less experienced at altitude. You aren't required to stop by any means. It's definitely a nice spot to take five before hitting the gravel, though.
Good luck!
@chrisandchris Congrats! It's NEVER easy. They're making you do the acclimation time more often than not now...depends on which ranger you get as to whether you can talk your way through. Definitely not conducive to a fast time! I've done it 2x from Hilo, once from Waipio (impossible route) and once from Laupahoehoe Point (hardest in my opinion). I live here, so plenty of opportunity.
Amazing guys! How many days did it take? Keep it up!
9000 feet in 36 miles
4850 feet in the next 6 miles.
That hurts just thinking about it.
My hat is off to you. I did Haleakala which is only 10000' summit. I was hurting above 9000'.
Thanks Matt! We're hoping to get back and Haleakala someday as well as some other epic climbs around the world. Stay tuned!
What gearing did you guys use? I’m planning on doing this December 1st when my family goes to visit. On my main bike I have a standard front crank and a 32 teeth rear cog. I can’t get my gearing any lower due to using sram etap 11 speed. Fun video!
It's an awesome ride, definitely recommend it! Chris Bennett used a three speed gravel bike, whereas I used a 2x10 but swapped out my rear cog from a Shimano 34t to a SRAM 36t (all I could find). It was nice to have the extra two teeth for sure. I didn't drop down to my biggest ring until around 7,500-8,500 ft above sea level or whenever the grade started to get absurd. You could definitely use a 34t, it'll just hurt a bit more, but hopefully you'll move a bit faster!
How was the SAG team? Looking at doing this in the summer. Did they follow the whole way up? How was the drive? Could my 20 year old do it? Did you have to get a park pass?
Fucking greatest moment when you reached summit!!!! I felt it!!!
It's a great feeling!
I just did Haleakala in much better weather and it was tough. Had you done that climb before? This is epic.
Haven't done Haleakala but will definitely give it a go if we ever get out there!
wow. when is the best season to go?
Year-round for the most part. As with any big mountain, weather is variable and conditions can change rapidly.
PLanning on doing this ride next month. What size tires were you riding? It looks pretty wide, like 56mm. Also, what was your lowest gear? Thanks for posting this it is such an epic video!!
Awesome! We were both on 47mm tires, which were plenty for the gravel section. 40mm would have worked fine for that section as well, especially if you’re able to deflate your tires a good 10psi for it, and then pump back up for the remaining pavement section.
Chris S had a 36T for his lowest gear and it was plenty - he was on a 2x. Chris B had closer to a 30T, but was on a 3x so he probably had more gears than Chris S!
@@chrisandchris Thanks folks! I'm planning to attempt on the 13th. I'm running a 1x and now plan to run 34T front and MTB gearing in back with a 52T eagle chainring. I think I may go with skinnier tires. It'll be interesting to see if I pay for that during the 4.5 miles of gravel/sand. I appreciate the response!
How often does it snow on the top?
We don't live there so we couldn't say. But it seems it snows a few times a year.
Nice, what’s next?
I think we'll return to the Maine woods for a nice long trail run ;)
@@chrisandchris sounds like a good idea 👍
It looks like one of you was riding a DB Haanjo Exp - were you running 700c wheels on that instead of the stock 650B. What is the ride quality with larger wheels? Thinking of doing the same.
650!
so
are you guys in strava?
what's your Strava?
😂😂😂
We don't know what this means
What a nice video, and what a luxury to have a support car with you! This video really made me want to go back to Hawaii so that I can also try to climb Mauna Kea!
We would highly recommend it. It's awesome ride, and we'd recommend a support car if nothing else, for the ride down.