My Everesting on a Bike Fail (A Cycling Story/Documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- I failed due to an old injury, but the story of my attempt and fail was pretty cool, so I hope you enjoy this cycling documentary about my cycling everesting fail.
This is my attempt at a cycling documentary format. It took me a while to make so I hope the story comes across cool.
the main climb starts at 7:23
For "the climb" video that came of this, watch it here.
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If it makes you feel any better, Everest is only 11,560 feet in elevation gain from Base Camp to Summit. So, technically, you climbed Everest...
@Jack Kabir shut the fuck up
Jonatan says good job
Short reps is definitely the way. I've completed it with 97 reps and also with 238 reps (on a fixed gear). I once attempted it on a climb which would have been 5 reps but only ended up 'half-Everesting' before quitting... Re-attempt when it's warmer and the nights are shorter with higher reps. Easy money!
The ride/attempt maybe a fail but the story is not.
This is just the prequel
All failures make for great stories ;-)
It was NOT embarrassing at all. It probably would have been embarrasing to keep pedalling like a lunatic and damage your knee and have to fix your knee with surgery. It was really brave to stop. You have the cardiovascular fitness & the moral to reach the everest limit for sure! With some good advice and help of a PT and/or exercise physiologist you will succeed next time.
Jealous you have an 80 minute climb in your neighborhood
Dude, its 5 min from door. The ride ends up being 29miles with 4k feet of climbing. And tat all comes in the first 15 miles LOL
The Vegan Cyclist biggest hill in metro Boston is ~410 ft ski hill access road. Cali riding is awesome.
All good brother! Your story is epic, raw and real, true to life.
Stay strong- we support you... you're supporting us with your work.
Good honest attempt, your prep sounds pretty good with the exception of not having your gloves and prep for the long descent. I like that you put the vlog up showing that effort and preparation are important, even when the result isn't what you hoped for; good lesson for everyone! Also that you talked about what might have worked better (series of shorter climbs, repeated many times rather than a larger climb repeated fewer times).
As always, good vlog, rest and continue therapy - it's the off season!
Tyler, it was the long climbing (fatigue) AND the cold, that killed your knee. Protect your knee from the cold.
When you say to protect your knees from the cold, do you mean to cover them up with thermal knee warmers?
Your videos are BY FAR the best videos about cycling out there!!! Really glad you make these vids! Inspires me sooo much!
Don't beat yourself over it. By the looks and sounds of it, it just wasn't meant to be. Just like all your vids, this one is again an inspirational one.
Keep it up, and remember, you inspire lots of people with your vids, because everything you do seems real and relatable. We all fell lots of times before we were fully able to walk properly. So don't think there's a direct path to things, we fail in order to learn..
Total Bummer on what happened, but we I know that we need to fail to succeed. It's a good lesson for all of us and thank you for sharing this. Doing an Everest is on my bucket list, so your story will have certainly helped all of us in some way. Kudos!
As somebody that has now had 3 knee surgeries on my right knee and dislocated my knee cap easily 2 dozen times, I legit feel your pain. I played every sport growing up, and now at 31 years old, cycling has luckily saved my sports "career". Thank God cycling has built my leg up stronger than ever and I fortunately don't get any pain whatsoever on the bike (granted I'm not climbing 11,000 ft. Not even 3,000 ft). You're the man and hope you can realize just how much your content inspires people to do better, to push themselves harder, and to just do EPIC SHIT!!
If anybody wants to be grossed out, look up on RUclips a "tibial tubercle osteotomy" and a broken knee cap surgery. Thats what my most recent knee surgery consisted of.
Your content is incredibly well made it's insane!
Entertaining. Loved you energy.As a PT and avid cyclist looking at doing an Everesting attempt soon, I would say get your knee looked at by an orthopedist. If the knee is unstable (in any direction, or multiple)it can be surgically fixed, likely an ACL-yes major surgery but can get back to cycling in a few weeks), and get beyond not then having to dance around and baby it along. What you describe is when the quads are contracting ans stabilizing on the downstroke it is stable but then it loosely slips (we call it subluxation vs a dislocation when they are all the way apart. Semantics as a subluxation is a partial dislocation). It wont get better and you are young now and can rehab well. A loose joint can lead to arthritis later whereby all you can do is get a joint replacement and go to pool classes with the gray haired grannies or ride a spin bike for 20mins with no resistance. Not to be condescending at all, I just know you can get it fixed. All the biomechanics, core stuff by your other PT is great and helpful but just putting lipstick on a pig. Prettier but still a pig. Lets put Chow,Good luckBarryBTW video documentary from this, surgery, post op rehab process, back on a bike and then everesting as the pinnacle. Now that's a multi chapter book!!!
I see few people on here that are as honest about their attempts/ challenges/ problems as you are... Hugh thumbs up! Loved your videos from the very beginning and can't wait to see where this takes you in 2017... Greetings from Germany, you rock!
Huge props for attempting. It's a bucket list for me. My "hot feet" kicks into OD around 11,000 feet. I gotta fix that first
Arch supports helped me a bunch
You're spot on, VC. High rep Everesting is mentally tough. I recently streamed my own attempt, LIVE on my RUclips channel. It was super-high rep (470+). I would love to experience a low rep, long climb next time.
if a challenge were a nailed on cert, then it wouldn't be much of a challenge. it's only the genuine risk of failure that makes eventual success feel like a real accomplishment. I felt for you and recognised that internal wrestle between your common sense and your ego. made for a great video in the end, probably more inspirational than an easy looking completion would have been. keep it up dude
I had knee surgery from smashing my meniscus from doing super hard efforts like this one. Dude you are a beast, 66 miles and 11k of climbing is no joke. Definitely go sub compact and q rings. That's my setup now and it works for me.
First, in England we have a word for days when it's 63F and drizzly. We call it "summer". ;-)
Second, even if I were on your support crew, I'd much rather have you stop early to save a dodgy knee than see you try to push through. Blowing your knee permanently would be a MUCH bigger fail than not finishing.
All things considered, another great video.
Tyler, sorry about the failed attempt but man, what an entertaining video...kudo's for even trying! You get an "A" for the editing and narration. I've descended Beasore twice but never climbed it...maybe this spring I can join you on one of your rides. Hope you and the family had a Merry Christmas dude!
+Scott Sehm SCOTT! Come bring the family up to Bass and from my door beasore is 10 min on the bike. It's a great climb in the summer.
i think we sometimes learn more from someones failures than succes stories , respect 4 sharing
Glad you shared the story! I think it is good for people to see failure and the forward thinking reflection that came from it. So many people are afraid to fail - it can be a great way to learn :)
If this video doesn't get viral, RUclips algorithm's is f** up, because this is great content. Good story telling, nice shoots and really well mixed music.
I wish you get a speedy recovery on your knee and keep up the good work! Cheers!
Mate, three of us just drove back from our Everesting attempt - it was a 336m ascent, 5.4km distance, we started at 3am - which averaged 7-10 degrees but with one 800m section known as 'the wall' goes from 14 to 21 degrees - a rural road with bugger all traffic and nice country side - well we all failed - 15 reps, 21 reps and 24 reps - when the target was 27 ! So all of us fatigued cos the day was 26 to 31 degrees and the night seemed hotter (?) basically we fried ourselves - we know now what it's like to 'bonk' - it was ugly - mentally and physically we failed - in the end we weren't up to the task - devastated !!!! We have unfinished business !
Thanks for sharing the fail.... a lot of people watch to learn and there were definitely some lessons... keep up the great work!
sorry to hear about your knee. positive side is your fitness was on point and you got to discover a weak spot and can now get stronger. I would only call this a fail if you never try again. love your videos! you definitely inspire me. next time boss!
-2 bro! With socks on your hands!? Nuts. Brilliant story video man you're really great at this.
Hey man, Thanks for sharing this story, and I can relate to it very well, as I myself have pretty much the same story as what you just told, but my knee issue was different. But its very good that you stopped, as you said there is way more damage you can do in carrying on, that was my issue also. I tried and didn't succeed on two separate occasions. But I just want to say to you, that you never failed at all, and I'm not too keen on you saying that :) these were lessons and training for you to know how to get it right, in how to succeed. You should be proud, and I am sure that we will both succeed in doing so. I could really relate to this, and have no doubt you'll do it, just keep trying, then your not failing. Thanks, Marc
you should definitely try it again in summer, cold winters can be hard on joints, with or without injuries. hope you heal okay man!
This is reminding me of my ascent up Mt. Haleakala in Maui. 10,000 feet of climbing in just under 60 km.
This was rough to watch. I'm late to the game, but thanks for sharing. I'm chronicling my attempt at a Double Everesting run in summer 2023. It's great to see others tackling the beast and maybe especially those who fall a bit short. It's good for me to remain humble in the face of the challenge. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Compact and 11-32 is what I have and can climb in European Alps with it no problem. The GCN show featured the pro peloton set up during TDF mountain stages. They were all on the same set up replacing their usual dura ace for ultegra.
Nilsson1 Swe you say climb with no problem? Yeah ok you'll get up there but the cadence and watts will soon drop especially if you go up and down 32 ain't enough for the Alps and those cols ;)
I agree. Not enough gears. You are correct sir
The problem is not that its feasible once... it seems to be the reps. Also... I would hesitate to compare myself to a pro
I'd like to give this a shot on Breckenridge once the days get longer. Up & Over (then back) is 10,000. Three round trips will do it.
Also, good vid. And Kristen's positive attitude is awesome.
I feel your pain, physically and mentally. It's the other side of the challenge, I am grateful that you were willing to share this with us. As I'm prepping for this challenge, there are some key elements that I've taken from your attempt, so for that, this wasn't a fail. Thank you for this! I hope you completed it after all ;-) cheers!
Dude. Feel for you on that. I had to bail on an Everest attempt this year. Started at 02:30 at it was freezing. I didn't warm up till gone 10:00. The descents just become unbearable. I ended up bailing after 221km and 5500m. Going to hit it again next summer and finish it.
You'll get it done next time around. Looking forward to seeing the Everest completed video!
There was no 'Fail' - you attempted to 'Everest'. You made the attempt. You'll no doubt make another attempt. The only Fail is to give up on something you want. Try and Try again is how to succeed. The knee! I'm so on that page - first Gran Fondo (Whistler, Canada), knee packs up at 80 km (still 40 k uphill to go). a motorbike medic correctly diagnosed inflamation pulling my kee out of line. he pulled it back into line with a bandage and I was able to ride on slowly.
Next year, after taking all sorts of precautions (different pedals, physio, training, different bike), I'm on the same km of the ride and bingo - knee packs up! Just then a guy limps over to me and says "Gosh my knee is killing me, got any meds?"
I spilled out Ibuprofen, knee bandages, sports tape - he came to the right place - we limped on. But what you said seems right - riding all uphill and way different from your normal profile, you uncover weaknesses or misalignments. Change the ride, change the outcome! Thanks for sharing The Everest 'Attempt!' Good luck on the next one!
How are you going to spin if you don't have the right gearing? It probably would have saved your knee from blowing out. I believe that was one of your biggest mistake.
killed it again bro. so sick. keep up the fantastic work!
A few years later in 2020 and later Everesting has become super popular. You were ahead of your time doing this!
Great Effort, it's shame your injury held you back this time, different strategy next time might work. Good luck
Dude, this is so similar to my story. Dreamed and planned of doing the same challenge. A few hours in and boom! Knee pain from a past injury & surgery (MPFL, a reconstructed ligament that keeps the knee cap in place).
It's been a week plus since I have been on my bike and descending my stairs at home have become a nightmare.
Rather then planning the details of the Everest challenge, I've decided to spend my time with physio and cross training. Let's strengthen our knees and try agin in the new year.
Awesome vid!
Yeah, summer (if you're not too busy with racing) would be better since it's warmer (won't waste energy from shivering) and you have longer day light.
Great effort! And niiiice shots! Looks like now you have more data for the next Everesting.
Takes a lot of courage to put this on display. Hope you recover soon bruh!
So I watched an episode where you did a Ironman at home . I noticed your running style is like mine . We don’t have great mechanics for running . Now I watched this and i had the same problem with right knee. I ended up going to physical therapy . My knee gets super sore and one time I even had to ride home 20 miles with just my left leg as I couldn’t ever turn the pedal with bad knee. Physical therapist tells me I have developed cycling muscles but my core was weak and my glutes were super weak. That’s probably why I can’t sprint worth a hoot. Anyway physical therapy has helped a lot. I feel better to know I’m not the only one and I’m glad you told the story . It could help others having knee issues . Thanks 🙏
Man, thanks for documenting this effort. I've been lurking in the bushes contemplating this challenge yet wanting a good example of what to expect. Rest up and go at it another day. As for the garmin fail, I rented a bike to climb Alpe d'huez this summer. Garmin recorded the decent but not the climb. My wife followed me up so she and I know I did it but I feel like garmin robbed me of something.
it's currently 23 degrees here in New York City, and had to walk 2 miles home after getting a puncture on my bike. watching this vid is making me feel cozy already 😄
thanks for sharing this effort, really motivational. can't wait for your next attempt!!!!!
Hi Tyler, I very much hope that you could recover / heal your knee problems completely. The climb was anyway already crazy enough. One thing: I very often wonder about "modern" cycling clothes and clothing habits. I started cycling 35 years ago, many years on amateur level. What we did is check temperatures before each training ride and optimize the personal "dress code" for each temperature range (I am from central Europe and not from CA). After a bit of trial and error you never ever again are clothed to cold or too hot. Oh and regarding the descends: Do you know the stone old trick to put newspapers under your jersey for descend? They are so comfortable and cheap, they dry your sweat, keep wind off 100%, are totally light weight and disposable.
Greetings Vegan Cyclist. Thank you for making vids like this one. One of the best I've seen on this year. You got me hooked. It's the variable different content and education you provide in your videos. Please keep making them. You also are so lucky practicing the sport you love & supported by such a beautiful wife and oh my God, love your dogs. Wish you happy holidays! A.G.
it's still a story. and a good one. I felt so sorry for you. it got me a chance to reflect on my failures and how I felt. it happens.
52-36!? I mean really... The fail started right there.
Those were my thoughts. It seemed too big a chainring for an everesting attempt. 50-34 would've maybe served him better.
When you consider all you are doing is going up hill the smaller the chainrings the better right? In your easiest gear on a 36/28 you have no where else to go.. Producing high amounts of torque and fatigue, standing a lot. I would definitely take the advice of using mountain bike cranks and ride mid cassette.
I did it with a 50-34 and a 40 cassette on the rear. I have a bad knee injury from past martial arts training, but this gearing allowed me to everest a 10% climb without knee pain. Less grinding = less torque and fatigue and much nicer for the knee joints. I would definitely recommend mountain cranks for anything 10% gradient or more.
who cares about the chainrings... we all have different abilities. The only thing for such an effort is to be able to hold 90RPM in zone 2 in all sections of the ride. If you can do it in a 36/28 ratio, then you won't have any more problems than with a 54/32. Just saying.
Even "only" 50/34 means a maximum of 50x11, so about 50 kph (!) at 90 cadence. What use is that outside of descents in professional races? Dude went even higher.
Oh man!!! 9:00 really - REALLY made my day!! HAHA and by the way nice content bro. I've been following you quite a bit now. Keep rollin ;)
It would be interesting to see what kind of stabilization exercises your physical therapist gave you to strengthen your knee -- to help us with our own knee issues in order to keep cycling. (I'm an ex-runner with similar knee issues).
Good video, bro.
You did awesome even though you had a previous injury it happens to everyone. Don't worry about failing at least you planned and tried it.
And a little advice I know you have probably heard it all but when I ride I do a kinesiology tape wrap on my right knee to help support it. It gives it that flexibility without the stiffness of a knee brace.
You did an awesome job and always keep riding 😘
Great vid
Don't be bummed
It's a great representation of life and staying positive
Thanks for making the vid!
Great video, you must feel bad about this but you learned shit loads from the experience and managed to pass on lots of knowledge to your subscribers too. look after yourself man. Thanks for sharing this.
Even though you failed your an inspiration to me. Save it for another day.
Keep up the awesome videos
I love your story telling and that you share the story regardless of how it turns out.
Love the video- Stop calling it a failure dude. You are doing something most people wouldn't even think about doing let alone doing almost half of it. Can't wait for more of your successes.
Bruh, your a hero man. I'm sure you will accomplish it sometime . great story,
my Garmin has been faithful for 2.5 years. Last ride out I went for a PR on a 30 mile ride that I've done 263 times in the last 2.5 years. (Strava data) I go all hurt box and the file doesn't sync when I get home. I usb the thing, and the file is, like you said, corrupt. I ran utility and got the avg I was looking for but the file is definitely 'not right'... Murphy's Law or PR elusiveness? hmmm
Did you try it again?
I have the same issue with my knee. It just popped out on me and have been off the bike for a week. I may have to get surgery to fix it. have you looked into surgery?
Thanks for the Nature's Bakery tip! Started using them on my long rides :)
thanks for the video @TheVeganCyclist . I am going to give this is a go at hopefully the same time you do it in the summer. any tips on training styles and prep?
did you call 63f cold! wow dude! Here in England thats the average temp for July and almost every ride i do is in the 50-60f range. You have an amazing place to ride. Its been rain here for the whole week and is 51f outside, so more turbo work for me :-)
+Andrew Robertson 63 is not too cold, but that was the high. It was 37 at the start and 20 at the top. That's why I was pissed, the lows is what I was worried about. And I am a fare weather rider. 70 or higher please
Shows you how important cross training and strength training is...
So will u start exercising in other ways too in order to improve your biomechanics?
Failure makes us stronger, we learn from it, it is necessary, it expose the weaknesses we must work on. Cool vid, looking forward the success story.
I am planning to do an Everest challenge next year in spring and plan to film a video to share it. Any tips on training?
Great video man! Sadly it didn't work out, but the climb was an awesome vid.
tbh, for the story, it really doesnt matter if you succeed or not. i would go even a step further and say, a fail story is much more entertaining than if you just succeed without any struggle... really enjoyed the documentary
Thanks for the inspiring video Tyler. Learning from failure is a success.
carrying all that poop up the hill twice put extra strain on your knee
+Jordan Ward yes, I blame the poop as well.
great! tomorow I will try it on a MTB, short effort, thanks for the advice, and great content as Always!
Hey VC even though you failed that was an awesome attempt! Congratulations for numbers you've achieved and all the effort put in. I just recently followed you (last month I think) are your videos are dope!!!
Could you share more about your injury? I'm surprised too much cycling can mess up your biomechanics.
I'm trying to supplement my cycling with some work in the gym. Working on my flexibility, shoulders, chest, back, core and my legs of course. It's just short workouts cause I have limited time in the day, 50% working out and 50% stretching (cause I need to focus on flexibility and recovery) plus the rides.
Hope you could share with us what you learned during rehab so we could avoid what happened as well. :)
How's your seat height?Sounds like it's too high if you feel a dislocation on the resting part of the pedal stroke.
Get a proper bike fit if your having any sort of doubt even if it's not a cycling specific injury.
I too failed at everesting. I live and train in the mountains. Didn't train very hard because I was getting out of a successful season of racing. My hubris wrecked me. Climb was 11% for 12 miles and ended up stopping me cold at the very end. Funny, you train so hard and then such a low intensity thing wrecks you.
Hey man, how's the knee? What kinds of things have you done to try to keep this from happening again? I'm on my second knee injury in the last year. I'm off the bike for now and it sucks. I start physical therapy this week. Trying to be optimistic but injuries are the worst.
thanks for taking us along for the ride, bro. Strengthen that knee and give it another shot later.
hey tyler, best wishes brother. Im rooting for you for the summer time to have a go at it again then. Heal up and fight the climb another day. Everesting is on my bucket list as well, so I really am rooting for you. Keep up the great vlogs man. From fellow vegan, vlogger and road cyclist. Aloha & all the best. Regards - Bernard
how I plan things like this. I wake up at 4AM or not sleep at all and then go out and just ride
I had this. The pain of tendons screaming is unbearable, I know it well and have tons of sympathy for you. I now wear the knee brace chosen by my physio (and reviewed approvingly by orthopedic surgeon) when cycling and do a lot of yoga and pilates to maintain my core and stabiliser muscles. And I have now completed an Everesting! You said in the video you'd go again - did that happen?
Awesome video, thanks for sharing your experience! I'm riding an 80km climb this week, could do it twice and it would be an everest :O
bruh this is such a bummer. 2016 has been so hard on you in races and stuff. hope 2017 is your year!
Found out I have bursitis in my right knee. Attempted a century.80 some miles in my knee flared hard and it was the beginning of the end for that effort. It terrifies me now. I'm out 6-8 weeks when it flairs up. bummer for you...
Not to knock anyone, but I just don't get the everesting thing.... unless you're a UCI pro racing in the TDF, it's just wearing your body down big time and potentially causing serious injury (for people like me with an old knee injury this is an important consideration). For climbing steep hills I've got an 11/32 cassette and 50/34 (what a total ectomorph with chicken legs like me needs to use).
Anyway, thanks for the video, appreciate the honest commentary etc.
what if u wrap the knee up before u attempt your next one?
time for new everesting attempt
Wow, did you dislocate your knee as your injury. Or 'only' you kneecap? I dislocated my kneecap so I know the feel, it is the reason I started cycling. Dislocating your knee is a heavy heavy injury. Wow...
Nice riding out there VC. Stay after it !
HEY man, what front light are you using in this? it seems 10x better than mine
Say 63 is cold again and imma swing!!
+Harry Edmund 63 was the high, it was 30 in morning and 20 at the top, so that's what I ment, 63 is not cold, but 63 brings cold at elevation
That sucks big time about your knee! :(
I would recommend easier gearing next time for sure. I have a bad knee injury from past martial arts training and recently completed an everesting up a 10% climb with a 50-34 on the front and a 40 cassette on the rear. I was able to complete it pain free. :)
Looking forward to your next attempt!
+Nourish by Nicole will for sure do a compact next time, will also set up the bike for climbing.
Love this film, really enjoying the content, great films and very inspiring, doing a similar thing myself but much more low key and still trying to find my direction. Cheers.
This man has more stash than the average bike shop - jealous
Obviously not completing the Everest Challenge is ticking u off cause "Your Word is Law" after all that is why we are your loyal subs.
But! you're pouring your guts out to your subs which makes content even better
I think it's safe to say that "We" (your subscribers) We appreciate all of it . Great or not as Great!
Wolf tooth road link. Look into that VC. You'll be able to run that 34 he'll maybe even 40
what flashlight did you use? The descents are really the worst .... good luck for the next try.