Utterly bonkers

[Swissrider]

I can’t even lift my bike above my head, let alone climb with it!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

get ye down the gym

 

[Zimmerframe]

I can’t even lift my bike above my head, let alone climb with it!

Pretty impressive ! with some good humour mixed in and a nice OTB !

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Pretty impressive ! with some good humour mixed in and a nice OTB !

it was all pretty epic but the manual to otb was excellent!

 

[Mikerb]

its only the same weight as a sack of coal mate! Weight training for you!!

 

[Tim1023]

I can’t even lift my bike above my head, let alone climb with it!

And the altitude makes a MASSIVE difference. Just carrying a pair of skis on your shoulders walking up a snow-covered slope is utterly exhausting at the top of the mountain. Respect!

 

[steve_sordy]

For every 1000m of altitude, there is 10% less oxygen in the air. That's why sea level dwellers do crap at altitude and why guys that live at altitude do well in endurance events at lower altitudes.

One holiday in Tenerife, I went up Mount Tiedi, in the cable car. It only went to 10500 feet, with another 2000' to the top. It was 27degC at sea level and below zero when I got out of the cable car in my shorts and tee shirt. I walked with everyone else to the gully where you can see the coast but then because I was freezing cold, ran back the 100 Yards to the cable car station. I started to see stars which is a classic sign of hypoxia (oxygen starvation) and nearly fainted.
10500ft is 3200 metres, so there was 32% less oxygen in the air. No wonder I was seeing stars!

 

[Zimmerframe]

That's why sea level dwellers do crap at altitude

I always thought I needed to poo more when I was skiing.

 

[steve_sordy]

I always thought I needed to poo more when I was skiing.

That is your excess internal pressure equalizing itself!