Dolly Parton loves Eugene, Oregon

Everesting? Let’s get real. , Of course you would have to start at sea level, the Bay of Bengal, then trek 700 miles in rough terrain to Everest proper, then base camp at 9383′ And then it gets scary, very dangerous, 308 dying and frozen in place, in the battle to the top..

The current Everesting mania is associated with Strava and like profit and rule making plans. Silly and ripe for fraud.

The hell with that. My rules. I run up and down Spencer Butte (about 1700′) or Skinner Butte (250′). Tough stuff. But at 120 pounds and a shuffling stride, hills are easier for me. Starting easy, the time on foot steadily increased. As did strength and race speed.

Roughly, it takes two hours to run up and down Skinner Butte eight times, roughly 2000 feet of elevation gain. On my next Everesting adventure perhaps I’ll do some 2500′ sessions.

Mt. Everest is 29,032. I went 30,090 as I did a bit of walking, almost certainly less than 1000, hence the decision to compensate.

No witnesses. Fitbit counted each session’s elevation gain.

7/4 Spenser 1790
7/6 Skinner 1030
7/15 Skinner 1330
7/18 Spenser 1410
7/20 Skinner 1480
7/24 Spenser 1570
7/29 Skinner 1520
7/31 Skinner 2140
8/3 Skinner 2000
8/7 Skinner 2110
8/10 Skinner 2040
8/12 Skinner 2050
8/15 Skinner 2260
8/24 Skinner 1600
8/26 Spencer 1420
Skinner 850
8/28 Skinner 2050
8/30 Skinner 1540

Total: 30,090

Credo: When in doubt, run uphill

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