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¼ Everesting

।। श्री आशापुरी देव्यै नमः ।।

Everesting - सकाळीच हा शब्द पहिल्यांदा ऐकला.. 'काय असतं?' विचारल्यावर कळलं की Mt. Everest च्या height एवढं elevation चढणे / total elevation gain करणे, ह्याला Everesting केल्याचं म्हणतात.. त्या हिशोबाने आम्ही आज quarter Everesting केलं होतं.. AllTrails app ने मोजल्या प्रमाणे २२७१ मी. ☺

that's an excerpt from the very first second ✌️ article from the other blog "घरबसल्या trekking", describing the proceedings from the very first ☝️ SRT, back in 2020.. while nothing seemed to be incorrect with that conclusion (त्या हिशोबाने आम्ही आज.. ..), as other criteria were unveiled later, today's understanding of Everesting does not technically qualify that or any of the next 4 SRT activities for a "¼ Everesting" 🥺.. why?

to re-iterate then, this time in English, Everesting - anywhere in the world, in a single activity, climb a total of 8,848m - the equivalent height of Mt. Everest 🔝.. and to this, now the extension - the activity must involve repeats on the same hill 🔂, on the same face, without any sleep in-between, and if descends 📉 are not to be supported 🚖 🚡 🏍️, those are also expected on the same route.. there are also other conditions, but for the scope of this article, those need not be talked about.. and now, if we evaluate SRT, all matters of interest add-up to nothing but an absolute zero 😔..

Everesting in short

while all of this was conveniently forgotten / never pursued further, Parmeshwar shared a message a few months ago about Illi Gardner's sub-8 Everesting 😱 at Crowcombe.. wait, what? ⚠️.. yes, less than 8 hours, translating literally to 1100+ metres elevation gain (and loss) per hour 🫡.. believe it or not, such super crazy things are happening outside our / their comfort zones.. few days later, Rahul shared a message about a supported 🏍️ Everesting event, scheduled for Dec-2024 ⛰️, to be done by individuals / in groups.. exploring more (assisted by Mahesh), then learnt about everesting.cc 'Hall of Fame' where all the Everesting activities are listed, be it 1. full, 2. half or 3. quarter.. and, that was it 😃.. nothing more was needed then to reanimate the excitement, to replenish the lost count, that had to be sacrificed to the criteria revealed 😟.. and by the way, who would not want to be part of such a list, maintained at global level 🌏, when you know your strengths and have potential? 😇..

but is it not that, this topic of 'elevation gain' 📈 is inappropriately neglected when it comes to doing any activity?.. most of the times, almost all of the times, the focus is either on the time taken (how fast?) ⏱️ or on the distance covered (how long?) 📏.. be it any sporting event (except high jump) or challenges on Strava (except 2000m वाला), there is nothing that focuses 🔍 and counts / accounts 'elevation gain'.. and that's where, we have team of these really nice people 💚 maintaining the list of such activities, while also characterizing 'Everesting' as "Fiendishly Simple, Yet Brutally Hard".. true that 👍..

सिंहगड ६x.. an unknown attempt failed 🤦‍♂️

while it was not the first planned attempt when this could have got potentially achieved back in 2021, the goal 🎯 then was completely different.. but even if that one is to be ignored, 24-Aug was still not the first "¼ Everesting" attempt..

an organized attempt failed 💔

as the conceptualized activity was to be mandatorily realized on a single hill 🔂, it was time to evaluate the options.. सिंहगड was not the first or obvious choice for many reasons 🤨.. the most important being, the initial low grade walk of half-a-km consumes unnecessary efforts and time, contributing not that significantly to the objective 🙄.. but devoid of any other high grade options (barring पर्वती), the discussion (with self) was back to सिंहगड.. and when the final question 'how much - full / partial / in combination?' was answered - the drafted plan 📝 read - 12 lower half repeats, उसमे भी 75% being partial of that lower half (high grade)..

come 17-Aug night 🌌, it rained more than the entire week combined and heavier than the 'accuweather' forecast, which must demonstrably now be renamed to 'inaccuweather'.. never have these guys done a prefect forecast in monsoon 🌧️.. but as they say, 'something is better than nothing', we prefer referring it, exactly the same way as we prefer lotus 🪷 / भगवा over others.. back to pavilion, disappointed after the one-and-only rep of lower half, elevation gain for that night mocked hard from the height 📐of about one-tenth of the actual target.. mathematically, one-fortieth Everesting.. and again, केलेली जय्यत तयारी गाडीतच राहीली (another excerpt from ६x article)..

alternatively, पर्वती being a more सुटसुटीत option, next morning 🌄, a dry run was performed to examine all the affecting parameters.. what came out as the result was nothing 'dry' 😥 and nothing 'run'.. after 15 reps, I was 'Milkha Singh' wet 😅 for the first time ever, with no breeze 🍃 contributing to the cause.. and although, all other parameters were perfectly ok, the only other option on the list of probable candidates had to be struck off 👎.. because, during an actual "¼ Everesting" attempt, 44 reps in such conditions, even if mostly at night, would have been a disastrous complex at least to Farhan Akhtar 🤪..

first one is always special.. ¼ Everesting.. and the Hall of Fame

back in the month of June, for the palindromic status update (42:24 for #737), Bhushan had questioned, 'how is it possible?' 🤔.. can only repeat the reply here, 'nothing more than just-a-coincidence buddy'.. and as we shall soon see / read, this is only an another one.. it. just. happens. #CannotAskForMore

while article on चैत्र नवसकाळी talked about this year's target 🎯, since then / by now, the list of T24 Resolutions has grown to 4.. "¼ Everesting" being one of them, was the odd man out, in terms of not being related to the number 24 by any means 😒..

after a failed 17ᵗʰ, it was time to re-consider the draft..
1. for some reason then, 12 half reps 🔂 did not feel right and the itinerary was changed to 5 full reps, of which 3 did not include that low grade half-a-km..
2. overnight event was changed to - have some sleep 😴, get-up at 2 a.m., start from base at 3 a.m. 🕒, and try to end by 11 a.m...

24-Aug-2024

and with all of this fiasco, here we go 🤘.. a week after the failed attempt, the destined 24ᵗʰ 📅 single-handedly crossed the line 🏁.. how perfect that would have been, if the total elevation gain was 2408 😎, rather than 2421 📈?.. anyway..


done-n-dusted ✔️ 2212+ 📈

nothing much to write ✍️ about the activity though, which is also the reason behind this article featuring in this blog, instead of घरबसल्या trekking ☺️.. as expected, it was all no man's land during the first rep.. first human was spotted 🕵️‍♂️ after going 70% up during second.. it started drizzling 🌧️ during the third descend, but by then, it was more than too late to give-up.. during the fourth rep, regular / transactional people started questioning, 'if that was my second?' 😉.. during fifth descend, it was more of a downpour than just the rain, as if somebody had provoked the Jul-end version of इंद्रदेव again ☹️..

rain-lashed पायवाट

regardless of the fact that, accuweather goofed-up yet again 🙂‍↔️ and it rained against the forecast, all of this would not have been possible without 'विठ्ठलाची गाणी' playlist 🎶 on Spotify, without Coasters (CTR) hiking shoes 🥾 and last but not the least, without the seasonal hiking companion ☔..

first one is always special


Annexure

Everesting Hall of Fame details - 
Illi Gardner's sub-8 Everesting blog -
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