Previous records have used the incline for ascent and descent. Makes sense from a safety standpoint when it's crowded, but probably also impacts comparison to previous records that presumably went both up and down the stairs. Can be done without, depending on your comfort level with snowpacked/icy steps. Fresh snow as of last night and again tonight will likely freeze up some areas above false summit. Wear or bring microspikes this time of year. If you haven't gone down the incline before, your legs may start shaking/trembling by the bottom. I prefer going back down the incline because it's faster and if I'm doing doubles or more, it's more expedient to do it this way. Not to mention it says to descend via Barr Trail rather than going back down the Incline. This is common.Īny other logistics advice from the experts?Īccording to the website the Incline is 'only open 6am-3pm', so much for future 24 hour record attempts I guess. You could stash extra water in the bushes at the bottom. Just refill water from the bathroom at the Barr lot, or is there another option? Make sure you turn left again when you come to the trail, as it's not obvious to everyone that is the correct direction to go down. Top of incline, turn left and follow trail to Barr. It looks like there is a connector trail between the Barr lot and the start of the Incline for laps, correct?Ĭorrect. Planning on doing a few laps to make the trip worthwhile. Not sure why he's wearing cycling gloves, but I suppose that many laps will do strange things to your gear choices. On January 11, 2020, at the age of 62, Greg Cummings retook the one year Incline ascent record by completing 1,825 ascents in the previous 365 days and reset the World Record to 3.6 million vertical feet (1,100,000 metres) climbed in one year.' Along the way, Austin set the record for most Inclinathons in one year at 26. In 2015, Roger Austin ascended the Incline 1,719 times and again reset the World Record to 3.4 million vertical feet (1,000,000 metres). Along with other ascents, Cummings reset the World Record to 2.9 million vertical feet (880,000 metres) climbed in a year. In 2014, Greg Cummings ascended the Incline 1,400 times in 330 consecutive days, before the Incline closed for repairs. In 2013, Roger Austin ascended the Incline 719 times and reset the World Record to roughly 1.45 million vertical feet (440,000 metres) hiked/climbed in one year. Cummings hiked the Incline 601 times and ascended Pikes Peak 34 times, setting the World Record for elevation climbed in one year at just under 1.4 million vertical feet (430,000 metres). In 2011, Greg Cummings (a local resident with Type-I Diabetes) became the first person to hike the Incline more than 500 times in one year. On May 16, 2015, Wade Gardner broke the speed record for the Inclinathon with a time of 10 hours, 34 mins. He gained 44,000 feet (13,000 m) of altitude in this endeavor.

In 2014, Stapanowich also completed the first ever Ultra-Inclinathon, completing 22 laps of the Incline in 24 hours, the most ever completed in a day. In 2012, Brandon Stapanowich broke the speed record for an Inclinathon at 11 hours 46 minutes. Baxter completed the effort in just over 13 hours.

In 2012, local resident Ed Baxter, 58, became the first person to complete the 'Inclinathon', 13 consecutive trips up and down the Incline in one day. The female Incline record is attributed to Allie McLaughlin of Colorado Springs (20:07). Also notable is the time of twelve-time champion of the Pikes Peak Marathon Matt Carpenter (18:31).

'The verifiable satellite-tracked record was set September 25, 2015, of (17:45) by US mountain running team member Joseph Gray. Isn't the record something stupid like 1,800x in a year?

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