Staircase Everest!!!
Mt. Everest is 29,029 feet high.
My staircase is 12 feet high.
29,029÷12= 2,419.08... Round up- 2,420
2,420 flights up my staircase to achieve the height of Mt. Everest!! Plus, a 50 mile run in between!!
(I measured the height of my staircase with my tape measure. Total height is 12 feet. The staircase is broken up into two parts and angled.)
Here's some pictures and information from the Staircase Everest!! This was my latest pandemic challenge. It took 2,420 flights up my staircase to achieve the height of Mt. Everest, 29,029 feet!!! I climbed a total of 29,029 feet!! If you factor in ascent and descent because you go down each flight of stairs, that is 58,058 feet of elevation change! WOW!!!
Details below: ⬇️⬇️
Staircase Everest!!!
29,029 feet
2,420 flights of stairs!!!
50 mile run
Time- 54 hours 12 minutes
Started- Thursday, April 16th at 7:30am
Finished- Saturday, April 18th at 1:42pm.
I finished on my roof top, my own Mt. Everest!!!! EPIC!!!!! SO PROUD!!! 🙂🙂
(I climbed the final flight and walked out to my lower roof top to stand on top of my own Mt. Everest. So cool! My staircase and second floor are a few feet higher than this roof top, obviously.)
How I did it: ⬇️⬇️
I started on Thursday at 7:30am, finished Saturday at 1:42 pm. I purposely went slowly, took some breaks, power walked the 50 miles, and I slept Thursday and Friday night, just to be sure I was well rested. Getting some sleep was a game changer. It took me 54 hours and 12 minutes to complete Staircase Everest. I am extremely proud of myself for climbing 29,029 feet!! Harry joined me on several flights of stairs, sometimes wearing a bear suit while singing and dancing. HA! I confused my old dog on several occasions, and she walked up and down with me on the staircase. Ha ha! We had a lot of fun! 😁😁
This was such a great challenge! I LOVE challenges and cool adventures. My calf muscles are sore, but I expected that. Staircases will do that to your calf muscles. Ha ha. I have always wanted to climb Mt. Everest, but I have no desire to go to the actual mountain. So, I made my own Mt. Everest. It was AWESOME. Harry made me a medal, and Kim Levinsky made it into a wooden medal again. Thank you!! :)
How I kept track of flights: ⬇️⬇️
To keep track of the flights, I used a number chart. After every 10 flights up, I would put an "X" on the chart. This counted down the number of flights I had left too. It was great.
Climbing my own Mt. Everest was so cool. It was such a unique and awesome experience. I loved it. My own Mt. Everest was about overcoming some anxiety I have too.
Inspiration: ⬇️⬇️
Thank you, Michael Ortiz, for the inspiration. (He climbed Mt. Everest on his treadmill.) Thank you to the runner in the UK for the inspiration. (He climbed Mt. Everest on his staircase.)
Believe in yourself, you can do anything. ❤❤
Here's how I ran the 50 miles inside: ⬇️⬇️
(Same as how I ran the 50 miles inside for my backyard 100 mile runs.)
It is 0.02 miles and 106 feet in perimeter in my upstairs hallway and spare bedroom.. I measured the distance around the upstairs of my house with a tape measure and watch, hallway x2 and spare bedroom. The hallway is 16 feet long and 3 feet wide. The spare bedroom is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. Two times up and down the hallway plus an extra width and one time in the spare room equals a perimeter of 106 feet. 50 laps for 1 miles, 2,500 laps for 50 miles.
(Math problems-
Perimeter, two times up and down the hallway plus an extra width and the spare bedroom- 3+3+16+16+5+5+7+7+3+3+16+16+3+3= 106 feet. 5,280 feet in a mile. 5,280÷106= 49.8. Round up to makes sure, 50 laps for a mile. 50×50= 2,500 laps for 50 miles! 😜)
For inside laps... I made a tally when I would run a lap too. I kept track in a notebook. Same as my backyard 100, Harry had 6 pieces of paper on the ground for my inside lap. Those papers had the tasks with fun things to do on them. I knew every time I passed all 6 papers it was a lap. So, I started counting them. 50 laps is 1 mile, so I would count the papers 300 times each mile. Every time I got to 300, I would stop and start over again. Sometimes I counted by 6s too, just to change it up.
I also did the 50 miles in between going up and down the staircase. 20 miles on Day #1. 30 miles on Day #2. It was a good change of pace every now and then. I power walked all 50 miles too. No fast running this time... ha ha!
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Note: I thought about live streaming more of it instead of just video clips, but I really don't like the shape of my feet. They look like duck feet. Super self-conscious about my feet.
