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Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:53 pm**

Certainly very impressive :shock:

Will Gadd from Canada completed an astonishing 194 laps of the 40-meter Pick O’ the Vic (WI4) during his “Endless Ascent.” In this 24-hour ultra-marathon of ice climbing, a fund-raiser for the dZi Foundation, Gadd climbed about 25,500 feet of near-vertical ice — surely a Guinness-worthy record.

Here's is photo of Pick O' the Vic (not of Will Gadd)

Reference: http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes ... 5000_feet/

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:43 pm**

What an animal! I assume he top roped the entire time? If he leaded the entire time, I'm just gonna quit climbing, take up ping pong and buy Will Gadd superhero underwear.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:29 pm**

divnamite wrote:What an animal! I assume he top roped the entire time? If he leaded the entire time, I'm just gonna quit climbing, take up ping pong and buy Will Gadd superhero underwear.

I believe he TR'ed it with a different belayer every hour. He also took a break every hour to drink/eat/piss etc.

Still... :shock:

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:24 am**

Amazing. When I'm there I consider it a good day if I get 1,000 feet of climbing in!

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:10 am**

I read it was a 150ft route and was over 29,000ft! Dood is the man!

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Guinness worthy record?

Guinness worthy record?