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15/02/2011 6:48:12 AM
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Andy van Bergen
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In less than 3 weeks myself and three other cyclists will be taking on the toughest ride we have ever contemplated - Hells 500. In a nutshell it's more than 500km, with over 10,000 vertical metres of climbing in less than 48 hours.
This is not an official, organised event. The concept that we developed more than 18 months ago was to come up with an 'impossible' ride for a bit of training motivation. For the past year we've been training - including through the dark depths of a Melbourne Winter. As important as this challenge is to us, it has recently taken on a completely new meaning.
We're proud to be supporting Ride Hard to Breathe Easy, a fantastic cause aimed at raising awareness of Lung Cancer. We're doing this in support of Karen Munroe - a Masters National Champion track cyclist who has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer - yet has never smoked before in her life.
We've popped together a little teaser video for the ride that you can view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQzqkUwFOQ
Finally - if you are interested in tracking the ride, then feel free to have a look at the Facebook fan site 'Hells 500'
Enjoy!
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16/02/2011 1:59:27 PM
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Daniel M Smith
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Maps! I'm interested in knowing what climbs and how this will be done. Sounds fantastic, we need more cycling epic rides in Australia 
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16/02/2011 5:44:25 PM
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Andy van Bergen
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Hi Daniel,
We've just popped the maps up onto the Facebook site. You can access it here: link
Enjoy!
edited by Andy van Bergen on 16/02/2011
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17/02/2011 9:52:23 AM
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Daniel M Smith
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OMG check out the profile of them mountains! (Drools) Fantastic work, good luck and I hope you guys make a awesome video of this trek
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22/02/2011 8:48:22 PM
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Andy van Bergen
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Really well written article posted by 'The Climbing Cyclist' on the background to Hells 500.
Worth a look:
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12/03/2011 11:03:56 PM
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John Van Seters
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Ihate csi
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23/03/2011 9:23:28 PM
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John Van Seters
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26/03/2011 10:09:14 PM
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Andy van Bergen
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The ride report and plenty of great pics are up:
Hells 500 Ride Report
...not a ride we feel the need to do twice!
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John Van Seters
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