Vanessa's UDS Everest Fundraiser

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Are you an uphill or a downhill person? I like riding both ways! I derive great pleasure in bearing down and making my way up a big climb, and the satisfaction at the top, that climax at the apex.

This weekend I will be travelling by train to Wales where I will be riding the bike I have (let’s combat bikeism!) - a hardtail MTB that I have swapped my bikepacking/ bog-bashing/gravel-riding knobby tyres for some slicks, locking out my suspension fork, and delighting in my MTB gear ratio to climb as many laps of Stwlan Dam road to fundraise for the Ultra Distance Scholarship through their Everesting event!

Please join me in supporting the Ultra Distance Scholarship; a Non-Profit working to make ultra distance cycling more inclusive by providing opportunities and support to people of colour in the sport. #representationmatters and 4 years on, the UDS has supported some incredible riders, some of which I am privileged to call friends. (https://www.ultradistancescholarship.com/about)

I will be bringing the hill climbing ethos my parents instilled in me of “I think I can, I think I can'' from the children’s book ‘The Little Engine That Could.’ As a Canadian Rocky Mountains Foothills kid, I have been reckoned with hills my whole life, always living in childhood and adulthood at the top of hills.

Alongside other riders at Stwlan Dam this weekend I will be climbing as many of the 8849m through wind and rain Friday through Sunday night as part of a paired effort. To complete a full Everest will involve 33 laps of Stwlan Dam road with each climb being 2.8kms long, with the average road gradient of 9.7%, and the max teasing at 16.8%, across 8 hairpin turns on a traffic free road. Riders completing the full 33 laps will have ridden 184.8kms and have ridden between 20-48 hrs.

Très bonkers?! Yes, a bit wild but well worth it!

As part of my effort, I am going to share stories on my IG (@veeursch) around hill climbing, my experience getting to and from this and other ultra cycling events

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Ultra Distance Scholarship

The Ultra Distance Scholarship is dedicated to diversifying the start lines of ultra-distance cycling races by providing scholarships, mentorship, and resources to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, enabling them to participate and excel in these challenging events. We work to: 1) promote diversity and inclusion in ultra-distance cycling races. 2) provide financial and logistical support to individuals who would otherwise face barriers to entry. 3) to offer mentorship and training opportunities to scholarship recipients. 4) to collaborate with cycling race organisers to create a more inclusive and equitable racing environment.

38%

£378.00 raised of £1,000.00 target by 20 supporters

£378.00 donated . £68.00 raised offline

When

From the 15th March 2024 until the 31st March 2024

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