21000 feet up Everest on a motorcross bike

jrm jrm

28/07/2003 at 09:13

Have you read Metro, Monday?

"If a yak can make it up there, then a bike should be able to"

Swedish female biker Annie Seel will make loads of trekking friends...

jrm jrm

28/07/2003 at 09:15

http://www.rallyprincess.com/everest2003_en.html

Dave

28/07/2003 at 10:30

Saw it in Sunday Times motoring, she is bonkers.

Mike M

28/07/2003 at 11:12

she's gonna take a motorbike up everest???

I swear, by the end of the century there'll be a macci D's up there.

rant, rant, rant. mutter, mutter, mutter.

Jon Doran

28/07/2003 at 13:11

Nice...

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Jon Doran

28/07/2003 at 13:24

At least it's from the Tibetan side where BC is actually reached by road, though the idea of riding to advanced base camp seems a tad more serious.

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philip newing

28/07/2003 at 13:40

Bloody Great!!
I suppose she wouldn't see anything wrong in riding her motorbike along a green lane in the Dales either.
I hope she runs into Mike Harding and he subjects her to hours of his comedy routines.

peter666

28/07/2003 at 15:50

This route is described by Gary McCue in his book "Trekking in Tibet" as the highest trek in the world which can be done without any climbing experience (just lots of acclimatisation)- can't say I'd fancy meeting a motorbike up there.

pete morley 1

28/07/2003 at 17:22

I hope she runs into me.

Bob Geldart 1

28/07/2003 at 21:55

"I suppose she wouldn't see anything wrong in riding her motorbike along a green lane in the Dales either."

Probably becauase there is nothing wrong with riding on green lanes.

jrm jrm

28/07/2003 at 22:21

My main problem with motorbikes in the mountains (or loads of snowmobiles during the winter as in Sweden), is the noise. The chain-saw screaming from the high-rev two strokes can be heard from miles away, and really takes away the tranqility (spelling?) and feeling of wilderness like nothing else. I don't mind her or others having fun in their own way, as long as it's not on others expense.

Jon Doran

29/07/2003 at 10:49

Given that you can actually arrange to ride up to Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side on a mountain bike with a bog standard adventure travel company, it's not actually a particularly radical thing to do anyway.

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Dan G

30/07/2003 at 12:47

Jon, yer link to her site in the story is broken.

That's got to be one of the daftest things I've heard. But considering how cute she is I'll let her off

Peter Dowling

31/07/2003 at 13:48

Dunno about cute

Flaming muppet though.

Still, could be worse, she could be strapping a carbon fibre plank to her back and flying the Channel, or crossing the Sahara using only the power of slugs spit.

Another pointless pseudo-extreme sports merchant desecrating the earths third pole.

Right, rant over, feeling better now. Back to work I go.

John Manning

31/07/2003 at 13:55

She says: “At high altitude [bikes] lose so much power – just like people, there’s not enough oxygen for the engine to run.”

There's going to be even less oxygen up there once she and her support crew have choked up the atmosphere with exhaust fumes. Why doesn't she strap herself to the bike and ride off an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, to see how deep she can go. That WOULD be impressive.

Orange Alex Ford

02/08/2003 at 10:47

Gosh, just looked at her website.

She IS cute isn't she!

philip newing

02/08/2003 at 11:04

Jeez' we are so shallow. Maybe the next attempt should be 'two up with her tits out'! LOL

Orange Alex Ford

02/08/2003 at 11:36

Has that been done? It's a good idea...

jrm jrm

05/12/2003 at 10:08

http://www.rallyprincess.com/images/everest/Annie4_everest.jpg

http://www.rallyprincess.com/everest2003_diary_eng.html

She made it! What an adventure! What a fantastic achievement! (Not) Is there actually a sign on Mount Everest with the text "5305 m" ?

Orange Alex Ford

05/12/2003 at 10:14

Who cares about the sign?

A girly in leather on a motorbike - it doesn't get much better than that.

Oh and she's still cute!

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