two miles and 3000 ft of gain in under 30 minutes ???

[Grundy53]

Thanks!

 

[Ross]

I would love to see him heave his cookies....... to even try and come close to that impossibility

 

[Hornetoad326]

http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=257390&highlight=Badass+wolverine
Only some can do it.

 

[Buster]

Amazing what we figure is extreme, but the critters we chase would deem as a morning stroll. Watched a bull elk drop roughly 1700 feet on a 40+ degree slope in a few minutes, roust a cow out of her bed, and then take her back up to the top in about 20 minutes. I've done that damn hill in about an hour and a half, and it almost ruined me.

 

[chessie]

That is ridiculous with that wolverine.

As far as the op I don't even think it is possible except for maybe the extreme elite. One thing I have always noticed is that elevation gains, probably not unlike distances, are very commonly exaggerated.

 

[DaveC]

Had a guy tell me this on another forum , I just find it hard to believe .

He said he could do this off trail in hunting country, I must really be slow.

The best skyrunners in the world struggle to come close to doing the vertical kilo (~3200 vertical feet) in 30 minutes. This during a short race for which they've specifically trained, on a trail, with no pack of any kind.

So this gent is either a world class athlete in hiding, or full of it.

Top skimo racers and trail runners hit around 5000 vert an hour during 2-5 hour events. Being able to sustain half that pace with a pack under multi-day field conditions is beyond 95% of the "fit" people out there.

Some folks need to invest in a good altimeter watch and some honesty.

 

[Trr15]

A few years ago one of my packs did about a 3000 ft descent in less than 30 seconds. Thankfully I wasn't wearing it at the time...

 

[69ChrisCraft]

I've done 3,060' in just over 30 minutes. Started at mammoth mountain lodge(8,000') and ran to the summit of mammoth mountain at 11,060'.......
However, I was a 4:16 miler at the time and ran a 5 k in 15:03. I was in incredibly good shape and was flying up that mountain. There's no way on earth it could be done under any load with any elevation.

 

[Sunspot]

Yeah but can he do it barefoot?

 

[dangerousD]

A few years ago one of my packs did about a 3000 ft descent in less than 30 seconds. Thankfully I wasn't wearing it at the time...

That's a topic for a different, recent thread...