Skier sets world record for climbing up and skiing down

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Created on Tuesday, 04 January 2011 16:26
Written by R. Scott Rappold

Greg Hill, skiing at Rogers Pass near Revelstoke, British Columbia, is "a little vertically obsessed." (Photos by Tommy Chandler, Backcountry.com )

And you thought you were obsessive about skiing.

The Denver Post reports on the story of ski mountaineer Greg Hill, who on New Year's Eve set the world record for climbing up and skiing down mountains, with 2 million vertical feet.

That's 378 miles up and down through the snow.

From the Post:

"I'm a little vertically obsessed," admitted Hill, who claims to enjoy suffering. "Nobody has ever attempted anything like this for the full year. But the number just made sense. It's the perfect number to test me for the whole year while remaining somewhat realistic. And it came right down to the wire."

Read more: Going vertical: Greg Hill sets world record for climbing, skiing down - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_17003187#ixzz1A5KUJ0Zh Read The Denver Post's Terms of Use of its content: http://www.denverpost.com/termsofuse


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