7 Hours of the Banana

[goldenboy]

I thought I should spread the word about this event for anyone who is interested. It is, afterall, a fundraiser.

The banana is the steep chute right under the peak at Crested Butte, as seen here (green line):


Whether as a team or flying solo, the goal is to make as many laps as possible from bell to bell (9 to 4), hence the 7 hours of the banana. I think it's about 2500' of vert and it'll hurt. A lot.

Should be a lot of fun for you enduro types, plus lots of parties and prizes and stuff. The date is Feb 27 and it's a fundraiser for the adaptive sports center and the Cb ski club.

More into HERE

[Skipig25]

I made a movie with iceman's mom with the same name




but really, this sounds sick and it's for a good cause

[ill-advised strategy]

I skied that naked in 1996.

edit: ...thus skillfully crafting my one and only naked run: banana to no-fat-chicks traverse.

[guest]

Le mans start in ski boots? That's going to be hilarious. Can't wait

[adam]

I am definitely in.

[DEVO]

Lame! I thought this was a thread about you spending 7 hours at the Golden Banana...

[RiderX]

Last time I skied that run it was solid moguls top to bottom. That sounds like a recipe for pain.

[Huckwheat]

Goldenboy.....that shit is all you........I totally believe you can win that.

You imply you are NOT one of those "enduro" types......I am not buying it. You ski every fricking day, and although you only bike to kill time until snow flys, you also did a 24 hour solo just because.

My money is on GB.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

^^^^ GB won't be participating since we'll be in Canada (yay!). I wish GB was skiing everyday, but he's most definitely not. I have nearly twice as many ski days than he does! (That's why I'm making him go to Canada- gotta drag him away from all that stinkin' drywall work!)

[guest]

^^^Dammit, thought you were going to be rallying for this one.

Whatever, I'm stoked anyway.

[goldenboy]

Goldenboy.....that shit is all you........I totally believe you can win that.

You imply you are NOT one of those "enduro" types......I am not buying it. You ski every fricking day, and although you only bike to kill time until snow flys, you also did a 24 hour solo just because.

My money is on GB.

Yeah, like mbsc said, we'll be in Canada, so I'll be off the hook this year. I think you should come out and take my place, you'd do well yourself.

[Frank]

congrads to all on this one
wendy and johnny are not human!next year i hope to see of you on this.

[goldenboy]

^^^ No doubt. 31 laps and almost 65,000'. I thought the winner would be more in the low-mid 20's for laps

[squirrelmurphy]

Not saying it isn't amazing that they got 31 laps, but they did run the lift on super extra fast speed that day. Something like a 7 minute chair ride I think?

One day I did 6 laps on the Banana. Then I was tired, so I had a beer. /Blog

[Big Snowballs]

7 Hours of the Banana.
Isn't that the name of a Porno ?

[flatNshallow]

Lame! I thought this was a thread about you spending 7 hours at the Golden Banana...

I prefer not to say what I thought this thread was gonna be about... or, given that, why I read it.

[Big Snowballs]

Are these guys going to be there ?

[carvedog]

^^^ No doubt. 31 laps and almost 65,000'. I thought the winner would be more in the low-mid 20's for laps

What the Fuck?????????

Are you kidding me? 31 laps?????

That is insane. Even with a fast ride up, that is a crazy amount of abuse for one person to dish on themself.

Is there a more in depth writeup somewhere. I want DNA tests, these guys have to be alienators.

[goldenboy]

Full results here: http://www.adaptivesports.org/page.cfm?pageid=15484