– When I know how painful it is, then I don’t want to do it again. That’s what a groggy Kevin Ramsfjell says to news. He has just recovered his body after an extreme training session. Now he is almost drunk again because of the effort he has been through. The muscles ache and the body works in high gear to deal with what he has put himself through. For Sunday morning, a training session on the roller ski mill started outside of the usual. Inside what looks like a laboratory, a trip that was supposed to last over 12 hours started. The goal? Reach the height of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, at 8,849 metres. Adrian Brekken Ramsfjell/Private Within the sports world, this is called “everesting”. It simply means climbing up the mythical mountain in the number of meters of height. No one has done this on roller skis before, until Ramsfjell started the eternal band at Lillehammer. – Every hour and every minute passes just as late. You just have to be hard on yourself, says Ramsfjell. Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen mentioned the special training session first. – The toughest thing is the mental From Ramsfjell he started at 7 o’clock in the morning on Sunday until he had “conquered” the top, it took over 12 hours. In other words, half a day on a treadmill – and all without entertainment such as a screen. When 8,849 meters were conquered and the “everesting” attempt was over, Ramsfjell looked almost untouched. But even if the sweat didn’t flow then and there, the challenge had cost. – The toughest part is the mental part because it is so monotonous and you never get a break or a break. It is heavy regardless of the form of movement, but skating and paddling make it very heavy. National team bragging rights The tough Sunday trip has left its mark on Sports Norway. Several have allowed themselves to be excited by the challenge, among them are two world-class biathletes. “Hua ditt”, wrote Vebjørn Sørum on Ramsfjell’s Instagram post, which was published after the test. Sørum is part of the national recruiting team in biathlon and is no stranger to long or hard sessions. This Sunday trip, on the other hand, he is impressed by. – First of all, this is sick. Just deciding to do something like this is sick, then completing it is just raw. We do many hard and extreme trips and push the recruit team in our own way, but this will be something completely different, says Sørum. – It’s a hell of a long session, to put it that way. He shows an incredibly impressive staying power. If he had used it for something sensible in the top sport, he would have become deadly in the final rounds, says national team biathlete Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen about Ramsfjell. WORLD CUP BRAGGING: Kevin Ramsfjell gets praise from 50 percent of this Norwegian team that won the relay in the World Cup in Östersund in 2023. From left: Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, Vebjørn Sørum and Endre Strømsheim. Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT/NTB – Want to see how far you can go Neither Sørum nor Christiansen, who are at the top of the world in biathlon, could have imagined that they could manage to complete such an effort. Ramsfjell describes the mental challenge as the biggest. The fact that you also have no variation means that you cannot describe the stunt as anything other than extreme. – You want to see how far you can take it. It’s cool to do things that haven’t been done before, says Ramsfjell. ON THE ROAD: This was the view of Kevin Ramsfjell during the 12 hours at the roller ski mill. Photo: Adrian Brekken Ramsfjell / Private He is not unknown for what can be described as extraterrestrial achievements. Among other things, he holds the Norwegian record for going across Norway on roller skis and has also jumped from Bergen to Oslo on four hours of sleep. Now there will be a few days on the sofa, before new challenges await. He already comes to news with a never-so-small hint: – I usually never do the same project again. Now I know how painful this is, then I don’t want to do it again. You can also do the challenge on a bicycle. If I do it by bike, I have in a way done all three: running, roller skiing and cycling. Published 04.11.2024, at 20.27
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