I know that ascent figures need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but if this is anywhere close to true, then, well, fuck, that is an astonishing figure:
Day 3
22:00 - 21:55 Aug 1st
Track / Route: 294.5 / 359.3 km
Climbing: 15164.0 m
Moving: 24.0 hours, 15.0 km/h
(Allegaert's numbers taken from
www.frrt.org)
I've climbed like 6500-7000m in a day in the big mountains. OK, not a full day's work like Kristof, but if I were racing, I could still not imagine that getting much beyond 10000m in a day and that would truly hurt. That is mind-blowing.