Nonsense. If you look on the everesting site, there’s a guy in S Florida who did one. It was like a 180ft climb that he did 160 times.
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https://everesting.io They have their own calculator for all this where you plug in the segment and the watts you think you can do and your weight and it spits out a time.
I’ve done two at similar fitness levels. First was a 3800 ft climb that took 1hr24min avg @ 260 watts with an avg gradient of 5%. Second was a 960ft climb that took 17:30 avg @ 305 watts with an avg gradient of 8%. I was 4 hours faster on the second one (under 16 hrs vs a little under 12), and felt significantly better 3/4 of the way through and at the end. Steeper and shorter climb makes a HUGE difference. I wonder what the cutoff is for steepness though, if there is one. Could one find something that’s sustained 15+% for 5-10 mins and do that and be faster while doing less avg watts/kg than Phil…idk.
I think the cutoff is comfortable cadence… so as long as you have gearing low enough, you can go as step as possible.
Ok also you should have a speed high enough, so you don’t tumble over onto the side like a drunk elephant 
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It’s a well known road clearly visible from the freeway, just a few minutes north of the UCLA campus.
It’s daunting just to look at. Using it as an Everesting route is insane.
With a good tuck, it’s easily a 60+ mph descent, but it ends abruptly at a T junction with what’s normally a busy road.
Yes and it used to lead up to a landfill that they built a golf course on. If the wind direction was right I’m sure they got a whiff. I’ve played golf there a lot and you can definitely smell it from time to time.
This looks awesome, thanks for sharing the link! None of the segments are working for me, but I’m looking forward to checking it out. That’s very interesting about the gradient to be honest, I would have thought that too steep could slow people down a bit much, but it seems like that’s not the case! Thanks for sharing your experience 
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It’s certainly interesting, and I think Phil hit the nail on the head in his video. More reps means rest more often. That’s is not only a huge help in relieving the muscles, but also in clearing head space. The theory crafting behind breaking this record in the future will likely go deep on all these aspects, and I love that.
Hard pass…LOL!!
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I just check… the biggest elevation gain per round in a 30 km radius from where I live is big bridge. Elevation gain of 28 m (91 feet)… that would be 316 repetitions 
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Looks like Keegan Swenson just beat Phil’s record. 7hr 42min Everest. Dude is so fast!
Absurd
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This needs more coverage!!! Way to go Keegan!!!
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This hereby establishes MTB as being the superior discipline.
All roadies must now train on the dirt until such a time that the FKT is reclaimed by a roadie.
Sorry folks, I don’t make the rules!
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The question now, of course, is whether or not @Jonathan will be able to shut up about it given that it combines his two favorite historical podcast topics: Everesting and Keegan Swenson. 
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Anyone playing the podcast drinking game next week is going to get absolutely demolished
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What does FKT mean?
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Fastest Known Time
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Thank you!
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Insane. Phil beat it by 30 mins and then Keegan beats that by an additional 10. I’ll reiterate that I really am curious how low this time can realistically get. Could we actually see an attempt as low as 7:30?
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Only because I have an open support ticket where wahoo says that 400 feet of elevation discrepancy every 10 miles is acceptable, I wonder if this will become a point of contention as this Everest competition heats up.
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