{"id":1320200,"date":"2020-05-26T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=478459"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T22:04:52","slug":"vail-area-locals-josiah-middaugh-mike-brumbaugh-climb-29000-feet-in-everesting-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/vail-area-locals-josiah-middaugh-mike-brumbaugh-climb-29000-feet-in-everesting-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail area locals Josiah Middaugh, Mike Brumbaugh climb 29,000 feet in Everesting challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Josiah Middaugh said he was happy to have help from locals who rode with him for part of his more than 100 mile effort on Saturday.<\/strong>
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Raising money for locals suffering financially from the COVID-19 pandemic, Josiah Middaugh and Mike Brumbaugh suffered through 29,029 feet of climbing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The local road bikers were also self initiating into the biker gang known as the Everesting Hall of Fame<\/a>, and can now wear the Everesting colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brumbaugh said he had been thinking about Everesting for a while, and when he heard that Middaugh was also going to make an attempt at the Everesting challenge of climbing 29,029 feet in a single session, he saw the solidarity in attempting his initiation with Middaugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called him and said do you mind if I steal your thunder and do it with you, and we can do it for a fundraiser,\u201d Brumbaugh said.<\/p>\n

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