In reply to ChrisJD:
> With that time laid down, it's now more of a cycling challenge than a climbing challenge.
> i.e. if you can't ride a bike fast for 35 km (and have a 'fast' road bike to help matters), then you won't have a hope in beating that time, no matter how good/fast a climber you are.
> (if beating the time is your thing, rather than doing the challenge)
Ever since people started doing this link up that was my interpretation anyway - the climbing is merely an aside, given that for a decent time you basically have to solo everything, which means you are good enough to solo everything, and none of these routes will take you more than 5 mins.