"Outside Online's Mount Everest correspondent, Jane Bromet, spoke with Frederic Bloomquist in Nepal. Bloomquist is a Swedish filmmaker who is documenting Goran Kropp's incredible trip by bicycle from Stockholm to Nepal. In late April he began his completely unaided climb of Mount Everest--no Sherpas, no fixed ropes, just Goran and his gear. Here's an update of the trip from Frederic Bloomquist"

Jello: This guy bicycled continuously, from Stockholm to Nepal (12,500km), then summitted mount everest, alone, without oxygen, stood up there and beheld the natural beauty of the earth for four whole minutes until his fingers turned blue from oxygen deprivation, came down to base camp, rested up, then bicycled back to Sweden. He was attacked in Iran, jacked in Bulgaria. But he made it. Tragically, he later fell off a mountain and died. But man... what a life lived. Straight pimpin...

Another new hero of mine.

I'm currently training to bicycle from Manali to Leh (475km, climbing up to 17,500 feet) in August, and its real hard to do that, so I'm memeing all these guys that make that feat look miniscule in comparison.

Goran Kropp: A Swede, his bike, 12,000 kilometers, and Everest