The Haute Route is known as the toughest amateur cycling event in the world. It includes:

- 3 cols (mountains / mountain passes) a day
- an average 10,000 ft of ascent each day
- equal to a third the height of Everest each day 

I have previously twice cycled the etape, the public stage of the Tour de France. But that is just one day. I have never come close to 7 days of this level of endurance. 

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