Scott Marshall achieved the impossible in the ACT's charity hill climb challenge on Sunday.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The 49-year-old climbed to a staggering 3000 metres - higher than the highest peak reached in the Tour de France (2800m) - and reached breakneck speeds of about 200km/h on his way back down.
But there's a slight catch to the seemingly superhuman feats performed by this father and enthusiastic cyclist from Calwell.
It took a mid-race detour during the Rotary Rides five peaks challenge - a charity race up the ACT's toughest climbs - to the airport, onto an aeroplane and skydiving 3000 metres to the Royal Australian Mint.
The skydive was originally scheduled for Saturday but strong winds forced Mr Marshall to delay by a day, which clashed with his plans to ride in the shorter 70km option in the charity cycle.
Rather than choosing one over the other, Mr Marshall simply combined the two.
''Unfortunately they don't have a stamp on the page for the peak that I went to,'' he said.
About 400 riders participated in the race, most of them in the shorter course, others in a 107km centenary seven challenge. The event raised money for two charities, Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT, that specialises in creating equipment for the ageing and those with a disability, and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children, which provides vital surgery for children in the Asia-Pacific region.
On Sunday, ROMAC gave a bicycle to a boy from Timor-Leste who had been operated on at Calvary Hospital for a displaced fracture of the femur.
The race finished at the Mt Stromlo observatory in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Canberra bushfires and 100 years of astronomy at the site.
Rotary Club of Woden director Jeff Ibbotson said the last riders finished just before 4pm.
He said the race was completed without incident or injury and the event had been appreciated by participants.
''It's been excellent. We've been blessed with the weather; the wind just kept down,'' Mr Ibbotson said.
''We've had lots of compliments, particularly from people out of town who have come to Canberra,'' he said.
Organisers were still tallying up the amount of money raised but were expecting roughly $10,000, similar to last year's result.
