Pol Tarrés, the Spaniard who set the world altitude record in San Juan on a Yamaha.
Find the limits, try them and take them a little further. This is the mission that has been imposed on him for life The Spanish enduro rider Pol Tarrésthat this time he has chosen Argentine soil to do his thing and leave the world speechless: aboard his own Yamaha Tender 700 stayed with him Guinness World Records for altitude for a twin-cylinder motorcycle during the 6,157.5-meter climb of the imposing Mercedario Hill in San Juan.
There were three days of adventure in March of this year, in which Tarrés, 28, had to pull off all his skill as a pilot, advancing on ground not prepared for this type of crossing. He has made it through steep and winding mountain paths, rocky surfaces that can effortlessly shatter a tire and others that are so soft that the wheels simply snap into them.
But the main problem that the Spaniard faced challenges between men and machines alike, and is the altitude itself: by decreasing the atmospheric pressure with each advancing meter. A) Yes, the lack of oxygen began to become evident halfway through the tripwhich affected his physical performance and that of the engine itself, which, not having all the elements to burn as in an apartment, reduced its power delivery capacity by up to 40 percent, which also affects fuel consumption. fuel, which goes out.
Pol Tarrés was a youth motorcycling champion.
“I burned 20,000 calories a day”, confessed the pilot, who had to push his body to the limit to reach the record. “After 5,000 meters, temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero. I was sweating and freezing at the same time. But I found incredible, indescribable views. I have never felt so small in my entire life. Out there you are nothing ”, he reflected on the immensity of the mountains that surrounded him during the journey.
Yamaha and Pol Tarrés, the record holders
Cerro Mercedario is the seventh highest mountain in Argentina. The Aconcagua (6,960) exceeds it by just over 200 meters. The feat was recorded in a documentary that the former cyclist shared with his followers through social networks.
It is an 18-minute material in which you can see firsthand his effort to reach the goal, as well as the work of the team that accompanied him, composed of mountain guides, assistants and doctors who constantly monitored his conditions. Health.
Catalan and nephew of Jordi Tarrés, seven times world time trial champion, Pol Tarrés tried to follow in his uncle’s footsteps and became a junior champion in the specialty, but in 2016 he called his retirement premature. At the age of 28, he has recently been talked about for his exploits above his Téneré 700: He is famous for his gravity defying videos. and perform previously unthinkable stunts on a 200-kilo motorcycle.
He has now raised the bar in the Cordillera de los Andes itself, and although he failed to reach the top of the hill (his rear tire broke and he could not advance), which is estimated to be around 6,720 meters, he has reached his goal of carving his name into history for having gone beyond anyone else in the world. And it’s not cheap.
The team that accompanied the Catalan on his adventure.
The Yamaha Téneré 700 is a trial bike launched in 2019, as part of an adventurous family. Among these, among the most popular was the XT 600Z Ténéré, produced since 1984 and in various versions. The name was received from the reference to the Téneré desert, through which stages of the old format of the Paris-Dakar Rally.
In this case, the motorcycle used by Tarrés is equipped with a 698 cc parallel twin of the MT-07 family, with a power of 72 horsepower (at 9,000 rpm) and a torque of 68 Nm at 6,500 rpm. In Europe it has an estimated price of 12,600 euros.
Polemics and criticisms for Pol Tarrés’ enterprise
The spread of the company has raised the alarm of the mountaineering organizations in the Cuyo area, which They raised their voices for the environmental impact that this activity could have on the Mercedario hill. This peak is located within the Provincial Park of Manantiales, which in November 2021 was declared a Protected Natural Area by the province.
Pol Tarrés was questioned by local environmentalists.
In particular, the San Juan Mountain and Climbing Guides Association issued a statement in which it repudiated what happened at the hands of Tarrés and his team and warned that vehicular traffic “significantly alters” the characteristics of the placeleaving sequel “that a human or an animal would take years to score”.
“The unusual practice of this mode in those places of eternal silence and pure air will now have the explosive noise, new gases and dust that time had hidden under the cover of debris,” added the text in which, with the support of the Andino Mercedario Club and the Andino Barreal Club have asked the municipal, provincial and national governments to initiate legal action against Tarrés and his collaborators.
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