Mike, I have not done the Mt. Washington climb, but my friend, Robb, did it the same summer he finished the "Bike Across America" tour from San Francisco to Portsmouth, NH in 52 days - He was 60 years old that summer. He figured that after the BAA he was in about the best shape of his life so, why not? Made a few calls, told them about the BAA ride and got a spot for Mt. Washington in August.
So he gets lined up in one of the waves they let go and as he's watching the wave just before him he spots some guy on a Unicycle, just balancing in place. The cannon goes off and that wave takes off, Unicyclist and all. Robb thought, "Well, I'll have to look out for him on the way up and give him plenty of room when I pass."
In reality, Robb never saw him again until he got to the top and spotted the guy Unicycling across the parking lot, heading to the bus back down. Robb was shocked. He goes over to the guy and congratulates him on the climb and then asked what his time was. Turned out the Unicyclist guy did the climb 2 minutes quicker than Robb did.