5. Do You Really Want the Red Bull X-Alps? — A Plan for a 70-Hour Pilot

Only the last couple of rungs on Greg's ladder are aimed squarely at the X-Alps; the rest works as a plan for building any XC career. Put your logbook next to it, mark the rungs you've done and the ones still empty, and you have next season's plan. Read the British and Alpine race names as your own national XContest league and local events.