Dines's original goal was to ski 3 million human powered vertical feet, aiming to beat the previous record of 2,506,499 vertical feet set by Aaron Rice in 2016.[2] Dines surpassed Rice's record on September 2, 2024[3] and reached his own goal of 3 million human powered vertical feet on October 24, 2024.[4] With more time before the end of the year, Dines continued to set the bar higher, reaching 1 million meters (3,280,840 feet) on December 2 2024.[5] Dines's final total for the year was 3,590,097 feet of human powered vertical feet.[6] On February 14, 2025, Dines was congratulated for his accomplishment by the Vermont House of Representatives[7] at the Vermont State House.
