Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo In our last instalment of recommended reads for the month of November, we have a video of Kilian Jornet acclimatising in the Himalayas and also a great post by Elisabet Barnes about the 2017 Everest Trail Race with fantastic images from Ian Corless. On the more practical side, we […]
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Last updated: 25-Sep-17 By Alice Morrison The Salomon Glen Coe Skyline is a 55km combination of running and scrambling with £4000 as a first prize. This year it attracted Kilian Jornet as well as over 1500 other participants from 30+countries for the weekend of racing in Scotland. There were four races over the weekend: Salomon
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By Alice Morrison It is that time of year again when the determined and the speedy gather together in Chamonix to take part in the biggest mountain running event of the year, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) takes you round the fantastic climbs of Mont-Blanc and the surrounding peaks. It was first held
Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Alice Morrison After Kilian Jornet’s staggering two-summits-of-Everest-in-a-week triumph, details are starting to emerge of how he attacked it and what kit he used. For every runner, shoes are THE vital kit component, imagine how high the stakes are if you are running up and down the world’s biggest mountain? Kilian worked
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Last updated: 12-Mar-18 By Alice Morrison We all watched, humbled and astounded, as Kilian Jornet reached the highest point on earth, at a run with no oxygen. The greatest ultra runner on the planet had conquered the greatest mountain on the planet. What an achievement! Then, he did it again. First summit The first time
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Last updated: 31-May-17 By Alice Morrison He’s done it! Kilian Jornet has summited Everest without fixed ropes or oxygen. In an absolutely astounding feat of endurance, Kilian Jornet reached the summit of Everest at midnight of 21st to 22nd May (local time +5:45 GMT) in a single climb. He did it without the help of
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By Alice Morrison Kilian Jornet is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ultra runner on the planet. This year his calendar looks as exciting as ever. He has announced that he will be running in the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™ 2017 and that he has ambitions to complete the Bob Graham round. He
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Last updated: 03-Apr-17 By Alice Morrison The world of trail and ultra running grew out of passionate enthusiasts organising and participating in races around the world. The community was small and made up of amateurs. But all that is changing rapidly. The positive is that the sport is gaining recognition and attracting more participants, but
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Last updated: 30-Nov-18 By Elsa Trujillo This is Kilian Jornet’s third incursion into the world of film in his Summits of my Life project. Shot without a script and with little footage, this 52-minute film crudely portrays the devastating effects of the April 2015 Nepal 7.8 earthquake in the Langtang valley in the Himalayas. The
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Last updated: 26-Sep-16 By Kathryn Bullock As some of you may know and as reported by Ian Corless, Kilian Jornet is back from Everest. Kilian left on August 7th for Everest hoping to complete his next summit challenge without oxygen but the weather conditions were against him and his team. He’s published a video on
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