"This was how I started the first morning of Kilian Jornet's latest personal endurance project, States of Elevation. In it, Jornet would summit the highest 73 mountains in the contiguous US every peak above 14,000ft all under human power, cycling between and running up each one. I was along to document the literal and figurative highs and lows, as Jornet attempted, in layman's terms, to run a marathon and ride a Tour de France stage every day for a month."
"Widely regarded as the greatest mountain athlete of all time, Jornet grew up in Refugi Cap de Rec, a mountain hut in the Pyrenees of north-eastern Spain. With a father who worked as a mountain guide and a mother as a schoolteacher, Jornet summited his first peak before the age of five. At 20, he was the youngest ever to win the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), considered the World Series of ultrarunning."
The project began on Longs Peak's exposed Cables Route, where climbers face class 5 rock and verglas. Jornet aimed to summit the 73 highest peaks in the contiguous United States—every peak above 14,000 feet—using only human power, cycling between mountains and running up each ascent. The effort equated to running a marathon and riding a Tour de France stage every day for roughly a month. Jornet grew up in a mountain hut in the Pyrenees, summited his first peak before age five, won UTMB at 20, set multiple high-altitude speed records, and earned elite titles in ultrarunning and ski-mountaineering.
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