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Endurance Against The Elements: Kilian Jornet's Epic Journey Across 72 Mountain Peaks

The ultrarunner and mountaineer’s States of Elevation project pushed him to his limits as he journeyed from scorching deserts to icy summits across the American West.

By Jenn Jordan • just now

The Edge Of Possible: One Man, 72 Peaks, 31 Days

When Kilian Jornet set out from Longs Peak, Colorado, on September 3, his goal wasn’t just to climb mountains, it was to connect them and connect to them.

Over the next 31 days, the Spanish mountaineer and ultrarunner summited all 72 accessible 14,000-foot peaks in the lower 48 United States, linking them by bike and foot through unbearable altitude, blistering heat, lashing snowstorms and feral winds.

His "States of Elevation" projec

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