18.06.2014 - 12:00
Kilian Jornet smashed the ascent/descent record for Mount McKinley (or Denali) in Alasky, North America’s highest peak at 20,322 feet (6,194 meters) with a time of 11 hours, 48 minutes, five hours less than the previous record, set last year by Ed Warren. Today, the blog for his project, Summits of My Life, explains the details of the climb, including delcarations from Jornet himself. “My legs have finally stopped hurting!” he said when he got to the top.
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Kilian Jornet completes ascent-descent record on McKinley (6,194m) with a time of 11h 48′.
The conquest of the highest peak in North America, via the Rescue Gully route, means the achievement of the sixth route in the project Summits of My Life.
“It has been a great adventure. Weather conditions were bad during much of the route. Yet, I managed to break the record, so I’m very satisfied. I took a different route rather than the usual one to avoid a stretch with fixed ropes because I wanted to stick to the values underlying the project, that is, attempting the record using as little equipment as possible, and without help ” said Jornet.
Kilian Jornet completed the sixth challenge of his project Summits of My Life with the ascent and descent record on McKinley, the highest peak in North America (6,194m) with a time of 11h 48’ last week. Jornet took the Rescue Gully route and not the most frequently used West Rib route, as recounted in some press reports.
On May 26th Jornet set out for Alaska accompanied by Seb Montaz, Jordi Tosas and Vivian Bruchez. Once again, friends surrounded him to form a team that would help out with the filming and the checking of safety measures along the way.
Arriving in Anchorage, bad weather conditions forced Jornet and the rest of the team to wait a few days before flying to McKinley’s base camp located at 2,200m. From here, they ascended to the camp at 4,000m, where the group spent a few days getting used to the altitude and inspecting the area. Several trips were made to get to know the terrain, including the ascent of a 5,000m peak and another one to the summit of McKinley (Denali in the native language), located at 6.194m, via the traditional route.
