Thursday, February 20, 2014

Trail Therapy: The Votes are In!!!

 Picture of Kilian Jornet climbing the Grands Montets
National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year voting results are in and the winner is: Kilian Jornet!
Jornet is leading the field of sky running.  And for those of you who don't know what that is, it's a combination of trail running and mountaineering.  As NatGeo puts it, "He is... blurring the lines between trail running and technical climbing at record-shattering speeds."  Climbs that take professionals whole days to complete, takes Jornet mere hours.  His records have inspired a new genre of mountaineering, trail running, and racing in general. He broke the Matterhorn record in 2013 climbing and descending the 14,692 foot peak in 2 hours and 52 minutes!

Check out his acceptance video!  He's so genuine!




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