Kilian Jornet summits Mt Everest twice in 7 days

They need to have two classes of FKT's: One for shameless self-promoters who talk a big game, and one for people who back their climbs with GPS data.

Actually summitting Everest is not hard, even twice or thrice without oxygen in a week for that matter. Summitting K2 twice is a different story, though.

Maybe he can try it and find his limit the same way Steck did.

I think you meant highest point in "contiguous" US. Alaska has the 10 highest peaks in the US.

Any Ultrarunners? wrote:

Someone really should run from Death Valley to the top of Everest for a gain of 29,311. I wonder if that's been done yet.

Looks like there is a spot in China called the "Turpan Depression" that is 505 feet below sea level. That'd be relatively close to Everest and would make for a higher change in elevation than Death Valley would.

Nepal has a region to the south east of Everest that is at sea level. The race should be from there, 200 miles to the summit and back. All in Nepal.

Well, 194 feet, if all in Nepal. Would be quite a trip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Nepal

Honor System wrote:

They need to have two classes of FKT's: One for shameless self-promoters who talk a big game, and one for people who back their climbs with GPS data.

GPS "data" does exactly nothing to verify anything. A GPS file is literally a plain text file that has a large list of latitude/longitude points with a time written next to them. You can edit it in Notepad and make it say anything you want. There are also a million sites online where you can generate a fake GPS file. This is an example of a GPS file:

‹trkpt lat="35.650771667" lon="-83.439858333"›

‹time›2014-05-13T18:35:59Z‹/time›

‹fix›none‹/fix›

‹sat›0‹/sat›

‹/trkpt›

‹trkpt lat="35.650758333" lon="-83.439863333"›

‹time›2014-05-13T18:36:01Z‹/time›

‹fix›none‹/fix›

‹sat›0‹/sat›

‹/trkpt›

No, you want to start at the Dead Sea. The lowest land point on earth. 1,421 ft below sea level. That would give you a scenic tour of places like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. If the Everest doesn't get you (about 8% of climbers die on Everest), the war zones might. If you want to make it really interesting, you could do it from the West Ridge (50% chance of death) or go through Aleppo on the way. Sounds perfect for the ultra runners and rock jocks on this site.

Honor System wrote:

They need to have two classes of FKT's: One for shameless self-promoters who talk a big game, and one for people who back their climbs with GPS data.

"Climbing" Everest is about the least impressive thing in mountaineering these days. To date, a blind person, climbers with no legs, mom's of all ages, 80 year olds, 14 year olds, and about a thousand over weight CEOs have accomplished it. BTW, western guides and Nepalese sherpas summit continually through the climbing season so ascending the stairs from camp 3 twice in a week is just called Monday & Saturday to them.

Of the thousands that have climbed Everest, probably 97% of them could never climb K2 or Gasherbraun II, including Sherpas and guides!

Climbing Everest = running a 4 hour marathon.

WhoopDeeFrickinDooo!

Well...whoop-dee-Doo !!! wrote:

"Climbing" Everest is about the least impressive thing in mountaineering these days. To date, a blind person, climbers with no legs, mom's of all ages, 80 year olds, 14 year olds, and about a thousand over weight CEOs have accomplished it. BTW, western guides and Nepalese sherpas summit continually through the climbing season so ascending the stairs from camp 3 twice in a week is just called Monday & Saturday to them.

Of the thousands that have climbed Everest, probably 97% of them could never climb K2 or Gasherbraun II, including Sherpas and guides!

Climbing Everest = running a 4 hour marathon.

WhoopDeeFrickinDooo!

While I agree with the sentiment, there are two differences from a really slow marathon: (1) it costs a lot of money and time (and time is money); and (2) there is a far greater personal safety risk. No matter how careful you are there are inherent risks where due to random chance or slight mistakes you can die trying to climb Everest (avalanche, pulmonary edema, etc.). A lot of very skilled climbers have died on Everest.

To me climbing Everest is mostly now simply a business, like a really expensive and exclusive zip lining tour, and otherwise used as an opportunity for associated self-promotion, by businesses or individuals.

Maybe he left his car keys or cell phone at the top and had to go back up.

Did you even go to his blog? He is being very open as to what his goal was, and what he actually did. The goal was Rongbuk (5100m) – Summit (8848m) – Rongbuk (5100m), he openly said that he couldn’t finish and actually did Rongbuk (5100m) – Summit (8848) – Advanced Base Camp (6400m). Then he hung out at ABC for a while and then did ABC (6400) – Summit (8848) – ABC (6400m). His times are all there as well. How the heck would I know about this from halfway around the world if he wasn’t being open?

I can't presume to know his thoughts, but I'm guessing that he still had a valid permit, started feeling better, so he went up for a second time. After all the guy loves mountains and mountaineering, why not?

I know that you cynics are looking for photos, GPS, Go-pro streams, etc. but I’m guessing he’s still coming down from the mountain. He did have a cameraman with him most of the way, not a production crew, one guy. I’m sure his sponsor wants to put all the glossy spin on the videos and there is probably some technician figuring out the right music to set it to right now. He’ll probably also need a little time to process his thoughts on the whole thing.

Be patient and chill.

Yes, I did. He failed, yet, oddly, it's still being promoted heavily as a success. Why is that do you think that is? Do you think maybe the reason Kilian is paid to do this (did he buy all his gear and pay for any of what he is doing?) and why Solomon is involved is not about loving mountains? What exactly does climbing the garbage dump of bodies and refuse that is Everest have to do with loving mountains? This is all about money, and you are an idiot if you think otherwise.

who cares. show me the guy who took the longest to do it, then I'll be impressed.

Downhill runner wrote:

A few yrs ago, a guy rode his bike from Scandinavia to Everest & climbed it & then rode home.

Göran Kropp. Pretty amazing man.

(in Swedish, but still)

How about you tell us all about the great (and unselfish) accomplishments in your life?

Bright Bart wrote:

How about you tell us all about the great (and unselfish) accomplishments in your life?

I gave $20 to a homeless man. That's was orders of magnitude better than what that narcissistic Jornet did.

Bright Bart wrote:

hi fan boi wrote:

Yes, I did. He failed, yet, oddly, it's still being promoted heavily as a success. Why is that do you think that is? Do you think maybe the reason Kilian is paid to do this (did he buy all his gear and pay for any of what he is doing?) and why Solomon is involved is not about loving mountains? What exactly does climbing the garbage dump of bodies and refuse that is Everest have to do with loving mountains? This is all about money, and you are an idiot if you think otherwise.

How about you tell us all about the great (and unselfish) accomplishments in your life?

Do you really think your question is actually relevant? Stupidity abounds, thanks for adding to it, fool.