Kilian Jornet Explains Why He Scaled Everest Twice in a Week

Champion ultrarunner Kilian Jornet opens up on his new motivations and what’s left to discover.

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[fimbles]

Imagine being roped in to a chain of 6 people in full winter gear and breathing apparatus, slowly and safely trudging up the cold sides of mount everest feeling a great sense of self acomplishment for the hardships you have faced so far.... Then this guy runs past you in short shorts waves hello and zooms up the mountain :)

[anjeshjoshi]

I don't know but I laugh when he says I had a week before flying back home and that's the reason he climbed again.. 😂

[matthijsvanemous]

"why did you climb it again"
Kilian: i had spare time and was bored

[XxRulkexX]

This guy would have been a messenger back in ancient times

[wilsonstrong]

Amazing.Still cant understand why these videos have the lamest music though.Like wtf this is some of the most badass feats human history why does it feel like a cooking how to video.

[TexasCountryLiving]

“I think ultra runners, we are much more stupid than other athletes.”
Ultrabrain is a real disorder.

[toomuchtruth]

I have a couple days wait before my flight, I THINK I'LL JUST GO CLIMB EVEREST TO PASS THE TIME.

[christopheur]

there is people dying in trying to climb that mountain, and there is people once they have reach the top, just do it again...

[julesmo]

So basically Kilian just said climbing Everest is like completing a 100 mile ultra marathon. Good to know!

[thomaschen]

Wait, 26 hours and then 17 HOURS without oxygen tanks 😱 he better be cast in the next movie to defeat Thanos

[andrearatkovic]

Extraordinary. Simply extraordinary. This man is so centered and so in touch.

[stealthassasinday]

His cardio Vascular Level is insane... Did he leave the Sherpas behind with that pace or what.

[fpeter]

"We are much more stupid, than other athletes" One of the best and honest opening sentences I have heard in a while!

[CAIrondad]

Total beast Kilian is the And a super cool dude!!!

[Kelly_Ben]

Wait... he was bored in base camp, so he decided to give Everest another go!? Lmao that's amazing.

[Theninjaonthemountains]

Love this Guy!! more comfortable with avalanches than in a city....lol

[fredrik]

Imagine working your ass off trying to summit everest and this guy just comes running past you.

[Showmetheevidence-]

The GOAT! Such a freaking legend, and that’s even compared to a bunch of other sports.

[rydermoran]

I'm generally a skeptic but this guy looks like 100% genuine BEAST. amazing.

[ShibaSoftware]

Kilian was largely my inspiration to travel to chamonix mont blanc several years ago and sprint up some of the mountains in the valley. At this point in my life, I had been running about 10km a day in Montreal. Unlike Kilian, however, my lungs were not as adapted to the mountains as my legs were. By the time I would reach 3000 m, I would experience vertigo and oxygen deprivation, the was a scuba diver would if they ascend from low depths too quickly. What I consider to be personal feats that I may never surpass would be to him nothing more than a morning routine.