A gripping first-person account of Kilian Jornet’s record-breaking Alpine Summits challenge, in which he summited 82 peaks in just 19 days.
Beyond Endurance, by Kilian Jornet – the Catalan professional long-distance trail runner and ski mountaineer widely considered one of the greatest of all time – is a first-person visual and written account of an extraordinary Alpine undertaking. In August–September 2024, Jornet made international headlines by summiting 82 peaks over 4,000 metres in just 19 days, smashing the previous record by three days and traversing the Alps at a pace never before achieved.
Set against glaciers and ridgelines undergoing rapid change, Beyond Endurance also serves as a powerful act of witness to the accelerating impact of climate change in the Alpine world. The result is a striking, human work that has already been praised in El País: 'Jornet captures the ethereal, the human, and the philosophical aspects of (...) his Homeric ride between glaciers and peaks, and offers reflections that no measured figure can resolve'.
[Jornet] isn't just dominant at one discipline; he's equally comfortable at steep grades, sprint races, and ultradistance events, a kind of range that's unheard of in running.-- "Runner's World"
Jornet is not just physically extreme; he is also a deep thinker who has important lessons to impart about what our bodies and minds are capable of when we push them.-- "The New York Times"
The most outrageously talented mountain runner there has ever been.-- "The Guardian"
Contraportada
Kilian Jornet is one of the greatest long-distance trail runners and ski mountaineers of all time. He holds numerous jaw-dropping records: summiting Mount Everest twice in a week, four-time winner of the world's most hallowed and prestigious ultramarathon, UTMB(R), and four-time ski mountaineering world-cup champion. Among his most remarkable feats, described in this book in his own words alongside photography both breathtaking and revealing, is his Alpine Connections project: scaling eighty-two peaks over 13,000 feet in just nineteen days while raising awareness of the Alps' retreating glaciers. Beyond Endurance captures Jornet's passion and dedication, celebrating how he continually redefines the limits of what the human spirit and body can achieve.
Biografía del autor
Kilian Jornet is a world-class all-round mountain athlete and writer, author of Above the Clouds and Run or Die, which have sold over 100,000 copies and been translated into fifteen languages. Jornet also owns his own gear brand, Nnormal, and has established an environmental foundation.
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