Kilian Jornet Sets Everest Fastest Known Time

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schumi248 wrote:Is that time round trip or one way??
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Looks like a couple corrections are needed. He started from the north side base camp not the monestary as his original plan was. No hillary step on the north side. That is his ascent time, not RT.
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Tory Wells wrote:
schumi248 wrote:Is that time round trip or one way??
I'm sure it is one way since in his blog it talks about kilian resting in advanced camp due to feeling sick.
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Kammerlander was also carrying skis (at least to 300m below the summit).
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Jim Davies wrote:Kammerlander was also carrying skis (at least to 300m below the summit).
But did he climb 500m with diarrhea?
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i have a couple friends (one guide and one "client") who summitted everest on sunday, rested at camp 4, then summitted lhotse. all in a roughly 30hr window. this is a similarly impressive feat in my mind. spending that much time in the death zone... jeez
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gonefishing05 wrote:i have a couple friends (one guide and one "client") who summitted everest on sunday, rested at camp 4, then summitted lhotse. all in a roughly 30hr window. this is a similarly impressive feat in my mind. spending that much time in the death zone... jeez
Similarly impressive feat = without O2?
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jkillgore wrote:
gonefishing05 wrote:i have a couple friends (one guide and one "client") who summitted everest on sunday, rested at camp 4, then summitted lhotse. all in a roughly 30hr window. this is a similarly impressive feat in my mind. spending that much time in the death zone... jeez
Similarly impressive feat = without O2?
no, they used supplemental o2. still leaving me beyond impressed, personally.
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jkillgore wrote:
gonefishing05 wrote:i have a couple friends (one guide and one "client") who summitted everest on sunday, rested at camp 4, then summitted lhotse. all in a roughly 30hr window. this is a similarly impressive feat in my mind. spending that much time in the death zone... jeez
Similarly impressive feat = without O2?
Extremely impressive feat = with O3...and surviving. :mrgreen:
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CreekRunner wrote:
jkillgore wrote:
gonefishing05 wrote:i have a couple friends (one guide and one "client") who summitted everest on sunday, rested at camp 4, then summitted lhotse. all in a roughly 30hr window. this is a similarly impressive feat in my mind. spending that much time in the death zone... jeez
Similarly impressive feat = without O2?
Extremely impressive feat = with O3...and surviving. :mrgreen:
O3 is kinda your buddy at extreme elevations, unless you are a fan of your DNA being damaged by UVBs. Just sayin.
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Seems like he summited Everest again. From his blog-
Kilian Jornet summited Mount Everest twice in a week without using supplemental oxygen. For this ascent, Kilian Jornet left on May 27th from Advanced Base Camp (6.500m) and it took him 17 hours to the summit in a very windy day. From there, he returned to the Advanced Base Camp where he is resting with Seb Montaz. More info soon. #OurEverest
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Inconceivable!

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