Kilian Jornet a revelation

 

Kilian Jornet has been a revelation, pushing boundary after boundary and establishing himself as not only possibly the greatest trail runner of all time but also as one of the worlds great explorers and history makers.

Trail running is a relatively new form of running it blends long distance cross country running with harsh demanding landscapes, technical skill is a major part of the sport and reactions are vital as the trail is continually changing, from high mountainous trails to wet marshy lowlands, the sport has become more and more firmly established and through all this Jornet is the first super-star to emerge from it.

Born in Sabadell Catalonia Spain in 1987 (27), Jornet was destined to become a great athlete and mountaineer and so it proved, by the age of 5 when most can barely walk confidently Jornet had already reached the summit of the tallest peak in the Pyrenees mountain range.

His passion for the mountains is what drives him according to his bestselling book, run or die, he loves running and testing himself in harsh area’s.

Jornet has won the prestigious Skyrunner world series 3 times in 2007 2008 and 2009 and in doing so became the youngest athlete to do so as well as the first to win it 3 years successively.

His ability  and drive are incredible and have made him the huge success he has become, another aspect to Jornet as an athlete is his record speed attempts on the most dangerous and tallest mountains in the world, these records have grabbed the attentions and imaginations of the world and have worked to turn the already famous Jornet into a star and a super-star in his own right.

The project Killian is working on is titled summits of my life and has to date taken in peaks such as th Matterhorn, Denali, Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro and will be rounded off with a mammoth speed attempt on Mt Everest.

He has broken the records on each of the mountains he has ascended so far and is putting himself in prime position to storm up and down Everest.

He has taken records from many top athletes shedding 20 minutes off an already impressive record set on the Matterhorn by Bruno Brunod and the same on Kilimanjaro. A movie will be released based on Jornets exploits in attempting all these summit records and will hopefully be released within the next year or 2.

Kilian was named adventurer of the year 2014 by the National Geographic an extremely prestigious award given to those who have pushed the barriers in the great outdoors and who have achieved great feats.

One thing is for sure Kilian Jornet will continue to make and break records for many years to come