Kilian Jornet Explains Why He Scaled Everest Twice in a Week
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- Champion ultrarunner Kilian Jornet opens up on his new motivations and what’s left to discover.
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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 :)
Haha! Amazing comment!
“Hallo, beautiful day owt heer my brathers!” As he is making straight tracks past them
Hahaha!
Thats it. He moves faster , he gets warmer muscles. If i trudge up slowly my Legs and feet are colder
@@pierreweee7425 no shit
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.. 😂
Climbing Everest out of boredom 😂
And the gastrointestinal upset just disappeared from the conversation 😅😅
He needed to do it "again" because he didn't do it the first time. He felt guilty. He knew that the job was not done. Then even the second time he can't show any convincing proof. Very bad style. Jornet is an extraordinary athlete, a legend, but he is lousy at documenting his achievement in the case of mont everest. Really disappointing. Ruins a lot.
@@anamorph open his Strava
"why did you climb it again"
Kilian: i had spare time and was bored
to show its not that hard, its only 4km high
i could run 4km in an hour easy
@@hindugoat2302 are you dumb or sarcastic?
@@GutsEnthusiast both
@@hindugoat2302 same
This guy would have been a messenger back in ancient times
Hermes!
@@fakelove6289 Acts 14:3-20 New American Standard Bible
Therefore they spent a long time [there] speaking boldly [with reliance] upon the Lord, who was
testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.
But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to
stone them,
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding
region;
and there they continued to preach the gospel.
At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had
never walked.
This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen
that he had faith to be made well,
said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and [began] to walk.
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language,
"The gods have become like men and have come down to us."
And they [began] calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
The priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates,
and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the
crowd, crying out
and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and
preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, WHO MADE THE HEAVEN
AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.
"In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;
and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven
and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
[Even] saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and
dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away
with Barnabas to Derbe
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.
True, royalty free music at the best of times isn’t great
it's Chad music as he doesn't want to dramatise
Yea, have to agree, also way to short.
I have a couple days wait before my flight, I THINK I'LL JUST GO CLIMB EVEREST TO PASS THE TIME.
Casual
He's a ummm... Efficient time management expert .👍
So basically Kilian just said climbing Everest is like completing a 100 mile ultra marathon. Good to know!
without oxigen, and he did it twice in one week.
@@RJavier007 the fact is the he can't prove it. He is a sponsered athlete but can't provide decent data. That sucks!!!
@@anamorph What we can do is compare the record times of any 2 events.
Extraordinary. Simply extraordinary. This man is so centered and so in touch.
“I think ultra runners, we are much more stupid than other athletes.”
Ultrabrain is a real disorder.
Has he not heard of base jumping?! 🤔😆
@@rob5694 I don't think BASE jumpers are "athletes" and especially not on the level of this guy.
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Ultra runner would go with infra brain I think
Better than TH-cam brain tho.
Wait, 26 hours and then 17 HOURS without oxygen tanks 😱 he better be cast in the next movie to defeat Thanos
17h was from advanced BC not BC
and both were without additional oxygen :D
Dude could outclimb Galactus with the Beyonder running sherpa duty.
"We are much more stupid, than other athletes" One of the best and honest opening sentences I have heard in a while!
I don't think they are stupid, but I do think they are crazy
His cardio Vascular Level is insane... Did he leave the Sherpas behind with that pace or what.
StealthAssasin 1Day probably not
The sherpas have genes of superathletes, they climb slow just because they are helping unskillful people to climb, they can reach the pace of this man, there are documentaries of the sherpas abilities in TH-cam.
Nani 17 they are not super athletes they just can absorb more oxygen in high altitudes if they were at sea level they wouldn’t have an advantage and would probably perform worse
@@patatastudios766 They can't absorb more oxygen at high altitudes, they just do not need as much oxygen because they have evolved to hold the height, the mitochondria inside their cells instead of burning fat burns carbohydrates to get energy, being at sea level would not affect anything the performance of them, a scientist in the video of the link that I leave literally says that they have genes of superathlete, which is like having Lebron James or Michael Jordan helping you to climb.
th-cam.com/video/zXHgbUjPhOU/w-d-xo.html
Ps: Sorry for my english.
Both times he climbed solo, without the use of supplemental oxygen, without fixed ropes, and without reliance on supplies or support. In fact, theres only 1 sherpa who has achieved similar feat in the past. Climbing Everest without oxygen twice in the same week has been done once before, in 2007 by Pemba Dorje Sherpa, whose ascents were seven days apart.
there is people dying in trying to climb that mountain, and there is people once they have reach the top, just do it again...
There are...
@@Qwerty_789 there is...
Not "there is people." Not "and there are people."
There are people who die trying to climb that mountain, and there is one person who, after reaching the summit, just does it again.
Difference between professionals and fools
The people who die are almost always rich idiots who didn't train
Total beast mode..... Kilian is the BEST!!!!! And a super cool dude!!!
The GOAT! Such a freaking legend, and that’s even compared to a bunch of other sports.
I'm generally a skeptic but this guy looks like 100% genuine BEAST. amazing.
Kinda odd the absence of pics of him at top of Everest twice ??
@@amblincork There is a documentary about this, there is footage. Kilian is widely known as the best ultra runner/trail runner in the world and has been for more than a decade. He has won all of the biggest ultra races several times and has set fastest records on many that still stand today. He's also a mountaineer and grew up in the mountains, so this challenge was perfect for him.
@@lencekk Well that footage is not on thjs video for some very strange reason and what he has done in the past isnt relevant.
@@amblincork I hope you phrased that wrong, otherwise your logic is utterly trash.
"the thing that we can discover is ourselves" this is so awesome to hear!
Wait... he was bored in base camp, so he decided to give Everest another go!? Lmao that's amazing.
That's a lie. Maybe
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.
Since it's been quite a long time I hope you kept at it, just a different perspective to offer: you're not racing Kilian, you're racing yourself :D Keep that in mind!
Love this Guy!! more comfortable with avalanches than in a city....lol
he is an animal!! #beast
beast indeed. does anybody know when his fill climbing Everest airs?
Rudy Burgos A mountain GOAT
@@TexasCountryLiving mountain goat indeed
I think he was trying to say you could just as easily be involved in a traffic accident fatality while living the slow sheltered life
Imagine working your ass off trying to summit everest and this guy just comes running past you.
twice
Comes up and down before you go halfway
Twice
Not having an ass are would slow down one's pace significantly.
cut the music
please
VO2 Max of 92 and resting heartrate 38 🎉🎉🎉 And the sweetest kindest most humble person ever❤❤❤
Such a legend
You're amazing bro!
Isn't his voice enough without a silly soundtrack running in the background?
I'm an ultra runner myself, but what this guy does is something completely different. The vast majority of ultra runners does a combination of run/power walk, with the vast majority of steeper clims being power walking. being able to run a lot of it like Kilian does is something out of a sci-fi movie.
@runner's world, it took him 26 hours from the last village via basecamp to the summit.
Jornet is not only an ultrarunner, he is an alpinist and a great skier. He is at home in the mountains. His V02 max is probably in the 80's and he is super fit. I wonder how many days he spent in basecamp to acclimate. Speed is safety on Everest.
More like 90's
@@brianharder7714 Maybe but he also probably has a high Hematocrit.
@@MidsierramusingBlogspot 92 ml/kg to be precise. There are many reasons Kilian is special, some we can measure, some we can't. He is a once in a generation athlete.
Wins every big race... "Ehhh I was bored so I give Everest a go!"
Stewie 5.6k Twice. In 2 weeks.
Killer Jornet. Legend!
Where are the pictures of him at the top of Everest ? On both occasions ??
this day and age, you would have thought there would be something.
@@SabotPottery Yes - it is funny how there are videos of him running on the top of other mountain peaks - he can hardly have forgotten to bring a campaign twice ??
@@amblincork you can understand the scepticism surrounding his claims, as even the Sherpas haven't ratified his claims (and for me that speaks volumes).
@@SabotPottery Yes - as a trail runner myself, it is very disappointing
Tenía ganas de hacer series y como no encontró algo más alto...
This guy is an example of what humans are capable of doing when the right conditions are checked. We humans, as a species are capable of doing things we thought are impossible if we really put our all into it.
Beast with Vo2max over 90.... Psycho.
he born up 2000mt until 10 years old i think this question is important for the blood
@@omarzardini4541 idk dude i have lived at 1600m my whole life and no one i know has anything close to that.
David Goggins lol. This guy's a beast
I'm a fairly experienced mountaineer, but I was almost pissing my pants as he was running over those totally exposed ridges.
Such an inspiring man
So he summits the mountain, comes down, and summits again while others are recovering !
I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up being one of the future centenarians.
We are lucky to still have an Ueli Steck around ; awesome killing it Kilian !
Meanwhile, I get exercise induced asthma and would pass out from having to run to catch the bus :(. Always wanted to run, especially trail run.
Sme you can train out of it
What record did he exactly make on Everest? Because fastest climb record of Everest is by Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa in 10 hrs 56 mins
And that is the Kilian Experience.
Wow this guy is a beast.
Has the same built and look of Alex Honnnold .. must be the phenotype for brilliant sportsmen.
I think he forgot his phone at the peak after clicking selfie,so he went to get it back
Is the answer because he left his singlases up there the first time?
He did it because he could! AWESOME!
On the 27th of November, Killian will attempt to break the world record for the 24 hour ultra marathon, he needs to run more than 303.5 kilometers in 24 hours to break the record.
Wow
Awesome guy! 👍
I don’t think i need to race up a mountain to know my limits
Because it was still there
It makes me laugh when people call Tom Brady the greatest athlete of all time. You can't compare throwing a ball to pushing the limits of the human body like Kilian Jornet, Brandon Semenuk, or any average X-games competitors.
They are Insanely Sane👏👏👏💚💚💚😍😘😘
I managed to smoke 192,000 joints before giving up. As each spliff was on average 4" in length it would take 87105 Js end upon end to reach the height of Mt Everest.
TLDR; I easily smoked twice the height of Mount Everest. Now that's commitment.
“No, no Kilian, you’re not stupid, you’re just a freakin GOAT!”
- Sun Tzu, maybe
Kilian "I feel better between mountains than ppl." Also him later on "So after I climbed Everest like a superhero, I had to wait at base camp for a week.....And just sit there....And talk.....about nothing......With a bunch of ppl.....Soooo after 2 min I was like 'Ok bro, this is enough, I'm going back to the summit, see u guys later on!"
Thanks Kilian finally someone who understands me!!!😁
Ueli is smiling
did they know eachother ?
KJ is a beast.
The 89 people who disliked this video didn't have an extra week to climb everest a second time.
Killian Jornet you fucking rock!!!!!
Imagine struggling up Everest and this guy runs past you in his short shorts...then runs past you again on his way back down the next day.
Awesome!! Goes to show you that it's obviously not that difficult to climb!!! People make it out to be much harder than obviously it is. I love it.
I'd not say that. Killian won the Hardrock 100. I've seen tourists' lips turn blue just in Colorado at 13,000ft. This guy has some weird adaptations going on, he's a beast.
He's carrying oxygen cylinder inside his lungs 😂😂
Super human 🔥
Heart’s resting Kilian Jornet is 32 BPM
Funny because this is the human animal trait we all have that no other animal on earth can do... but few choose to do it. Keep killing it my bro!
People 50 years ago: Mount Everest is extremely dangerous, it is ill advised for anyone other than the world’s most skilled mountain climbers.
People now: Hey let’s make Mount Everest a tourist trail and see who can run up it the fastest!
killian's a lifelong alpinist first. He only runs as cross training, as crazy as that sounds.
this man is superhuman
Looks little bit like Belmondo
He did it because he can. Simples :)
great Kilian
Not human.
🤯
I couldn't find the film?
Anyone?!
But we can't really find our physical limits though, because the argument can be made that you can always go faster and harder, if you just train hard enough. The same can be said for our mental limits. If there's a limit you have to train to overcome it.
He is alien, no question.
Wow. I thought it would be a clickbait title about somebody who climed "the equivalent of 2 Everests" in a week on a stairmaster or something.
Nope! What an animal.
Has he defeated The Barclay in Tennessee?
I broke my ankle watching this video!!!
You got a competition man nimsdai just broke the speed summit records of all 14 eight thousanders.
Misleading comment. Nirmal Purja completed the 14 eight thousands in a timespan of less than 7 months, that's his record. And he completed that with assist, oxigen and all. Amazing feat, don't get me wrong, but not really relevant for what Kilian does, and by no means competition.
I assumed he left his phone up there the first time and went back to get it. But he's just bored?
Imagine telling this dude he has to isolate at home because of covid.
This guy grow up playing in the mountain & snow. He is as good as the sherpa if not better and for sure better skills in the mountain then those sherpa. I'm not surprised he can do that, as soon as he get familiar with the surrounding mountain and gain his confidence.
No man no one can beat the Sherpas in alpinism. Just lookup on the internet and you will know for sure. The Sherpas are not portrayed much in the western world. All the insane records in mountaineering are mostly by the Sherpas.
@@sujangurung3461 Good to know that. I'm thinking that because this guy is professionally trained and seen his performance. I really admire sherpa for their super athlete ability. It will be nice to see more videos of sherpa in action. I hope somebody make more coverage on sherpa athletic ability
@@1414Adety Yeah he is a beast. I have also seen his performance on youtube. I am a trekking guide in Nepal and most of my European friends tell me about this guy. But if the Sherpas are trained professionally like him they can exceed more than anyone on the planet. Even without professional training, the Sherpas are on a pro-level. For example, Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed on the Everest summit for 21 hours without supplementary oxygen and he doesn't train like Kilian.
@@sujangurung3461 you know he used to run over one pyrenee mountain every day when he was little?
@@Martss_. Yeah I have seen his videos and he is awesome. But in Nepal, we live in places higher than the Pyrenees above 5000m. We play football above 4000m. As a teenager myself, I used to take my sheeps carrying heavyweight to places above 4000m and stay there for 3 months then descend down in winter. I used to carry 100 pounds for 3/4 months and cross numerous passes above 5000m when I was a porter in the 1990s without proper clothes. My point is that the Himalayan people are more habitual to high altitudes. With proper training and facilities like the Western people, we can do much better.
Fookin monster
Awesome 😲
Surely this is more of a how than a why question?
Did he ever do the Berkeley marathon?
Tim Wasko his a mountain runner, not into road runner
@@janssenmanzano2138 You might want to actually look into what the Barkley Marathons entails. It's not road running. It's the most insanely demanding cross country race on earth.
@@janssenmanzano2138 Google.....Barkley is NOT a road or a run LOL
Ooppsie my bad. I read that as Boston Marathon :)
But i do know Berkeley Marathon :)
@@BlackHowl1 it is hard to claim it as the hardest. It is a really different one though. 5 20 mile loops isn't it? I think some of those ultras in the desert are the most insane. I personally find running in the heat the worst. I have run half marathons in higher temperatures and found them harder than a 35 mile ultra I did. The pace and heat dehydrate you quicker. You would need to ask some of the top guys who have done the course and others
King of the world
YES YES YES YES YES. YES. YES.
NEAT. VERY NEAT.
How he could survive without oxygen? And what about AMS? Is he running on gasoline in his blood? I have so many questions.
Anybody got an idea if mountaineers do strenght/cardio exercises as a preparations before climbing the highest peeks? If so, how much do they train? Because this guy did his conditioning homework right and he seems fully prepared, while others don't seem so.
Think he trains 25 to 35 hours a week year round with 30 to 60k of elevation gain per week. 6 months of skiing a year. Just realised your comment was five years ago lol
He should try the Barkley marathons.
He would probably do a couple extra laps just because he finished too quickly.
Did Kilian ever race the Barkley’s Marathons?
Sherpas climb the mountain many times a year , they also do the difficult task of laying the path for the climbers .
He s an Ultra runner , but also he is Superman
Eres increíble
Unbelievable, put the video and photo from the top of the Everest.
If I do mount everest, I am not getting outta home for an year
He dropped his phone somewhere on the route?
i don't think he has the normal ppl lung lol
He doesn't. His vo2 max is 90 something. Averga people is about 35