Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do i

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After 31 days and 72 summits, Mr. Jornet’s objectively absurd project was complete. He covered 629 miles on foot and biked an additional 2,568 miles, which outdistanced this year’s Tour de France by more than 400 miles. And he did all that while amassing 403,691 feet of elevation gain.




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I was following this effort; it was absolutely nuts some of the routes he was doing in pretty sketchy conditions. There are some videos on his social media that make my palms sweat.