The life of a mountain runner who succeeded in climbing Everest alone twice in five days is too stoic

Known as a trail running and mountain skier, Kirian Jornet challenges a personal project called 'Summits of my life' that aims to set the fastest climb record in the world's highest peaks such as Everest, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. doing. In 2017, the Guardian, a major British newspaper, featured Jorne, who set an unprecedented record of ' climbing Everest twice in five days without oxygen and fixed ropes '. ..

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In the following movie released by GoPro, you can see Mr. Jorne lightly running through the rock surface thousands of meters above sea level without a lifeline or equipment.

GoPro: Kilian Jornet --Running Ridges --YouTube


Jorne was born and raised in a mountain shelter in the Pyrenees, Spain. Jorne's father is a mountain guide, and he grew up surrounded by nature from an early age.

'I remember when we were kids. I was still clinging to my mother's feet. After dinner, after dinner, wearing pajamas and brushing my teeth, my mother pulled our hands out. As we entered the dark forest, there was no light and we didn't know where to go. We walked off the road on moss and fallen branches, and the light from our house. When she disappeared, my mother let go of us and said,'Listen to the sound of the forest,' and taught us the way back to the mountain shelter alone, 'recalls Jorne. I will.

Mr. Jorne was educated as a mountaineer from an early age, such as a poster of a famous mountain, not an athlete or a singer, on the wall of the bedroom, and going out for mountaineering with his family on weekends and holidays. By the time Jorne was four years old, he was able to continue walking 14km without a break.

When he was a junior high school student, Mr. Jorne did not play with his friends after school, but instead devoted himself to mountaineering and cycling. Regarding Mr. Jorne, Mr. Jorne's mother once said, 'That child is not normal.' Jorne himself admits that he is an extreme masochist and describes the pain of overworking his body as 'devilish joy.'


'The pain of harsh mountaineering and cycling isn't just pain. It's the pain you feel when you're raising yourself to another level, another ability. It's fun to explore how far you can go. ! ”.

And Mr. Jorne who went to college wondered, 'How far can I run without eating or drinking?', And he said that he tried running for 5 days without actually drinking and eating at all. .. He ran and slept, ran and slept repeatedly, and on the 5th day, he fainted when he drank a glass of orange juice. 'I was still recovering,' said Jorne, who said he never tried the same challenge again, but boasted that he would continue to run comfortably for 10 hours without drinking and eating even after he was 30 years old. I will.

Mr. Jorne did not drink alcohol or cigarettes at all and thought that 'socializing is a waste of time', so he made few friends since he was a child and devoted his life to trail running. Jorne says he spent all his youth on trail running competitions and never spent anything else.


Mr. Jorne is active as a professional mountain runner by contracting with a sponsor after being noticed on social media, and he also lives by designing and supervising mountaineering equipment. thing. He usually lives in a rural area of Norway with his wife and daughter, and rarely goes out to the city.

When asked, 'Have you ever sacrificed something in such a stoic life?' Jorne said, 'I'm not saying I've sacrificed anything. Of course, choose one door. For example, the other door would be closed, but this was my choice. I didn't sacrifice anything. '