When Kilian Jornet set out from Longs Peak, Colorado, on September 3, his goal wasn’t just to climb mountains, it was to connect them and connect to them. Over the next 31 days, the Spanish ...

Elite mountain athlete Kilian Jornet set out to do the unthinkable with his “States of Elevation” project: traverse the American West’s most extreme landscapes, from scorching desert canyons to ...

Kilian Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers, did something this month that left even other elite athletes gasping: He climbed all 72 summits in the contiguous United States that ...

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it. By Scott Cacciola and K.K. Rebecca Lai Kilian Jornet was drenched and tired.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In just over a month, Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet climbed 72 summits over 14,000 feet in the contiguous U.S.

Earlier this month 37-year-old Spanish athlete Kilian Jornet completed an extraordinary endurance challenge he dubbed States of Elevation. In a single 31-day push he climbed all 72 peaks in the Lower ...

The world’s top mountaineer climbed 404,000 feet and covered more than 3,100 miles on foot and bike as part of his States of Elevation project, including climbing and pedaling between 56 Colorado ...

For an epic test of endurance across Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks and all others of the Lower 48 states, mission accomplished. “States of Elevation: finished,” read the recent post on Kilian Jornet’s ...