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08-12-2012, 06:26 PM #1
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Grand Teton hiking/climbing record got shattered today...
Word is 2 hrs, 54 minutes.
No snow (so no skiing down)
Jeebus fucking Christmas.
Most people do it as an overnight.Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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08-12-2012, 06:55 PM #2
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So what is that? Starting where? Car to summit? car to car? Jenny Lake to summit? Facts please.
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08-12-2012, 07:29 PM #3
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Dont know all details, but source is Zahan B, so I would imagine its car-car....(I personally can't even comprehend that as being possible)
Sick fuckers name is Killian...Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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08-12-2012, 08:23 PM #4
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I heard someone or a duo was looking to bust it. It seems like last year when going car to car was considered burly. That time is ridiculous.
I can almost make a Glory lap take that long.
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08-12-2012, 10:30 PM #5
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Killian Jorent crushed it today, check out his blog. http://www.kilianjornet.cat/en/kilian-jornet
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08-13-2012, 08:08 AM #6
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thats badass, but man it would suck to touch the summit and have to immediately turn around lol
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08-13-2012, 08:29 AM #7
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I'm laying in a tent at lupine meadows right now. Maybe I'll give it a go. In other news, its so smoky here you can barely see the grand from the airport.
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08-13-2012, 08:37 AM #8
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Gimme a shout when you get out, Z!
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08-13-2012, 09:27 AM #9
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That is amazing.
Car to car what is the distance and elevation gain?
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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08-13-2012, 09:34 AM #10
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Holy fuck.
Just what I needed to see on a Monday morning to make me feel even more worthless.
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08-13-2012, 09:42 AM #11
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7038' gain and about 7-8 miles one way
Originally Posted by hutash
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08-13-2012, 09:45 AM #12
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Wait, is that time to the top, or to the top and back? (I don't know the area, just that there's a big mountain there).
No longer stuck.
Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn
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08-13-2012, 09:49 AM #13
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He's an aerobic freak, won Western States 100M run in 2011, won the Mont Blanc ultra, dominated in the past several years ski mountaineering competitions (yeah, there are such things). We have some common friends. Word is that he is a really good guy.
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08-13-2012, 09:50 AM #14
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Sick video from two weeks ago - looks like the time then was 3:23. Guess he improved on it a little:
ETA: More from 8/12:
https://www.facebook.com/kilianjornet
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move6829278
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08-13-2012, 09:50 AM #15
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I don't know but I would guess car to car. 3 hours to the summit, while still insane, wouldn't be out of reach or a crazy goal for someone to reach. Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn
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08-13-2012, 06:01 PM #16
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how exposed is that really at ~1:50 in the video? i really want to do this unroped and i know it's possible but haven't looked into it too much. is the climbing he did in that video the most technical that route gets?
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08-13-2012, 08:53 PM #17
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Video was amazing. He did it even faster, an hour faster? wow, stud.
badass and in my book he outshines the Olympics.Terje was right.
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08-13-2012, 10:15 PM #18
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Just sick.
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08-14-2012, 12:51 PM #19
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http://www.mountainproject.com/v/owe...ding/105814121 Originally Posted by bestskieratsnowbird
Usually has some ice in it until late season, which can complicate things.When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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08-14-2012, 12:54 PM #20
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Awesome to watch. I climbed it via Exum as a "day" hike and it took 11 hours car to car. I was belaying a friend on the golden staircase and a couple guys walked by and said "hi". I was so amazed, and now this. I am such a pussy.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
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08-14-2012, 01:01 PM #21
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Pretty exposed (from the link)... Originally Posted by bestskieratsnowbird
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08-14-2012, 11:19 PM #22
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Just got home, too smokey for me up there. You literally couldn't see the valley floor from the top of the Grand, Moran was invisible. I have black lung now. Originally Posted by rideit
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08-15-2012, 12:30 AM #23spook Guesti would have third degree burns if i did it without a shirt. i ran down the middle like that in the middle of an electric storm in 95. sky was orange and pink, hail was falling, thunder sounded like the sky was ripping open and i hauled ass down to the car. incredible. i loved running down mountains. half out of control from momentum, fearless rhythm finding the right steps to not snap a leg like a twig or fall a hundred feet. Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
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08-23-2012, 09:36 AM #24
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Dang. That record didn't last long.
http://outerlocal.com/hiking/andy-an...on-in-253-newsBrandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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08-23-2012, 10:04 AM #25
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The comments on that post about Killian's record not being legit because he used shortcuts are stupid, it's a mountain climbing record, you should be able to use whatever route you want. (If you can call a trail shortcut at the bottom a different route)
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