Historic running/climbing/ski mountaineering firsts (compiled by Killian Journet).

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1692282807

Good read. My understanding is that he put this together for his own amusement.

[brutah]

rad!
good way to kill some time

[GeezerSteve]

Cool to look through those, although if it were Kilian's list one would think he'd have included some Yiannis Kourus performances, e.g., >300km in 24 hours

[iceman]

That was cool. It lead me to this fun piece about Messner: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/messner.html

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Cool to look through those, although if it were Kilian's list one would think he'd have included some Yiannis Kourus performances, e.g., >300km in 24 hours

For sure. Or his Spartathlon record that has stood since the early 80's. Nobody has even been within an hour of his time!

[bbrianburke]

this is fascinating. the modern stuff is pretty well covered, but some obscurities (to me at least) from the past really stand out:

"1982: Joe Meegan ski Niagra Falls"
"1973: Rick Sylvester ski jumps off El Capitan, and parachutes to the base"
"1970: Yuichiro Miura skies Everest with a parachute to slow down"

[I've seen black diamonds!]

"1970: Yuichiro Miura skies Everest with a parachute to slow down"

That one wasn't so much an accomplishment as much as sheer luck. The plan failed yet he somehow didn't die.


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[bodywhomper]

needs to be added: "May 1999, Babu Chiri Sherpa spent 21 hours on the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen, sleeping there."

Glad he included at least one hummel/manfredi/sky descents