He is trying to climb more than 60 mountains. In a month.
Kilian Jornet intends to summit America’s tallest peaks.
From The Times
September 17, 2025

Starting this month, Kilian Jornet is trying to summit all of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States — a series of 60-plus mountains in Colorado, California and Washington that each have an elevation of over 14,000 feet.

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“I’m interested to see how we can optimize our performance as humans,” he said. →

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