Kilian Jornet took his first day off since starting his attempt to scale all the 4,000m peaks in the Alps while cycling between them. It was the weather and not fatigue that forced Jornet to rest ...

The word superhuman is probably overused in the world of sport. However, where Kilian Jornet is concerned, it’s very much merited. He’s won the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) four times. This is a ...

Spanish ski mountaineer and ultra runner Kilian Jornet is on the move again, following so many astonishing records. Jornet holds the fastest known time speed record for the ascent and descent of the ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Kilian Jornet is the sensation of mountain endurance sports. The higher and steeper the mountain, the faster and lighter the 27-year-old Spaniard conquers it. No matter if on snow, rock or gravel.

He holds the fastest known up-and-down times on the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Denali, climbed Everest twice in five days, and just shattered the Bob Graham Round record. Meet Kílian Jornet. Be sure ...

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UPDATE: The votes are in—more than 75,000 of them, more than ever before—and we have a winner. Kilian Jornet is our 2014 People's Choice Adventurer of the Year. Discover what motivates Jornet in this ...

We take our selection of the Adventurers of the Year very seriously. We want to find just the right mix of people who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of adventure, whether ...

Fastest Known Times (FKTs) have fallen with alarming frequency in recent years, but few held as much respect as the supported record for completing the 486-mile Colorado Trail (CT), a high-altitude ...