Kilian Jornet is the world\'s fastest mountain climber, ultrarunner, and ski mountaineer and his Summits of My Life project is his most ambitious achievement: the 29 year-old Spaniard challenged ascent and descent records for the world\'s most important mountains including Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Mt.
Among his many accomplishments in trail and ultra running, he is the four-time champion of Europe\'s Skyrunner World Series, three-time champion of the grueling Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, 2011 winner of the world\'s oldest 100-mile race, the Western States Endurance Run in California\'s Sie.
By age 5 he had completed the ascent of Aneto, the Pyrenees\' highest peak.
Born in 1987, Jornet was raised in the shadow of the Spanish Pyrenees.
He has not only set records on the world\'s most difficult ultramarathons like Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, Hardrock 100, Western States 100, but he also holds the fastest known times for ascent/descent of the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Denali, and Mount Everest.
About the Author: Kilian Jornet is a world champion ultrarunner and ski mountaineer from Catalonia, Spain.
Now, as his project nears completion, Jornet\'s Summits of My Life will awe and thrill readers.
With every new record, Jornet achieves the unthinkable and pushes the boundaries of mountaineer, ultrarunning, and ski mountaineering.
Summits of My Life includes his preparation, his successes and failures, facts and elevation maps, and mind-blowing statistics along with Jornet\'s personal commentary and inspiring photographs.
In this illustrated, info-packed, and awe-inspiring account, Jornet documents his successful attempts to set new roundtrip FKTs (fastest-known times) while following his own ethic of climbing simply, purely, with minimal gear, and with love and respect for the environment and the mountains.
By using all his talent in ultrarunning, climbing, and skiing, Jornet made worldwide headlines with his jaw-dropping, superhuman climbs.
Elbrus, Denali, Aconcagua, and Mount Everest.
Kilian Jornet is the world\'s fastest mountain climber, ultrarunner, and ski mountaineer and his Summits of My Life project is his most ambitious achievement: the 29 year-old Spaniard challenged ascent and descent records for the world\'s most important mountains including Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Mt
