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Kilimanjaro record attempt?

Slogger Jogger · 2011-08-09 20:20:04

Saw this in the paper today, Irishman Ian McKeever is attempting to scale Kilimanjaro in a record time. LINK The article quotes an existing record of 5 hrs 38 mins. However, last year a Spanish ultra runner Kilian Jornet set a record for ascent and ascent/descent combined. Link here. The ascent was done in 5 hours, 23…

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Saw this in the paper today, Irishman Ian McKeever is attempting to scale Kilimanjaro in a record time. LINK

The article quotes an existing record of 5 hrs 38 mins. However, last year a Spanish ultra runner Kilian Jornet set a record for ascent and ascent/descent combined. Link here. The ascent was done in 5 hours, 23 minutes, 50 seconds.

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Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Saw this in the paper today, Irishman Ian McKeever is attempting to scale Kilimanjaro in a record time. LINK

The article quotes an existing record of 5 hrs 38 mins. However, last year a Spanish ultra runner Kilian Jornet set a record for ascent and ascent/descent combined. Link here. The ascent was done in 5 hours, 23 minutes, 50 seconds.

took me 24 times longer

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