{"id":24227,"date":"2016-08-03T15:33:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=24227"},"modified":"2016-12-12T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T22:10:29","slug":"summer-everest-speed-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/summer-everest-speed-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"summer Everest Speed Climb – Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 12 August 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kilian Jornet and team have completed their accilization with 4 days in Nepal’s Langtang valley and will now fly to Lhasa. It should take them a few days to drive to the Rongbuk Monastery, rest up and perhaps begin their Everest speed attempt in mid to late August depending on weather.<\/p>\n

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If the headline made\u00a0you look, then you are an Everest fan. 95% of all Everest summits occur in the spring, almost exclusively from\u00a0mid to late\u00a0May – after the winter snows and just before the annual monsoonal rains.<\/p>\n

A paltry 0.1% of all summits since 1953 have occurred in the summer. That’s right, there have only been 9 summits between June 21st and\u00a0September 22.<\/p>\n

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Everest Seasonal Summits. Source: Himalayan Database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Made for Speed<\/h3>\n

If Spanish speed climber\u00a0Kilian Jornet<\/a>. has his way, he will make history sometime this summer by not only summiting in summer but also by setting an FKT record. Considering who this 28 year old Catalan is, he stands a decent chance to make it. He is from\u00a0Puigcerd\u00e0 in the Pyrenees and stands 5′ 6″ and weighs in at 127\u00a0pounds. His\u00a0VO2 max is listed\u00a0on his website at 85-90 ml\/min\/kg – world class.<\/p>\n

Fastest Known Times<\/h3>\n

Jornet has made a successful career for himself by running up mountains faster than anyone else. He competes in a category called ‘Fastest Known Time<\/a>‘\u00a0aka FKT where there are no rules. You can start wherever\u00a0you like and make claims to your time as you see fit – that said Jornet is the real deal with globally recognized fastest times including in ultra marathons and other more organized events.\u00a0\u00a0These are some of his records he set (some have\u00a0been broken since by others):<\/p>\n