Danny was sick most of the time but he rallied at the crags in Lumpy and Eldorado. Brian had to leave early for work, but had a good effort on Sykes Sickle with Michael Franklin before being stormed off, and then rallied the next day for the North Ridge of Spearhead. Hock and Mark were stormed off the North Ridge, and third classed McHenry's Peak. The highlight was Mark-Michael-Hock climbing Kiener's route on Longs Peak. It was a dawn to dusk trip ... let's call it a 12-14 hour day.
A couple of days ago Kilian Jornet flew over from Norway and the next morning his "run," a touch under three hours, was that very same route. He did an easy 10k in the afternoon with 2000'. The next day he ran up another 14er. Of course he is the world's premier mountain runner and a highly respect alpinist. You may have heard his name recently as he set a new speed record for Everest.
The workouts I mentioned are his "taper" for the Hardrock 100 miler this weekend in the San Juan mountain range of Colorado ... 100 miles, 33,000 vertical, all between 9-14,000 feet.
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