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Kílian Jornet

👤 Speaker
350 total appearances

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The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

If I don't pass out, don't give me anything, even if I really beg you."

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

And yeah, for five days, I was just training normally.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

And after that, I passed out.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

And it was like… Did your roommate tell you you were insane?

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

Well, he knows me well, so he was like, okay, whatever.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

Just like, yeah, do your things.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

But yeah, I think that curiosity has been always there.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I think, physically, with experience, you get to know your body pretty well.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

That's very connected with the mind, too, and that is where it gets tricky.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

Like, I was...

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

Two years ago, in an expedition in Everest, in the Himalayas, I was climbing not the normal route, a different route.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I was alone and at 8,200 meters, I got hit by an avalanche and I broke some ribs.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I had a long way down.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I had more than 15 hours to get down from that point.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

It was not good weather.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I had not been eating for

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

I don't know, 15 hours.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

And I was completely alone.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

And like if you look to the physiologist, like okay, like normally like you need carbohydrates to be able to sprint or to get the energy at that level.

The Daily
'The Interview': Kílian Jornet on What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes

But