Kílian Jornet
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If I don't pass out, don't give me anything, even if I really beg you."
And yeah, for five days, I was just training normally.
And after that, I passed out.
And it was like… Did your roommate tell you you were insane?
Well, he knows me well, so he was like, okay, whatever.
Just like, yeah, do your things.
But yeah, I think that curiosity has been always there.
I think, physically, with experience, you get to know your body pretty well.
That's very connected with the mind, too, and that is where it gets tricky.
Like, I was...
Two years ago, in an expedition in Everest, in the Himalayas, I was climbing not the normal route, a different route.
I was alone and at 8,200 meters, I got hit by an avalanche and I broke some ribs.
I had a long way down.
I had more than 15 hours to get down from that point.
It was not good weather.
I had not been eating for
I don't know, 15 hours.
And I was completely alone.
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.
But