Kilian continues

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 09 Jun '09

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200kms across Corsica - the GR20

The sign of a committed athlete is one who knows when to stop. Most of us mere mortals just plod on when we feel tired – not so for Kilian Jornet. His Vertical Kilometer attempt was put on hold a few weeks back.

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The Spaniard had come off a very tough winter season of endurance skiing and felt his condition was not right to embark on phase one of Kilian’s Quest. However, time moves on and the Salomon athlete knows that he must face his demons on Corsica and take up the gauntlet that is the GR20.

MST will keep you posted on Kilian’s attempt to take his place in history, across the globe…

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