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He's just gone and climbed Denali and returned to BC in time for lunch...

11h:40m all in.

That's 4000m ag with 27km horizontal up and the same in return in the time it took you to go to work and back.

The fastest human completed the ascent only in about 12:30 last year, and he's been seen today shopping for bothy bags, Buffalo clothing and OS maps for Snowdon in acceptance of his new status of 'leisure hiker'.

Unbelievable...

Edit: And Kilian spells with a single "l". My bad.

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Did he ski it? You can can't you in the right conditions.

In reply to TobyA:
Sketchy details so far. This was from a newsflash report in Desnivel coming from the Rangers station.

In a previous interview he did say he was going to try to ski down, and i assume he would use them in the way up when possible. This is standard practice in Denali anyway, though getting that time in snowshoes would be not just impressive, but a right laugh to watch...

Normally you can ski all the way to 11,000ft in the way up, and down from 14,000. The headwall and section below 17,000 would need extraordinary conditions, though it's been done. The way to Denali pass less so, and the summit ridge and football field could be possible if not icy.