A gripping first-person account of extreme athlete Kilian Jornet's record-breaking Alpine Connections challenge, in which he summited eighty-two peaks in just nineteen days.

A gripping first-person account of Kilian Jornet's record-breaking Alpine Summits challenge, in which he summited 82 peaks in just 19 days.

Beyond Endurance, by Kilian Jornet - the Catalan professional long-distance trail runner and ski mountaineer widely considered one of the greatest of all time - is a first-person visual and written account of an extraordinary Alpine undertaking. In August-September 2024, Jornet made international headlines by summiting 82 peaks over 4,000 metres in just 19 days, smashing the previous record by three days and traversing the Alps at a pace never before achieved.

Set against glaciers and ridgelines undergoing rapid change, Beyond Endurance also serves as a powerful act of witness to the accelerating impact of climate change in the Alpine world. The result is a striking, human work that has already been praised in El País: 'Jornet captures the ethereal, the human, and the philosophical aspects of (...) his Homeric ride between glaciers and peaks, and offers reflections that no measured figure can resolve'.

Details

ISBN13: 9780500032039
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 216
Edition:
Publication Date: 13 Oct 2026
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 24.6(H)x18(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Kilian Jornet is a world-class all-round mountain athlete and writer, author of Above the Clouds and Run or Die, which have sold over 100,000 copies and been translated into fifteen languages. Jornet also owns his own gear brand, Nnormal, and has established an environmental foundation.

Reviews

[Jornet] isn't just dominant at one discipline; he's equally comfortable at steep grades, sprint races, and ultradistance events, a kind of range that's unheard of in running.-- "Runner's World"
Jornet is not just physically extreme; he is also a deep thinker who has important lessons to impart about what our bodies and minds are capable of when we push them.-- "The New York Times"
The most outrageously talented mountain runner there has ever been.-- "The Guardian"