{"id":60776,"date":"2024-06-06T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/kilian-jornet-a-paris-cette-traversee-des-pyrenees-ma-transforme\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:35:32","slug":"kilian-jornet-paris-pyrenees-traverse-transformed-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/kilian-jornet-paris-pyrenees-traverse-transformed-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilian Jornet in Paris: “The Pyrenees traverse transformed me”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”11px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ header_font=”|on|||” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”16px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”20px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” text_orientation_tablet=”center” text_orientation_phone=”left” text_orientation_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

On Monday May 27, two days after his victory in the Zegama-Aizkorri race, Kilian Jornet presented the film of his traverse of the Pyrenees, Into the (un)known<\/em>, in Paris. As successful as ever in the field, as sincere and accessible to the public as ever, the Catalan retains his position as favourite outdoor athlete. And he’s still widely acclaimed. From the Pyrenees to the Champ-\u00c9lys\u00e9es cinema, meet a runner with unstoppable legs and creativity.<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”1px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ max_width=”800px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

I<\/span>n Paris, even if the most famous Kylian is M’Bappe, Kilian Jornet is also recognized in the street. What great name in trail running, or even in outdoor sports in general, climbers and mountaineers alike, has ever achieved this degree of popularity?
“It was incredible yesterday in Bilbao. People were cheering for him, wanting to touch him. It was crazy<\/em>,\u201d says his press attach\u00e9. The day before, Kilian Jornet presented for the first time the film Into the (un)known, recounting his crossing of the Pyrenees via the peaks. The day before, he won the Zegama-Aizkorri race for the 11th time in twelve participations. \u2028But back at his hotel, Kilian Jornet seems more exhausted by the days of transport and interviews than by the miles he’s covered on foot. “It’s an intense day in Paris. But I prefer to get it all together in a day or two, so I can relax afterwards and go home.<\/em>“<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

\u00a9Ulysse Lefebvre<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Exploration and performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although he lives in Norway, the homeland of his partner, runner Emelie Forsberg, and for some years now of his two young daughters, it’s the Pyrenees as his native land that he honors in the film screened before 850 spectators, who were won over even before the first images. \u201cIt’s a film where I want to talk more about exploration, rather than performance<\/em>,\u201d proclaims the ultra-runner. Before adding: \u201cBut it’s true that I don’t like hanging around.I always want to be on the move.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Although the account of this monstrous journey is broken down into daily chapters, with distances, activity times, elevation changes and sleep times precisely recorded (reminiscent of a famous social network for sportsmen and women), performance does indeed take a back seat to a more intimate side of an athlete whose life, both public and private, we know a great deal about.In eight days, Jornet covered 485 km and 43,000 m of ascent, notching up 177 3000 m peaks. Those are the figures.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6571.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6571″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Kilian Jornet, at his hotel in Paris, May 27, 2024. \u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

But what we remember most is her body breaking down, her words trembling, her voice broken by the cold, and her tearful, heartfelt confidences. And in the end, the almost candid joy of being back in the heart of the Pyrenean beauty of his childhood. “With this film, I’m sharing the idea of a journey that can be made close to home, but which transports us. This adventure changed me”<\/em>. Did it really? The sentence makes sense, coming from a guy who has run and won almost every foot and ski race, climbed Everest twice in one week (without oxygen) and set speed records on several summits.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”-1px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”||35px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=”#000000″ quote_icon_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ body_font=”Oswald|700||on|||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”30″ use_background_color=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

His crossing of the Pyrenees via the peaks
is perhaps the high point
of his ultra-endurance quest<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

On the borderline between the physical and the mental<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although he hasn’t always put it into words, it’s long been clear to everyone that Kilian Jornet seeks to push his body to the limit in his efforts. But this time, he’s taking a more, shall we say, cumulative approach. In a nutshell, you could say that the altitude difference puts his muscles to the test, while the length of time alters his mind. And that’s exactly what he’s looking for. His crossing of the Pyrenees via the peaks is perhaps the culmination of over twenty years of running. If he runs for eight days, he only allows himself a few hours’ rest a night, usually 4 hours. Sometimes only 1h30. A total of 22h of sleep over the eight-day crossing. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt so tired. Unlike a long effort like the Himalayas or an ultra-trail, where you exert yourself for 24 or 48 hours, this time I had to accumulate several days of intense effort. It’s nothing like that”<\/em>. He lost 7 or 8 kg.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6551.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6551″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6554.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6554″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6559.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6559″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

And he experienced new effects. While the muscles held out, the brain took a beating. After losing his cell phone and somehow freeing himself from all outside influence, Kilian experienced some astonishing impressions. \u201cIn my phone, I had a GPS track and often a way of keeping in touch with the outside world in the event of a problem, when there was a network.<\/em>\u201d Except that, after a rappel, the phone in the center pocket of his jacket was ejected by a descender-capper. Free at last?<\/p>\n

Jornet needed answers to move forward. “For the next three days, I was having episodes of d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu. I had the very clear impression of knowing the places, the directions to take, and even recognizing the cracks to climb.<\/em>” As luck would have it, these impressions led him down the right path. Like the 3rd man syndrome that causes high-altitude Himalayan climbers to feel like they’re splitting into two, Jornet \u201chears<\/em>\u201d every answer to the questions he asks himself.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6538.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6538″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=”#000000″ quote_icon_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ body_font=”Oswald|700||on|||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”30″ use_background_color=”off” custom_margin=”72px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

are the Pyrenees
more mind-blowing
than Everest?<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

The sensation was so surprising that he talked about it on his return, to dig a little deeper: \u201cI realized this after the fact, talking to my former psychology teacher and some doctors. They explained to me that, as I didn’t have the information, I was somehow asking myself the question, and so my brain made me believe I knew the place, the direction, the movements, by ‘manufacturing’ an answer…. As if I’d already been there, when in fact I hadn’t. In the end, it’s another form of orientation. You don’t realize what the human brain is capable of. I’m going to continue exploring this field of knowledge with scientists. For example, we’ve started doing fatigue electroencephalograms, to see how my brain reacts when I’m exhausted and fall asleep.<\/em>” Draft conclusion: are the Pyrenees more mind-blowing than Everest?<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Creativity<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In front of a crowd of spectators, sometimes dubious about the images of a guy in shorts running on rocky ridges that are more than rotten, with no path, no ascent and even less descent, Jornet nevertheless recalls the strange concept: \u201cThe idea was to reach 3000 m summits via ridges. It’s very easy to plot on a map from Google Earth, but much harder to do on the ground! I had discussed the idea with some of my warden buddies. They said, \u201cIt can be done! But in the field, I was much less sure!<\/em>” And even if we get sweaty hands watching him unclimbing (without a rope) a grade V (international grade) passage for almost two minutes of the film, it’s rather the less technical but more random passages that have left their mark on him: \u201cThe most difficult are the passages in rotten rock, in sand, with falling rocks, in wet rock. It’s only III or IV, but it’s more challenging. You think to yourself: I hope I’ll find a way out, because if not, I’m in real trouble!”<\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ width=”100%” max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6592.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6592″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=”#000000″ quote_icon_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ body_font=”Oswald|700||on|||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”30″ use_background_color=”off” custom_margin=”72px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

as the days went by,
I let go
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In the picture, the endless horizon lines are bristling with the 3000 m targets. But the problems lie in the shadow of the summits, on these ridges that nobody knows, never climbed and probably never repeated in the future, so unstable are they. It’s reminiscent of the adventures of Lionel Daudet as he traversed the limits of the Hautes-Alpes department, or, more importantly, the circumnavigation of France itself. The idea: to explore and draw a new line, with the rigour of a man who doesn’t cheat. Never more than 10m to the left or right of the administrative limit.<\/p>\n

On his line, Jornet often experiences the agonies of the half-turn that delays, the wrong choice that annoys, the little de-escalation passage where taking out the rope would mean losing a few minutes, but falling without it would mean losing much more. “At first, I felt frustrated when I realized that it wasn’t working, that I wasn’t moving forward, that it was a mess. Then, as the days went by, I got rid of that frustration.<\/em>” The passage of time calms the impetuous. Or the bulimic. The Pyrenees via the peaks can’t be swallowed whole. You have to savor and savor. \u201cIt’s a process<\/em>\u201d. Jornet is still learning patience.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”800px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Another pace?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On closer inspection, you could almost see the passage of time in him. And make it better. After a family expedition in Nepal’s Khumbu region last summer, Jornet attempted a solo ascent of Everest’s West Ridge, but was injured in a snow slide. Back home, he remained under house arrest following complications of bone edema in his sacrum: \u201cIn retrospect, it was almost a good thing, as it forced me to turn my attention to projects other than racing\u201d. So he<\/em> also calculates his days of inactivity: 84. An eternity at his level. All this gives him time to think differently about the next stage of his program.Quietly. “Year off\u201d was the headline on Alpine Mag.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=”#000000″ quote_icon_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ body_font=”Oswald|700||on|||||” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”30″ use_background_color=”off” custom_margin=”72px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

I hope to continue daring<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

In reality, Jornet is fine-tuning his rhythm of life and activity. He chooses to run only two races in the season, Zegama and Sierre-Zinal, concentrates on the mountains around his Norwegian home, \u201cdoes night loops on the waterfall behind the house, while the girls are asleep<\/em>\u201d, devotes his weekends to them, and mixes business with pleasure by towing all these little people in a trailer on skates and skis. And if he never stops, today he really has no choice, with no respite to rest: \u201cWhen I got back from crossing the Pyrenees, I couldn’t rest and be like a zombie at home. You have to look after the girls, take them to school. Take care of them when they wake up at 5am. Yeah, you better be good at recovery!<\/em>“<\/p>\n

A perfectly balanced athlete? Jornet tempers: \u201cI’d like to have more time to do things like crossing the Pyrenees, but training takes up a lot of my time.<\/em>\u201d Performance remains an obsession for this \u201cultra-analytical training mind\u201d. At his level, he can’t give up. Even less so at 36?<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ max_width=”1200px” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”800px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6611.jpg” title_text=”kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6611″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font=”Merriweather|900|||||||” text_font_size=”16″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u00a9UL<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Immutable?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the cab that takes him from the hotel to the cinema, where he will soon be holding an ultra-party, he recalls with a smile his first participation in the Zegama. It was 17 years ago: \u201cI was 19 and a student. The day after the race, I was back in front of my exam paper!”<\/em> This time, two days later, Jornet is in Paris at a cinema on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Almost two decades after he first made a name for himself, the eternal \u201cyoung Catalan\u201d continues to inspire the general public with his stories and his humility, and to amaze connoisseurs with his performances and his exacting standards. When asked if he has any projects, or even dreams, he answers by talking about 90-year-old friends who continue to go into the mountains at their advanced age. Seeing far ahead. He talks about the emotions in the mountains that he would still like to feel up there. Full of sincere love for the mountains. He also relativizes the importance of his personal projects, in view of the mountain conditions to which we’ll have to adapt in any case. Lucid. But still hopes to \u201ccontinue to dare<\/em>\u201d. As for races with bib numbers? He talks less about them, because today they bring him \u201cless emotion than other projects\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s as if he wanted to take part from time to time, just to show again and again who’s boss. But it’s clear that his enthusiasm lies elsewhere, somewhere where he’ll be able to push ultra-endurance even further and, above all, for even longer. And to continue to surprise us, inviting us too \u201cto find routes that transform us<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Lundi 27 mai, deux jours apr\u00e8s sa victoire sur la course Zegama-Aizkorri, Kilian Jornet pr\u00e9sentait \u00e0 Paris le film de sa travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, Into the (un)known<\/em>. Toujours aussi performant sur le terrain, toujours aussi sinc\u00e8re et accessible avec le public, le Catalan conserve sa place \u00ab d\u2019athl\u00e8te outdoor \u00bb pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 des Fran\u00e7ais (et du monde entier). Et fait encore largement l\u2019unanimit\u00e9. Des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es jusqu\u2019au cin\u00e9ma des Champ-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, rencontre avec un coureur aux jambes et \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 inarr\u00eatables.<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.22.1\" custom_margin=\"0px||||false|false\" custom_margin_tablet=\"0px||||false|false\" custom_margin_phone=\"0px||||false|false\" custom_margin_last_edited=\"on|phone\" custom_padding=\"1px||||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.22.1\" max_width=\"800px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n[dropcap size=big]\u00c0[\/dropcap] Paris, m\u00eame si le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre des Kylian prend un \"y\", Kilian Jornet est lui aussi reconnu dans la rue. Quel grand nom du trail, ou m\u00eame de l\u2019outdoor en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, tous grimpeurs et alpinistes confondus, a jamais atteint un jour ce degr\u00e9 de popularit\u00e9 ?\n\u00ab C\u2019\u00e9tait incroyable hier \u00e0 Bilbao. Les gens l\u2019acclamaient, voulaient le toucher. De la folie.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb confie son attach\u00e9e de presse. La veille, Kilian Jornet pr\u00e9sentait pour la premi\u00e8re fois le film Into the (un)known, relatant sa travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es par les cimes. L\u2019avant-veille, il remportait la course Zegama-Aizkorri pour la 11e fois, en douze participations. \u2028Mais \u00e0 son h\u00f4tel, Kilian Jornet semble plus \u00e9prouv\u00e9 par les journ\u00e9es de transport et d\u2019interviews que par les kilom\u00e8tres aval\u00e9s \u00e0 pied. \u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est intense cette journ\u00e9e \u00e0 Paris. Mais je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re tout rassembler en un jour ou deux pour \u00eatre tranquille apr\u00e8s et rentrer \u00e0 la maison<\/em>.\u00a0\u00bb\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nLe grand \u00e9cran de l'UGC-Normandie, pour l'avant-premi\u00e8re d'Into the (un)known,<\/em> le 27 mai 2024 \u00e0 Paris. \u00a9Ulysse Lefebvre\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n

Exploration et performance<\/strong><\/h2>\nS\u2019il habite en Norv\u00e8ge, pays d\u2019origine de sa compagne, la coureuse Emelie Forsberg<\/strong>, et depuis quelques ann\u00e9es de ses deux petites filles, ce sont les Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es comme terre natale qu\u2019il met \u00e0 l\u2019honneur dans le film projet\u00e9 devant 850 spectateurs, conquis avant m\u00eame les premi\u00e8res images. \u00ab C\u2019est un film o\u00f9 je veux plus parler d\u2019exploration, plut\u00f4t que de performance \u00bb <\/em>clame l\u2019ultra-runner. Avant d\u2019ajouter : \u00ab Mais c\u2019est vrai que je n\u2019aime pas tra\u00eener. Je veux toujours \u00eatre en mouvement.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb\n\nBien que le r\u00e9cit de cette travers\u00e9e monstrueuse soit d\u00e9coup\u00e9 en chapitres quotidiens, et dont les distances, les temps d\u2019activit\u00e9, les d\u00e9nivel\u00e9s et les heures de sommeil sont pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment renseign\u00e9s (non sans rappeler un c\u00e9l\u00e8bre r\u00e9seau social de sportifs), la performance passe effectivement \u00e0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re-plan pour laisser place \u00e0 un versant plus intime d\u2019un athl\u00e8te dont on connait pourtant beaucoup de chose de sa vie, aussi bien publique que priv\u00e9e. En huit jours, Jornet parcourt 485 km et 43 000 m de d\u00e9nivel\u00e9 positif, cochant 177 sommets de 3000 m. Voil\u00e0 pour les chiffres.\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6571.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6571\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nKilian Jornet, \u00e0 son h\u00f4tel parisien, le 27 mai 2024. \u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]\n\nMais ce que l\u2019on retient, c\u2019est son corps qui s\u2019abime, les mots qui tremblent, la voix cass\u00e9e par les coups de froid et les confidences \u00e0 fleur de peau, larme \u00e0 l'oeil. Et au bout du compte, le bonheur presque candide d\u2019\u00eatre de retour au coeur de la beaut\u00e9 pyr\u00e9n\u00e9enne de son enfance. \u00ab J\u2019y ai v\u00e9cu des toboggans d\u2019\u00e9motion, de la difficult\u00e9, des explosions de bonheur physique, mental, des doutes, des frustrations\u2026 Avec ce film, je partage l\u2019id\u00e9e d\u2019un voyage qu\u2019on peut faire proche de chez soi mais qui nous transporte. Moi, \u00e7a m\u2019a transform\u00e9 cette aventure.<\/i> \u00bb Vraiment ? La sentence a du sens, venant d\u2019un gars qui a couru et gagn\u00e9 presque toutes les courses \u00e0 pied et \u00e0 skis, a gravi deux fois l\u2019Everest en une semaine (sans oxyg\u00e8ne) et \u00e9tabli des records de vitesse sur un paquet de sommets.\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_margin=\"-1px|auto||auto||\" custom_padding=\"||35px|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=\"#000000\" quote_icon_background_color=\"#ffffff\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" body_font=\"Oswald|700||on|||||\" body_text_align=\"center\" body_text_color=\"#000000\" body_font_size=\"30\" use_background_color=\"off\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nSa travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es par les cimes\nest peut-\u00eatre le point d\u2019orgue\nde sa qu\u00eate d'ultra-endurance\n\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n

Au confins du physique et du mental<\/strong><\/h2>\nS\u2019il ne l\u2019a pas toujours verbalis\u00e9, tout le monde a bien compris depuis longtemps que Kilian Jornet cherchait \u00e0 pousser au maximum son corps dans l\u2019effort. Mais cette fois, il aborde les choses de mani\u00e8re disons, cumulative. Pour r\u00e9sumer, on pourrait dire que le d\u00e9nivel\u00e9 met ses muscles \u00e0 rude \u00e9preuve, tandis que le temps long alt\u00e8re son esprit. Et c\u2019est bien ce qu\u2019il recherche. Sa travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es par les cimes en est peut-\u00eatre le point d\u2019orgue apr\u00e8s plus de vingt ans de course. S\u2019il court pendant huit jours, il ne s\u2019accorde que quelques heures de repos par nuit, le plus souvent 4 heures. Parfois seulement 1h30. Soit au total 22h de sommeil sur les huit jours de travers\u00e9e. \u00ab\u00a0Je crois que je n\u2019ai jamais \u00e9prouv\u00e9 une telle fatigue. Contrairement \u00e0 une effort long comme en Himalaya ou un ultra-trail o\u00f9 tu forces pendant 24h ou 48h, j\u2019ai cette fois d\u00fb cumuler plusieurs jours d\u2019efforts intenses.\u00a0\u00c7a n\u2019a rien \u00e0 voir.<\/em> \u00bb Il perd 7 ou 8 kg.\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_3,1_3,1_3\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6551.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6551\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6554.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6554\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6559.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6559\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]\n\nEt des effets, il en a \u00e9prouv\u00e9 de nouveaux. Si les muscles ont tenu, le cerveau lui, a fait des siennes. Apr\u00e8s avoir perdu son t\u00e9l\u00e9phone portable et s\u2019\u00eatre en quelque sorte lib\u00e9r\u00e9 de toute influence ext\u00e9rieure, Kilian ressent des impressions \u00e9tonnantes. \u00ab Dans mon t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, j\u2019avais la trace GPS et souvent moyen de garder le contact avec l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur en cas de probl\u00e8me, quand il y avait du r\u00e9seau. <\/i>\u00bb Sauf qu\u2019apr\u00e8s un rappel, le t\u00e9l\u00e9phone plac\u00e9 dans la poche centrale de sa veste se fait \u00e9jecter par un descendeur-d\u00e9capsuleur. Enfin libre ?\n\nJornet a pourtant besoin de r\u00e9ponses pour avancer. \u00ab\u00a0Pendant les trois jours qui ont suivi, j\u2019avais des \u00e9pisodes de \u00ab\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu\u00a0\u00bb. J\u2019avais l\u2019impression tr\u00e8s claire de conna\u00eetre les lieux, les directions \u00e0 prendre, et m\u00eame de reconnaitre les fissures pour grimper<\/i>. \u00bb Coup de chance, ces impressions le m\u00e8nent sur le bon chemin. \u00c0 l\u2019image du syndrome du 3e homme qui am\u00e8ne les himalayistes de la haute-altitude \u00e0 avoir la sensation de se d\u00e9doubler, Jornet \u00ab entend \u00bb venir \u00e0 lui chaque r\u00e9ponse aux questions qu\u2019il se pose.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6538.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6538\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=\"#000000\" quote_icon_background_color=\"#ffffff\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" body_font=\"Oswald|700||on|||||\" body_text_align=\"center\" body_text_color=\"#000000\" body_font_size=\"30\" use_background_color=\"off\" custom_margin=\"72px||||false|false\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nles Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es seraient-elles\nplus hallucinantes que l\u2019Everest ?\n\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nLa sensation est tellement surprenante qu\u2019il en parle \u00e0 son retour, pour creuser un peu plus : \u00ab Je m\u2019en suis rendu compte a posteriori, en en parlant avec mon ancienne professeur de psychologie et avec des m\u00e9decins.\u00a0Ils m\u2019ont expliqu\u00e9 que comme je n\u2019avais pas l\u2019information, je me posais en quelque sorte la question \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame et donc mon cerveau me faisait croire que je connaissais les lieux, la direction, les mouvement en \u00ab\u00a0fabriquant\u00a0\u00bb une r\u00e9ponse.. Comme si j\u2019\u00e9tais d\u00e9j\u00e0 pass\u00e9 l\u00e0, alors que non. Finalement, c\u2019est une autre forme d\u2019orientation. On ne se rend pas compte de tout ce dont le cerveau humain est capable. Je vais continuer \u00e0 explorer ce champ de connaissance avec des scientifiques. On a commenc\u00e9 par exemple \u00e0 faire des \u00e9lectro-enc\u00e9phalogrammes de fatigue, pour voir comment r\u00e9agit mon cerveau lorsque je suis \u00e9puis\u00e9 et que je m\u2019endors.\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb \u00c9bauche de conclusion : les Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es seraient-elles plus hallucinantes que l\u2019Everest ?\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n

La cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 d\u2019un Daudet<\/b><\/h2>\nFace \u00e0 la foule de spectateurs, parfois dubitative devant les images d\u2019un type en short courant sur des ar\u00eates rocheuses plus que pourries, sans sentier, sans mont\u00e9e et encore moins de descente, Jornet rappelle quand m\u00eame le dr\u00f4le de concept : \u00ab L\u2019id\u00e9e \u00e9tait de rejoindre des sommets de 3000 m par des ar\u00eates. C\u2019est tr\u00e8s facile de tracer sur la carte depuis Google Earth, mais beaucoup plus difficiles d\u2019avancer sur le terrain ! J\u2019en avais discut\u00e9 avec des copains gardiens. Ils m\u2019avaient dit \u00ab <\/i>\u00c7a se fait ! \u00bb<\/i> Mais sur le terrain, j\u2019en \u00e9tais beaucoup moins s\u00fbr !\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb <\/i>Et m\u00eame si on a les mains moites \u00e0 le voir d\u00e9sescalader (sans corde) un passage de Ve degr\u00e9 pendant pr\u00e8s de deux minutes du film, ce sont plut\u00f4t les passages moins techniques mais plus al\u00e9atoires qui l\u2019ont marqu\u00e9 : \u00ab Le plus difficile c\u2019est plut\u00f4t les passages en rocher pourri, dans du sable, avec des chutes de pierres, dans du caillou mouill\u00e9. C\u2019est que du III ou du IV mais c\u2019est plus engag\u00e9. Tu te dis : j\u2019esp\u00e8re que je vais trouver un moyen de sortir parce que sinon, je suis vraiment dans la merde ! \u00bb.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" _builder_version=\"4.22.1\" width=\"100%\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6592.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6592\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=\"#000000\" quote_icon_background_color=\"#ffffff\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" body_font=\"Oswald|700||on|||||\" body_text_align=\"center\" body_text_color=\"#000000\" body_font_size=\"30\" use_background_color=\"off\" custom_margin=\"72px||||false|false\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nau fur et \u00e0 mesure des jours,\nje me suis d\u00e9lest\u00e9\nde cette frustration\n\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00c0 l\u2019image, les interminables lignes d\u2019horizons sont h\u00e9riss\u00e9es des 3000 m vis\u00e9s. Mais les probl\u00e8mes sont \u00e0 l\u2019ombre des sommets, sur ces cr\u00eates que personne ne connait, jamais parcourues et probablement jamais r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019avenir tant elles sont instables. Ce n\u2019est pas sans rappeler les p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties d\u2019un Lionel Daudet<\/strong> qui parcourait les limites du d\u00e9partement des Hautes-Alpes ou, surtout le tour de la France exactement<\/a>. L\u2019id\u00e9e : explorer et dessiner une ligne nouvelle, avec l\u2019exigence de celui qui ne triche pas. Jamais plus de 10m \u00e0 gauche ou \u00e0 droite de la limite administrative.\n\nSur son fil, Jornet connait souvent les affres du demi-tour qui retarde, du mauvais choix qui agace, du petit passage de d\u00e9sescalade ou sortir la corde ferait perdre quelques minutes, mais tomber sans elle ferait perdre bien plus. \u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai d\u2019abord ressenti de la frustration quand je me rendais compte que \u00e7a ne passait pas, que j'avan\u00e7ais pas, que c'\u00e9tait le bordel. Et puis au fur et \u00e0 mesure des jours, je me suis d\u00e9lest\u00e9 de cette frustration. \u00bb<\/i> Le temps qui passe calme l\u2019imp\u00e9tueux. Ou le boulimique. Les Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es par les cimes ne s\u2019avalent pas cul-sec. Il faut d\u00e9guster, savourer. \u00ab C'est un processus<\/em> \u00bb. \u00a0Jornet apprend encore la patience.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"4.16\" max_width=\"800px\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0|0px||0px|false|false\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]\n

Un autre rythme ?<\/b><\/h2>\n\u00c0 bien y regarder, on pourrait presque voir en lui le temps passer. Et le bonifier. Apr\u00e8s une exp\u00e9dition en famille dans le Khumbu au N\u00e9pal, l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier, Jornet tente l\u2019ascension en solo de l\u2019ar\u00eate ouest de l\u2019Everest mais se blesse dans une coul\u00e9e de neige. De retour \u00e0 la maison, il reste assign\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9sidence suite \u00e0 des complications d'un oed\u00e8me osseux au sacrum : \u00ab Avec le recul, c'\u00e9tait presqu'une bonne chose car \u00e7a m'a oblig\u00e9 \u00e0 me tourner vers d'autres projets que les courses<\/em> \u00bb. Alors il calcule aussi ses jours d'inactivit\u00e9 : 84. Une \u00e9ternit\u00e9 \u00e0 son niveau. Tout \u00e7a lui donne le temps de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir autrement \u00e0 la suite de son programme. Au calme. \u00a0Ann\u00e9e off<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb a t-on os\u00e9 titrer sur Alpine Mag.\n\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon_color=\"#000000\" quote_icon_background_color=\"#ffffff\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" body_font=\"Oswald|700||on|||||\" body_text_align=\"center\" body_text_color=\"#000000\" body_font_size=\"30\" use_background_color=\"off\" custom_margin=\"72px||||false|false\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\nj'esp\u00e8re continuer \u00e0 oser\n\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]\n\nEn r\u00e9alit\u00e9, Jornet peaufine son rythme de vie et d'activit\u00e9. Il choisit de ne courir que deux courses dans la saison, Zegama et Sierre-Zinal, se concentre sur les montagnes des environs de son domicile norv\u00e9gien, \u00ab fait des boucles de nuit sur la cascade derri\u00e8re la maison, pendant que les filles dorment\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, leur consacre ses week-ends et m\u00eale l\u2019utile \u00e0 l\u2019agr\u00e9able en tractant tout ce petit monde dans une remorque sur patins, skis aux pieds. Et s'il ne s'ar\u00eate jamais, aujourd'hui il n'a vraiment plus le choix, sans r\u00e9pit pour se reposer : \u00ab Au retour de la travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es, je ne pouvais pas me reposer et \u00eatre comme un zombie \u00e0 la maison. Il faut s'occuper des filles, les emmener \u00e0 l'\u00e9cole. S'en occuper quand elles se r\u00e9veillent \u00e0 5h du matin. Ouais, t'as int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 \u00eatre bon en r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration ! \u00bb<\/em>\n\nAthl\u00e8te \u00e0 la vie parfaitement \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e ? Jornet temp\u00e8re : \u00ab J\u2019aimerais avoir plus de temps pour faire de trucs comme la travers\u00e9e des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es mais l\u2019entrainement me prend beaucoup de temps.<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb La performance reste une obsession pour cet \u00ab\u00a0esprit ultra analytique dans l\u2019entra\u00eenement\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb. \u00c0 son niveau il ne peut rien l\u00e2cher. Encore moins \u00e0 36 ans ?\u00a0<\/span>\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" max_width=\"1200px\" use_custom_width=\"on\" custom_width_px=\"800px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/alpinemag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6611.jpg\" title_text=\"kilian-jornet-paris-Ulysse-Lefebvre-6611\" show_in_lightbox=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"off\" align=\"center\" _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" width=\"100%\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font=\"Merriweather|900|||||||\" text_font_size=\"16\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" border_style=\"solid\" saved_tabs=\"all\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]\n\n\u00a9UL\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.24.2\" text_font_size=\"18px\" hover_enabled=\"0\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]\n

Immuable ?<\/strong><\/h2>\nDans le taxi qui l\u2019emm\u00e8ne de l\u2019h\u00f4tel \u00e0 la salle de cin\u00e9ma, o\u00f9 il va bient\u00f4t tenir une ultra-soir\u00e9e, il se souvient avec le sourire de sa premi\u00e8re participation \u00e0 la Zegama. C'\u00e9tait il y a 17 ans : \u00ab J\u2019avais 19 ans et j'\u00e9tais \u00e9tudiant. Le lendemain de la course, j\u2019\u00e9tais de retour en examen devant ma copie !<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb. Cette fois, deux jours apr\u00e8s, Jornet est \u00e0 Paris \u00e0 l\u2019affiche d\u2019un cin\u00e9 des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nPresque deux d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s avoir commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire parler de lui, l'\u00e9ternel \"jeune Catalan\" continue d\u2019inspirer le grand public avec ses histoires et son humilit\u00e9, et de bluffer le milieu des connaisseurs avec ses performances et son exigence dans l\u2019effort. Quand on lui demande s\u2019il a des projets, voire des r\u00eaves, il r\u00e9pond en parlant d\u2019amis de 90 ans qui continuent \u00e0 aller en montagne \u00e0 leur \u00e2ge avanc\u00e9. Voyant loin. Il \u00e9voque les \u00e9motions en montagne qu\u2019il voudrait encore et toujours ressentir l\u00e0-haut. Plein d\u2019une amour sinc\u00e8re de la montagne. Il relativise aussi l\u2019importance de ses projets personnels, au regard des conditions de la montagne auxquelles on devra de toutes fa\u00e7ons s\u2019adapter. Lucide. Mais esp\u00e8re toujours \u00ab continuer \u00e0 oser<\/em> \u00bb. Quant aux courses avec dossard ? Il en parle moins, parce qu'aujourd'hui, elles lui apportent \u00ab moins d'\u00e9motion que les autres projets<\/em> \u00bb.\n\nComme s\u2019il s\u2019agissait aussi d\u2019y participer de temps en temps seulement, histoire de montrer, encore et encore, qui est le patron. Mais on sent bien que son enthousiasme est ailleurs, quelque part l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il lui sera possible de pousser l\u2019ultra-endurance encore plus loin et surtout encore plus longtemps. Et de continuer \u00e0 nous surprendre, nous invitant nous aussi \u00ab \u00e0 trouver des parcours qui nous transforment<\/em> \u00bb.\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[50,742,744,77],"class_list":["post-60776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mountaineering","category-running","tag-kilian-jornet","tag-movie","tag-pyrenees","tag-trail-running"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60776"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60786,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60776\/revisions\/60786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}