In January 2024, Jakob Herrmann skied uphill to the highest of a run at Radstadt, his house ski resort in Austria, for the thirty fourth consecutive time in 24 hours. In doing so, Herrmann had climbed a complete of 79,534 vertical ft (24,242 meters) — setting a brand new world file for essentially the most vertical climbing on skis in 24 hours.
The 36-year-old broke Kilian Jornet’s 2019 world file of 77,053 ft (23,486 meters), surpassing it by 2,480 ft (756 meters).
“It has all the time been a dream of mine to be on touring skis for twenty-four hours straight and see what number of vertical meters I can obtain,” Herrmann stated in a press launch on the achievement. “I simply needed to know what limits one can attain and the way far past you possibly can go. I’ve an excellent assist staff round me, and I like merely snowboarding for hours.”
Jakob Herrmann on the end of his 24-hour world file breaking effort in January 2024, in Austria. All images: Philipp Reiter/The Journey Bakery
2.74 Mount Everests in 24 Hours
Herrmann is an Austrian native. He has a adorned ski-mountaineering profession with wins in races from Austria, Germany, France, and Italy. He’s competed twice with the earlier file holder, Kilian Jornet, within the iconic Pierra Menta ski touring race.
Additionally a path runner, Herrmann positioned tenth on the 2022 Transvulcania Ultramarathon, in addition to third on the 2021 Grossglockner Extremely-Path 57k.
When Herrmann launched into this mission, he set his vertical goal at 78,740 ft (24,000 meters) — 1,686 ft (514 meters) past Jornet’s file.
The ski resort had curated a particular ascent monitor for Herrmann that was 2.5 kilometers lengthy, with 2,329 ft (710 meters) of ascent, that he skied up and down almost nonstop for twenty-four hours.
He took solely brief breaks to snack on rice, potatoes, isotonic drinks, gels, bars, and do-it-yourself banana bread. Alongside the best way, his family and friends supported him, bringing water, providing sustenance, and cheering him on.
Jakob Herrmann on his strategy to setting a brand new world file for essentially the most vertical achieve in 24 hours of snowboarding. He set the file in Austria, in January 2024.
In the long run, Herrmann surpassed even his personal expectations, and reset the file at 77,053 ft (23,486 meters). That’s the equal of two.74 Mount Everests, from sea degree to the summit, in a single day.
“I’ve an excellent assist staff round me, and I like merely snowboarding for hours,” Herrmann stated. “Probably the most difficult half was snowboarding in a single day with 14 nighttimes. Now I’m overjoyed and proud that I made it.”
[Editor’s Note: This article was first published on our sister site GearJunkie.]
