Austrian professional ski mountaineer Jakob Herrmann has broken Kilian Jornet's world record for the furthest distance climbed on skis in a 24-hour period.
Setting out on January 27 at 3pm in Radstadt, Austria, the 36-year-old skimo athlete spent the next day relentlessly skiing uphill to achieve the new world record, completing a 2,329ft (710m) and 2.5 km (1.55 miles) ascent a total of 34 times, through the night and day, only stopping for short breaks to eat rice and potatoes (he drank isotonic drinks and snacked on gels, bars and homemade banana bread while on the move).
