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Tyler Boucher

Kilian Jornet on fueling with olive oil, riding gravel and finding freedom in wild spaces during his epic 5,000km quest

Scenes of Kilian Jornet's States of Elevation project.

As previously reported, Spanish ultra-athlete extraordinaire Kilian Jornet’s latest project, titled States of Elevation, combined summiting the majority of the American West’s 14,000-foot (4,267m) peaks and connecting them all by bike.

Jornet started his journey in Colorado, where the bulk of the peaks are located, then tackled the very long bike transfers to the mountains of California before riding north to Mount Rainier in Washington State, where he concluded his expedition.

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