Kilian Jornet might not have taken home the gold buckle at this year's Western States, but his third-place finish meant he still managed to shave more than an hour and 15 minutes off his last win on the course. The experience seems to have ignited something else in the Spanish ultra runner: a desire to explore the American West.
Jornet announced today that his next project is to link up every 14er – that's a mountain over 14,000ft – in the lower 48 states by foot and bike. The project, titled States of Elevation, will take the 37-year-old across 67 summits in Colorado, California and Washington, and includes such famous mountains as Mount Whitney and Mount Rainier.
