VERTICAL KILOMETER WORLD RECORDS
Victory and a new world record for skyrunner and World Mountain
Running Champion Marco De Gasperi. With a time of 35'15"
(17 seconds less than the previous record by Thierry Icart in
1998) he shot up the 1000m vertical climb of the Olympic downhill
run, the Face de Bellevarde, making him the first man to break
the 1,700m/h wall - the theoretic limit set by physiologists.
CARPENTER TAKES A DOUBLE
US
skyrunner Matt Carpenter, has become the first athlete to win
the famous Pikes Peak ascent as well as the marathon on consecutive
days.
Colorado's Pikes Peak Marathon is the 4th oldest marathon in the
USA and last year's event was the 46th running. The race starts
at 6,300 feet (1,920m) and runs to 14,110 feet (4,300m) and back
for a distance of 26.21 miles, rightly dubbed "America's
Ultimate Challenge."
Since 1981 a separate ascent only race (13.32 miles) to the summit
has been held the day before the marathon. Since that time only
400 runners have completed the "double."
Carpenter is also the course record holder for each event with
a 2:01:06 in the ascent and a 3:16:39 in the marathon both set
in 1993.
DOLOMITES
- A NEW RECORD
Italian Skyrunner Fabio Meraldi established yet another record
together with mountain guide Mario Dibona from Cortina, October
9.
In almost winter conditions, the round trip from Cortina, 1.224m
to the Tofana di Rodez, 3224m was completed in 3:04:40.
The record was designed as a first encounter between skyrunnning
and Cortina, which, in 2002, will represent the final stage in
an extraordinary event to celebrate 2002 the International Year
of the Mountains.
24 HOUR ASCENT RACE
Twice the height of Everest. That's the altitude reached in the
Polartec "24 Hour Ascent Race" in Val d'Isère,
France, by Italy's Adriano Greco and Frenchman Jean-Yannick Botet
- 17,575m for the record.
The
703m ascent took place between August 25 and August 26, 2001,
on the Massif de Solaise at an altitude between 1.836m and 2,539m.
Descent was by chairlift down the same course giving the athletes
time to rest and take in liquids (12 litres) and nourishment.
The average speed of the vertical climb amounts to 733 metres
per hour (or 878m/h if the chairlift is counted).
The previous record was held by Philippe Delachenal
who ran up 12,154m in 1998, bettering his record by 4,000m in
the race.
The only woman to take part was Frenchwoman Nathalie
Firmin who took an incredible 6th place overall with a total vertical
climb of 14,080m.
ACONCAGUA RECORD
A spectacular new record was set on the highest summit in the
Southern Hemisphere in Argentina, Aconcagua, 6,962m on February
7, 2000, by three top Skyrunners. See
release.
DôME DE NEIGE GETS A DUSTING
Three new records were set on the Dôme de Neiges des Ecrins
in France on July 3, 1999 by four Skyrunners (one woman). See
release.
EVEREST SKYMARATHON WORLD RECORD It's
a world record for Matt Carpenter, from Colorado, USA. On October
7, 1998, he beat his previous SkyMarathon record set in 1993 by
four minutes with a time of 2h52'57". The course, which resulted
400m longer than the previous version, was certified by AIMS course
marker Hugh Jones, (winner of the '82 London Marathon). At a level
4,300m, the measurement of the course represented the first of
its kind for the road racing specialists.
The timing was endorsed by the Chinese Athletic Federation. Apart
from the US win, athletes from Italy, Spain, Mexico and a number
of Tibetan athletes from Lhasa University participated.
US
skyrunner Matt Carpenter, has become the first athlete to win
the famous Pikes Peak ascent as well as the marathon on consecutive
days.
DOLOMITES
- A NEW RECORD
The
703m ascent took place between August 25 and August 26, 2001,
on the Massif de Solaise at an altitude between 1.836m and 2,539m.
Descent was by chairlift down the same course giving the athletes
time to rest and take in liquids (12 litres) and nourishment.
The average speed of the vertical climb amounts to 733 metres
per hour (or 878m/h if the chairlift is counted).
It's
a world record for Matt Carpenter, from Colorado, USA. On October
7, 1998, he beat his previous SkyMarathon record set in 1993 by
four minutes with a time of 2h52'57". The course, which resulted
400m longer than the previous version, was certified by AIMS course
marker Hugh Jones, (winner of the '82 London Marathon). At a level
4,300m, the measurement of the course represented the first of
its kind for the road racing specialists.