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Mt Elbrus (Russia)

Submitted by pbakwin on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 05:14pm
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Mt Elbrus (5,642m) is the highest summit in Europe.  The route starts in the Azau Valley at 2450m, and passes by Barrels Hut at 3900m on the way to the top of the higher West Summit.  This route is the course for the Redfox Elbrus SkyMarathon:

Episode 69: 2019 FKT of the Year Awards - part 2 of 2

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End of Year

We talk with the #2 and #1 Fastest Known Time of the Year winners!  They tell their own stories, which are amazing listening.

"I consider myself a relatively normal person without any particularly special skills. I simply had an idea and dedicated myself to training to make it happen."

(Find out what this person did - her definition of "normal" is very "relative"!)

From very long trails in the desert to the highest mountain on the continent, the stories are great:

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