Everest Fraud Case: Kilian Jornet

Updates from page 28 onward
Summary:
Kilian Jornet reported summiting Mt. Everest, via the North Route, solo, without
oxygen, and without fixed-ropes, on May 22 at 12:00am, and again on May 27 at 9:30pm.
Kilian's website contact-form, www.kilianjornet.cat/en/contact/. Kilian's publicist,
Laura Sentis at Lymbus, info@lymbus.com
For both of his climbs, he has no summit photos, no summit video, and no summit
witnesses. His GPS tracking for the 27th begins at 8650m and descends from there. His
GPS tracking for the 22nd gives a highpoint elevation reading of just over 8500m. For
both of his climbs, he was a multitude of hours from the summit when he turned back. For
both of his climbs, he did not call anyone via his satellite-smartphone from the summit, nor
near the summit. 4 climbers, of 2 separate climbing groups (of 2 climbers each), 2 from the
USA and 2 from India, and who were separated from one another by several hours, and
who climbed to the summit from Camp 4 on May 21-22 on the same route as Kilian, would
have each been passed by Kilian during his descent, and within inches or feet of each other,
and would have each seen his headlamp a multitude of times as he ascended and descended.
The 2 Indian climbers came forward to the media to report that it is impossible that Kilian
summitted at 12:00am on May 22 because they would have seen him as described above.
The 2 USA climbers indicated to me that they hold this opinion as well. Over 1 year later,
Kilian submitted claimed summit-photos and claimed summit-video, for both of his
claimed summits, all of which are 100% dark except for minimal illumination of his face
and upper torso, as he did not use his headlamp nor GoPro light to illuminate any of the
surface of the mountain, which could have easily been done to show that he was at the
summit – he could have illuminated the highly recognizable summit surface (its general
shape), and the abundant summit-flags and other summit-objects. For all of Kilian's other
mountain climbs and mountain runs, for his several year Summits of My Life project, he
has abundant summit-photos, summit-video, summit-witnesses, and complete and accurate
GPS tracking. For both of Kilian's Everest attempts, he began his ascents during hours of
the day that are the opposite to what all other climbers do, namely in the late afternoon and
early evening. Climbers do not climb during these times because the increase of
temperature, the presence of sunlight, and the increase of wind, cause changes to the
mountain surface such that chance of rock-fall, ice-fall, and opening-crevasses increases
dramatically, and become extreme dangers to one's life. Kilian claimed to not climb with
fixed-ropes for either climb. However, his self-taken GoPro video on May 27 shows that
he used fixed-ropes. Despite that it is the highest elevation video of himself on Everest, he
did not provide the video to any media, nor on his website. Apparently it was inadvertently
provided to a French media who did a YouTube video about Kilian, which was never linked
to nor mentioned by any other media. Kilian stated that his Suunto watch battery failed for
his May 22 climb shortly below the summit (several hours below the summit). However,
Suunto watch batteries last for many years. Over 1 year after my case-report began to be
disseminated and discussed in many countries and by minor-media and major-media, Kilian
reported to a forum-user of LetsRun.com, Andy Tavin, that he has GoPro GPS tracking for
both of his climbs. Kilian took about 2 months to provide the data to the Andy. Andy
wrote his own case-report on the matter in early 2019, using most of my case-report for his
own report. Unlike Kilian's above Suunto GPS data, which was auto-uploaded to his
Suunto Movescount.com account-webage, Kilian has never provided his claimed GoPro
data to any media, nor published it. It was likely manually contrived post-controversy. Of
Kilian's claimed summit-video, he likely went back to the rock-band that he videoed
himself at previously (mentioned above), at night, and took the video, as all aspects of the
video are essentially identical to his above video, except that it is dark. There are other
aspects of my case-report that are not summarized above.
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Below I provide Kilian's GPS tracking (it is on his public Suunto Movescount page).
Ironically, Suunto is one of his sponsors, and will not use his Suunto Movescount
tracking data, and instead has published this animated route-progression, entitling it,
Watch a Suunto Movie of Suunto Ambassador Kilian Jornet's amazing Everest ascent
from Base Camp to the Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K0u8VrLeds
The route-track is a very vague track, it is shown from a far away distance, and it is
impossible to discern any relation between it and his May 22 GPS-tracking. Also, I could
use a Suunto GPS program (the Suunto Movescount Application is here
http://www.suunto.com/en-NZ/Support/Movescount-Mobile-App-container-page/Suunto-
Movescount-App/), and manually write in a route-track from basecamp to the summit,
and have the animation done.
His sponsor Suunto did this article entitled

Kilian’s Everest climb from Base Camp to the summit
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/sports/News-Articles-container-page/kilians-everest-
climb-from-base-camp-to-the-summit/
Suunto adds this caption to their YouTube video that is in the article,
Watch a Suunto Movie of Kilian’s amazingly fast ascent from Base Camp to the summit
The movie is of course not of Kilian climbing.
The video-box for the YouTube video states “Highest point 8848m”. See my analysis of
Kilian's GPS tracking for both of his Everest climbs below in this report. As you will find
from his Suunto Movescount pages themselves, his highpoints are listed as 8593m, and
8678m. There is no highpoint listing of 8848m.
None of the multitude of articles done on him provide any summit photos/video; and he
does not provide any summit photos/video at his websites, blogs, facebook page, twitter
page, etc.
His sole climbing partner and photographer, Sebastien Montaz, did not go above 25,000.
Here is an interview with him:
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/kilian-jornet-on-everest-by-his-filmmaker
He took the highpoint photos of Kilian. The following provides 4 highpoint photos that
are the only of such photos, each of which are used by Kilian and Sebastien on their
social-media. If you search through all of the articles done on Kilian, it is evident that
there are no other highpoint photos.
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17s/newswire-kilian-jornet-makes-two-rapid-everest-
ascents
http://www.alpinist.com/media/web17s/kilian-jornet-everest-speed-ascents-2.jpg
http://www.alpinist.com/media/web17s/kilian-jornet-everest-speed-ascents-3.2.jpeg
Here are the 4 photos:
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There is also en-route video taken by Sebastien apparently via a drone. Kilian is quote
low on the mountain in the video. The video is provided at the above Alpinist article,
which also links to this page:
https://www.facebook.com/kilianjornet/videos/10154399880735178/
Here are two screen-shots from the video. The second is of Sebastien.
For his other Summits Of My Life climbs (Denali, etc), his GPS tracking is perfect, and
he has abundant summit photos, often summit video, summit witnesses, etc. For
example, his Denali GPS tracking is accurate, as it provides the summit's elevation, and
provides a route-track to the summit, and a descent route-track.
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move33912172
He climbed Denali before Everest. And again, all of his other major climbs (Aconcagua,
Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, etc.), have accurate and complete GPS tracking.
I emailed with an array of climbers (their email addresses are below). Two Sherpa
(Mingma Sherpa and his expedition leader), 2 USA climbers (cousins from Iowa, the
Anderson cousins), a Russian (Alex Abramov), a German (Ralf Dujmovits, turned back
above the 2rd step), and have not received replies from 3 people (2 from the US, Cory
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Richards, Adrian Ballinger, and 1 from Romania, Horia Colibasanu). I also received
replies from 1 climber who summitted the South Route on May 22 (Yannick Graziani of
France), and Gordon Janow whose team summitted on May 27 (the date that Kilian stated
that he did his second summit, and at 9pm). Only Alex Abramov reports seeing Kilian --
May 22 at the Second Step.
None of the above people saw Kilian's headlight anywhere near the summit, nor at the
summit, for either of his climbs. All climbers climbing in dim and dark conditions use
extremely bright headlights, the illumination of which can be seen by other climbers from
very far away distances. Moreover, for climbers leaving the final high-camp and
climbing to the summit, on this North Col Route, the entire route to the summit can be
seen, and climber's headlights can be seen extremely clearly, especially when the climbers
turn in various directions, thereby making the sides of their headlights flash brightly to
climbers climbing from below.
Mingma Sherpa (Rolwaling Excursion), info@rolwalingexcursion.com.np
John Anderson john.r.anderson@uni.edu

Iowans for EVERest iowansforeverest@gmail.com
Anderson Adventures anderson.adventures@hotmail.com
Alex Abramov, 7vershin@mail.ru, info@7vershin.ru
Ralf Dujmovits ralf@ralf-dujmovits.de
Gordon Janow gjanow@alpineascents.com
Yannick Graziani, expedition2015@heliantis.fr, jm-bayaut@heliantis.fr
The three people who did not reply to me are

Horia Colibasanu contact@horiacolibasanu.com
Cory Richards cory@coryrichards.com
Adrian Ballinger adrian@alpenglowexpeditions.com
Regarding Kilian's 12am and 9:30pm claimed summit-times. Reaching the summit at
these times is opposite to what most people do. Climbing through the afternoon and night
to the summit, or anywhere on the mountain, is essentially never done, due to the extreme
dangers of falling into crevasses that are below the surface of the snow, deadly ice fall,
deadly rock fall, and the high potential of slipping and falling down a slope or cliff to
one's death. Sunlight, even when the temperature is cold, causes substantial changes to
the surface of the mountain. Moreover, the wind is typically much higher during the day.
(Even on Mount Rainier, etc., people, like on Everest, typically summit at sunrise or up to
about 8am, and then descend, and never ascend through the late afternoon and night.
None of the guiding companies have ever taken climbing parties to the summit in the
afternoon or evening. As they all will attest, climbing is never done during the late
morning, afternoon, and evening, due to the dangers mentioned above).
In the above Alpinist article

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web17s/newswire-kilian-jornet-makes-two-rapid-everest-
ascents
the writer quotes Kilian's gear list (far down the article, and also quoted below), and one
of the items is a "GoPro camera". The writer states, "Jornet sent a list of everything he
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carried with him on the ascent in an email:" Yet, he never used it at the summit, nor near
the summit, for either of his climbs.
“Jornet sent a list of everything he carried with him on the ascent in an email:
Boots (prototype with running liner and crampons)

Socks
Inner tights
Soft-shell pants
First layer
Soft-shell jacket
Thin down jacket
Down suit
Silk gloves
Mittens
2 Buff [headband/neck-gaiters]
Beanie [warm hat]
Headlamp
[Trekking] Poles
1 ice axe
Backpack
Gels and water
Sun cream and lip [protection]
GoPro camera
1 extra battery”
This webpage of his provides one of his summit-articles, and shows what appears to be
his highpoint, for one of his climbs.
http://www.kilianjornet.cat/en/blog/kilian-jornet-reaches-the-summit-of-everest/
The photo is the same as one of the photos in the Alpinist article, which are provided
above. The elevation would be 25,000' or lower, since Sebestian took the photo (see the
Red Bull article with Sebestian in which he states that he did not go above 25,000').
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/kilian-jornet-on-everest-by-his-filmmaker
At the bottom of this article of his, he provides a photo and list of his gear
http://everest.summitsofmylife.com/
http://v.fastcdn.co/t/fdc58edd/ea9b7092/1497027384-16853481-960x490-All-Gear-
Everest-low.jpg
Shown and listed are a satellite-phone (SatSleeve), and GPS watch. Again, he did not use
the satellite-phone from the summit, nor near the summit, for either of his climbs. Also,
in the above Redbull article with his photographer Sebastien, he was absent for 18 hours
during one climb, causing Sebastien and others intense concern. I speculate that Kilian
did this intentionally in order to avoid embarrassing himself - that is, he likely did not
want to verbally lie to anyone, on the mountain, via telephone that he was at the summit.
It is astounding that he has abundant summit photos, video, GPS, witnesses, telephone
calls, etc., for all of his other major climbs, except Everest, and, neither of his 2 Everest
climbs. He uses social-media very intensely to chronicle even his daily workouts, races,
solo mountain runs, and he did nothing to prove his summits on the highest mountain in
the world, on which he also claimed several speed records. Stangl in 2006 and
Kammerlander in 1996 had summit photos for their Everest without-oxygen speed
records, and in 2017 Kilian has nothing, despite advancements in technology between
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1996 and 2017.
May 24, 2006, Christian Stangl, 16 hours 42 minutes
summit photos 1, 2
May 23, 1996, Hans Kammerlander, 16 hours 45 minutes

summit photo 1, also 1
I developed a history of Everest speedclimbing, which was published at the following

website by a UK Everest historian, Colin Wallace, who is an Everest summitter. Included
is discussion of, and the photos from, Stangl's and Kammerlander's climbs and records.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170528181822/http://www.everest1953.co.uk:80/speed-
climbing-records
Unlike Kilian's Denali and other climbs, he gives vague, rounded-off times for his Everest
climbs. He usually gives to-the-minute times, as he did for Denali. This is discussed
later in this report.
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GPS Analysis:
Kilian's 1st Everest Climb. May 21-22, 2017.
Kilian's GPS data can be found at his Suunto Movescount page,

http://www.movescount.com/members/member1018-kilianjornet
The following are reasons for why he has not provided his Movescount pages for his two
Everest climbs to the media, and has not published them on his websites.
Kilian's 1st Everest Climb. May 21-22, 2017. It is listed as May 20 on his Movescount
page below.
These are the times that he claims for that first climb.
May 22, 2017. 12:00am summit arrival claim.
Ascent: "Summit (8.848m) - Everest Advanced Base Camp (6.500m): 28h30"
Ascent-Descent: "Everest Advanced Base Camp (6.500m)-Summit (8.848m): 17h"
1) At the top of the page, his total-time is listed as 30h 56m (not 28h 30m)
2) His high-point, on the route-map (scroll over the dot at the summit) is 8593m. The
summit is 8848m.
3) His high-point in the Graphs section that is below the map is also 8593m (see the
below photocopy).
4) His total-time in the Graph is also 30h 56m.
5) In the Graphs, at "17h" he was at 8288m. This is the elevation of Camp 3, which is
below the First Step, Second Step, and Third Step. Maps of the route:
http://www.alanarnette.com/everest/everestnorthroutes.php
http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2011/02/17/comparing-the-routes-of-everest/
6) In his route-tracks (2 route-tracks for this climb), he was at 26h 30m at his high-point
(8593m). You have to zoom-in considerable into the route-tracks, and then scroll over
both slowly, in order to see the times and altitudes. One is his ascent-track, and one is his
descent-track).
7) Also in the route-tracks, his finish-time is listed as 30h 56m.
At the top of his Movescount page, the numerical data that is listed is very inconsistent
with his Graph-data, total-time, etc. A Movescount page would not register one high-
point, and particular times, on the Graphs, and then provide different times and a different
high-point at the numerical data at the top of the page.
The following is Kilian's Suunto Movescount GPS tracking.

Again http://www.movescount.com/moves/move159990476
There are two images. In the first image, I added text and arrows in order to explain
various features of his GPS tracking. The second image shows a more accurate
representation of the mountain, as there is only one false-summit-icon. (Zooming in and
out of the maps often results in various icons, and repetitive false icons, appearing).
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In the first of the above photographs, the actual summit is shown as a red triangle. In the
second photograph, the actual summit is shown by a summit-icon, which is slightly
above, and to the right, of a false-summit-icon
The following is Adrian Ballinger's Strava GPS tracking for his 2017 Everest climb, of
which he has abundant summit-photographs, as shown in this Outside Magazine article.
https://www.outsideonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/width_1200/public/2017/06/07/a
drian-cory-everest-summit_h.jpg?itok=NlacKxNV
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As shown in the below photocopy, his high-point in the Graphs section is 8593m .
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Kilian's 2nd Everest climb. May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017. 9:30pm summit arrival claim.

Ascent: "Everest Base Camp (5,100m) - Summit (8,848m): 26h"
Ascent-Descent: "Summit (8,848m) - Everest Advanced Base Camp (6,500m): 38h"
This is his Movescount page.

1) It shows that he did not reach the summit, and that his high-point was 8678m (in the
Graphs, and the Map, by scrolling over the relevant places, and clicking on Altitude).
2) The one route-track that is provided is only for his descent, starting at 8678m (Third
Step; see the below route-map)
downward to 7144m (Camp 1; see the below route-map)
There is no ascent-track, nor anything below Camp 1 for his descent.
3) His total-time at the top of the page is listed as 8hrs, and his total-time on the map is
listed as 8hrs. This does not reflect what his claimed times are.
4) Again, there are no witnesses to him being at the summit, approaching the summit, and
descending the summit, for this climb. (I still have to contact some climbers about this
date, but currently no one has attested to the media to having witnessed him, and Kilian
himself does not provide any witness names, that he saw X and Y at locations A and B,
etc).
5) There is no double-route-track, as there is in the Movescount page for his first climb.
Kilian likely deleted his ascent-information, and then possibly uploaded his descent-
information, and perhaps forgot to tamper with it as he likely did for his 1st climb.
It is clear why Kilian did not use these GPS Movescount pages, especially the second
one. It is also clear why he, in none of his abundant media coverage, nor on any of his
multitude of website and blog pages, mentioned the names of any other climbers as
people who he saw at various points. Lastly, for his 9pm summit-claim, he does not even
mention being alone at the summit, as he did for his 12am summit-claim. And again, I
still have to contact people from this May 27th climb, and so far have found that there
was an issue of serious wind for that date which greatly impacted the decisions of many
climbing teams, as reported at Everest chronicler Alan Arnette's website.
http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/05/25/everest-2017-left/
Suunto did this article on Kilian's Denali record, and provided his Movescount page.
http://www.suunto.com/sports/News-Articles-container-page/Kilian-Denali-Record/
The title of the article:
See for yourself! The route and all the details of Kilian's record ascent can be found on
Movescount.
The link is the following, which is the same link that I provided above,
In contrast, in Suunto's 2 articles on Kilian's Everest climbs, they never provide his
Movescount pages.
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/sports/News-Articles-container-page/kilians-everest-
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climb-from-base-camp-to-the-summit/
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/sports/News-Articles-container-page/kilian-jornet-
summits-everest-twice-in-a-week/
As a summary:
Kilian's Everest articles from his website:
Kilian Jornet Reaches The Summit Of Everest
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/2017/05/22/kilian-jornet-reaches-the-summit-of-
everest-2/
Photo provided (not the summit; taken by Sebastien Montaz at or below 25,000 feet):
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/wp-content/uploads/Kilian_xx.ss_-768x576.jpg
Kilian Jornet summited Mount Everest twice in a week without using supplemental
oxygen.
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/2017/05/28/kilian-jornet-summited-mount-everest-
twice-in-a-week-without-using-supplemental-oxygen-2/
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/wp-content/uploads/5-768x576.jpg
Kilian Jornet summits Mount Everest twice in one week without using supplemental
oxygen.
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/2017/05/28/kilian-jornet-summits-everest-twice-in-one-
week-without-supplemental-oxygen-2/
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/wp-content/uploads/ndp1-768x576.png
Suunto Movie: Kilian’s Everest Climb from Base Camp to the Summit
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/2017/06/08/suunto-movie-kilians-everest-climb-from-
base-camp-to-the-summit/
Video provided, https://youtu.be/9K0u8VrLeds
(1) As discussed above, the elevation provided in the video-box is not the highpoint
elevation in Kilian's GPS tracking (for either of his climbs).
(2) Suunto offers a free video animation service, as discussed above.
HOW TO CREATE SUUNTO MOVIES AND ADD THEM TO YOUR MOVESCOUNT MOVES
http://www.suunto.com/en-US/sports/News-Articles-container-page/Tutorial-Tuesday-
Suunto-Movie/
Anyone can submit a route-track to Suunto for the free video-animation service.
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Kilian's other Summits Of My Life climbs. Summit photos, video, witnesses.
Kilian's Denali climb. Summit photos:

http://summitsofmylife.com/public/img/proyecto/fotosProyectos/6/1.jpg
http://summitsofmylife.com/public/img/proyecto/fotosProyectos/6/3.jpg
http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/files/2014/06/killian-jornet-summits-life.jpg
(from this article):
http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2014/07/01/kilian-jornet-on-setting-a-new-
speed-record-on-denali/
Kilian's Aconcagua climb. Summit photos:

http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/wp-content/uploads/Kilian-Jornet-Aconcagua-2014-
Summits-of-My-Life2.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HAOlCWv0a-g/maxresdefault.jpg
Kilian's Kilimanjaro climb. Summit video:

https://youtu.be/MjZH6CfKLxE
Summit photo:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MjZH6CfKLxE/hqdefault.jpg
Kilian's other climbs.

http://summitsofmylife.com/en#/proyecto
Click on each mountain for more information.
All mountains have summit photos, etc., except Everest.
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May 27, 2017. Kilian's self-taken, high-point video with his GoPro Camera.
2:28-3:46
https://youtu.be/hZdG5v6Iuxo?t=148
(French language video with similar footage between 1:16-3:32
https://youtu.be/IuS4QQqWI78?t=76 )
He did not film himself above this point, for either of his climbs (22nd and 27th). No
media has asked why he does not have video of himself higher on the mountain than what
is shown in the videos. He films himself sitting on a rocky area on the mountain, well
below the summit. Then there is video of him ascending for a few seconds. Then he
videos himself descending (sliding on his backside slowly down the mountain, and then
walking down). Then there is video taken by Sebastien Montaz of him far down the
mountain. Then Kilian reports that they are leaving Everest after being there for 1 month.
The date of this video is therefore May 27. See my below comment on Alan Arnette's
report of high winds on May 27.
Jornet does not state what day, nor time-of-day, it is in the videos. He comments on the
high wind; and it is widely reported at the below webpage and elsewhere that on May 27
(the date of Jornet's 2nd Everest summit-claim) that there were high winds.
http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/05/25/everest-2017-left/
Additional evidence/proof of no summit on May 27. As discussed above, the following

is his GPS Tracking for May 27. The tracking begins as a descent, and at “8678m”, as
shown in the below screen-shots of his GPS Tracking.
The above self-taken GoPro video of Kilian likely shows his highpoint, and where he
began his GPS Tracking.
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Below are two photocopies of the above GPS tracking. The first shows the top half of the
webpage, and the second shows a more detailed view of the GPS route-line with respect
to the summit.
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The “Highest Point 8752m” listing in the above photocopies is obviously inaccurate. For
his 1st summit-claim, listed is “Highest Point 8848m”, which is also obviously
inaccurate.
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Use Of Fixed-Lines (Fixed-Ropes):
It is widely reported by Kilian, his sponsors, and others, that he did not used fixed lines.
He states this on his website:

Alone, in a single climb and without oxygen or fixed ropes, Jornet has reached the
summit of the world’s highest mountain (8,848 m)
http://blog.summitsofmylife.com/2017/05/22/kilian-jornets-ascent-of-everest/
Also,
Spanish man climbs Mount Everest in fastest known time
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mount-everest-fasted-time-climb-kilian-
jornet-a7752006.html
May 23, 2017 - A Spanish climber has set a new record for summiting Everest, after
reaching the top
... Kilian Jornet used neither bottled oxygen or fixed ropes.
Also,
Kilian Jornet Summits Everest in Fastest Known Time | Outside Online
https://www.outsideonline.com/2187266/kilian-jornet-summits-everest-fastest-known-
time
May 22, 2017 - The 29-year-old Spaniard ascended via the North Face in a single climb,
without using oxygen or fixed ropes, according to a statement issued.
The video shows that he in fact used fixed-lines. His fixed-line system can be seen on the front
of his body, and the fixed-line under him, in front of him, and behind him, can also be seen.
The following are screen-shot-photos of Kilian's use of fixed-lines, taken from the above
video:
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Screen-shot photos from the beginning of each YouTube video (at 2m:28s, and 1m:16s).
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Less than 200 people in history have summitted Everest without oxygen.
National Geographic, “.... fewer than 200 have done so without oxygen.”
http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/21/how-climbing-everest-without-
oxygen-can-go-very-wrong/
The first people to do so did so in 1978. Peter Habler, Reinhold Messner. The following
is Messner' summit photo from his 1980 solo climb.
http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/files/2016/04/reinhold-messner-summit-
everest-solo-climb.jpg
He was able to have a summit photo taken 39 years ago, when camera technology was
highly inferior to today. Yet, Kilian was not able to obtain summit photos for either of his
2 Everest without-oxygen summit-claims 39 years later, despite the extremely light and
high-performance camera technology available today, and despite that he himself states
on his website, and to the media, that he carried a GoPro camera and Satellite-
Smartphone ("SatSleeve" as he states in his list, which has highly advance camera
technology).
At the bottom of the following article of his, he provides a photo and list of his gear
http://everest.summitsofmylife.com/
http://v.fastcdn.co/t/fdc58edd/ea9b7092/1497027384-16853481-960x490-All-Gear-
Everest-low.jpg
Listed are 'SatSleeve', and 'Solar Panel' (used to charge the Satellite-Smartphone).
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Elapsed-Times:
Below are Kilian's elapsed-times for his Summits of My Life Project as reported at his
website
http://summitsofmylife.com/#/proyecto
Below is a photocopy of his webpage that has a listing of, and photo of, each of the
mountains of his Summits Of My Life project. Click on each mountain-listing for his
articles on each mountain.
– In #6 below (Everest), Kilian states that for his second climb, he “did not use oxygen
nor fixed ropes.” This is proven false, as demonstrated in the above photographs, video,
and discussion.
– Each of Kilian's elapsed-times, except for Everest, are to the precise minute, and some
are to the precise second. His primary Everest elapsed-times are rounded to the hour. He
provides one split-time that is rounded to the half-hour. Moreover, in some of the below
articles, regarding his elapsed-times on other mountains, he states that he used his
chronometer to time himself. Why would all of his elapsed-times for all of the mountains
be to the precise minute, and sometimes the precise second, except Everest (and for both
of his Everest climbs)?
1) 2012, Cross Mont Blanc, Part II, 8 hours, 42 minutes, 57 seconds
Excerpts from his article:
Courmayeur-Val Veni: 40'

Val Veni - Ref Monzino: 1hr 30-50'
Monzino-Eccles: 3hrs 30-2hrs
Eccles-Mont Blanc: 6hrs 17-2hrs 47 (5’ stop summit)
Mont Blanc - Gouter: 6hrs 50 -27'
Gouter-Houches: 8hrs 15 -1hr 25
Houches-Chamonix: 8hrs 42’57’’ - 27'
I felt as if I was flying on the descent from the summit and in 2 hours and 19 minutes i
reached my destination, Chamonix Church square, where I stopped the chronometer at 8
hours 42m 57s.
2) 2103, Mont Blanc, 4 hours 57 minutes
3) 2013, Matterhorn, 2 hours 52 minutes
4) 2014, Denali, 11 hours 48 minutes
Excerpt from his article:

“The chronometer showed 11h 48 ' (9h 45' to the summit) when Kilian Jornet arrived
back at base camp, beating the previous record established in 2013 by Ed Warren (16h
46').”
5) 2014, Aconcagua, 12 hours 49 minutes
6) 2017, Everest
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Excerpt from his article:
“First ascent: 26 h
Second ascent: 17 h”
“A dream come true twice in a week. Without artificial oxygen, fixed ropes and in a
single run.”
“Kilian Jornet climbed in a single push the north face of Mount Everest (8.848m) for the
second time in a week. For this he did not use oxygen nor fixed ropes.”
“Accumulated route times

Everest Advanced Base Camp (6.400m)-Summit (8.848m): 17h
Summit (8.848m) - Everest Advanced Base Camp (6.400m): 28h30”
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Controversy about a 50K race 2012:
Kilian was caught breaking an explicit rule in a 50K race, and in persisting to break the
rule despite being told by on-route race organizers during the race to discontinue breaking
the rule. (a) He shortcut a multitude of switchbacks, and, (b) continued to do so after
being warned by race-staff to not do so. He was witnessed by many race-staff to have
shortcut a multitude of switchbacks. He won the race only by 4 minutes. He was not
awarded the race's financial price, but was awarded the 1st place by race organizer Karl
Meltzer, who comments on his decision in the below article and video..
Article:
The ‘Kilian Jornet Speedgoat 50K Controversy’ (in Karl Meltzer’s Words)
http://runitfast.com/2012/07/30/the-kilian-jornet-speedgoat-50k-controversy-in-karl-
meltzers-words/
“ …. Kilian Jornet was caught cutting several switchbacks during the race. He was
warned at mile 20 to stop but continued to do randomly throughout the race.”
Video of post-race interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRew7lr5eE
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Cho Oyu 2017, proven summit fraud:
Kilian and his girlfriend Emelie Forsberg went to Cho Oyu in the spring of 2017 and
produced the following 16 minute 21 second video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=813&v=AZ9Qi99yZvY
A screen-shot of the video at 00:26
From 12:50 onward, Kilian is shown climbing toward the summit alone.
Emelie discontinued the climb at about 7,700 meters, as Kilian states here:
“After 9 days, on the 7th of May, we did our attempt, starting from Camp one (6.400m) at
1AM. It was a very windy and cold night. We climbed until we reach 7.500m and waited
on a crevasse for the sun to shine, so we could warm up a bit. We continued an at Yellow
Band (7.700m), Emelie decided to turn. The weather was supposed to get worse with
heavy snowfalls, and an unequipped technical section looked too exposed to downclimb
safely when tired. I was really impressed by Emelie, who was climbing really fast, and
before that she had only been up to 6.000m! I decided to carry on.”
As is shown in the video at 12:55-13:48, Kilian states that he is at "8050 meters", and
"150m from the summit". He comments on being tired, the wind, the snow, and he then,
as is shown in the video from 14:10 onward, descends. As such, he did not reach the
summit. The following is a screen-shot of his highpoint, and where he states the above
about being at 8050 meters and 150 meters from the summit.
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At Kilian's blog, 5th paragraph from the top he comments on reaching his highpoint.
http://www.kilianjornet.cat/en/blog/cho-oyu/
He states that there wasn't "any visibility", and that "I could only see my feet", and that he
reached "something that would be the summit". As is shown in the video, and the above
screen-shot, the visibility is excellent, much of the surrounding mountain can be seen.
Also, anyone who learns about the mountain, and climbs the mountain, knows where the
summit exactly is. There is only one true summit on any mountain, and it is well known
exactly where the summit of Cho Oyu is. The following is Kilian's statement:
"I decided to carry on. The Yellow Band was more technical than expected with some thin
ice and mix climbing. Around 8.000m, it started to snow heavily, and I continued from
the last rocky section to the summit plateau. I continued climbing without any visibility
towards what I thought would be the summit. The summit of Cho Oyu is not a shaped
one, so at some point I reached something that would be the summit. Honestly, I am not
sure that this was the summit as I could only see my feet, but I was at some point around.
Very happy with that! It was 3PM."
The following is a screen-shot of his article:
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At Kilian's website, in his Nov 27, 2017 article, he is quoted as stating that not only did
he reached the summit, but that both he and Emelie did.
http://www.kilianjornet.cat/en/blog/kilian-jornet-and-emelie-forsberg-present-testing-
ourselves/
Jornet states: “Although we did reach the summit, for us that wasn’t the important thing.
What interested us was to see how we felt after an acclimatisation that was totally
different from any we’d done before.”
The following is a screen-shot of his article:
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Update:
Four witnesses further demonstrate that Kilian failed to summit Everest on May 22.
Two Indian climbers who successfully summited Mt. Everest via the North Col Route on
May 22, Hari Prasad and Sunda Raju, came forward to several media companies upon
reading that Kilian claimed to have summitted on May 22, and upon reading that Kilian
stated that they saw his foot-tracks in the snow as they were climbing to the summit.
As reported by 2 major Spanish media (Kilian is from Spain), Desnivel Magazine, and El
Confidencial, two Everest climbers from India, Hari Prasad and Sunda Raju, came
forward to attest to how, despite that they climbed on May 22 to the summit on the same
route (North Col Route), and were, according to Kilian's own time-line, only a few hours
behind him, never saw him ascending anywhere, nor descending anywhere. They would
have seen his headlamp a multitude of times, and he would have walked right by them
(within inches) in his descent, as the route is a single-track route, and is narrow.
Desnivel Magazine (Spain)

https://www.scribd.com/document/376340382/Kilian-Jornet-Desnivel
The journalist is the owner-publisher of Desnivel, Darío Rodríguez dario@desnivel.com,
who interviewed me prior to the article, and who did his own investigation.
El Confidencial (Spain)
Journalist, Pedro Gil retos.altura@gmail.com
Editor, Víctor García vgarcia@elconfidencial.com
Article
https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/alpinismo/2018-09-10/kilian-jornet-everest-
dudas_1612450/
Translation
https://translate.google.com/translate?
hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/alpinismo/2018-09-10/kilian-
jornet-everest-dudas_1612450/&prev=search
The two Indian climbers were climbing to the summit on May 22 below Kilian (starting
to the summit on May 21 and arriving at the summit on May 22 in the early morning),
Hari Prasad and Sunda Raju. They never saw Kilian anywhere, at any time, ascending
nor descending, between Camp 3 and the summit. (Camp 3 is the last camp before the
summit).
Climbing just below the two Indian climbers (1 hour below) were USA cousins John
Anderson john.r.anderson@uni.ed,u and Andy Anderson andyandersoniii@yahoo.com.
Both told me via email in June 2017 that they never saw Kilian, anywhere, at any time,
between Camp 3 and the summit (see mountain details below).
Mountain details:
As is simple to confirm, there is one route-track to the summit from Camp 3. Moreover,
climbers do not diverge from it. Moreover, it takes about 7 hours from Camp 3 to the
summit, with Supplemental Oxygen (Kilian states that he was without Supplemental
Oxygen, and as such he would, as is shown in some even low-mountain video of him,
been going very slowly). This can be confirmed by researching general climbing-times
from camp to camp on the North Col Route, and by contacting Everest expert Alan
Arnette alan@alanarnette.com.
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As shown in this photocopy from the Himalayan Database
https://www.ecestaticos.com/image/clipping/654/7806beae5df751146c045dd8ca318e29/i
magen-sin-titulo.jpg
the two Indian climbers were only 3 hours 15 minutes behind Kilian, and the two USA
climbers were only 4 hours 15 minutes behind Kilian. As such, all 4 of them would have,
without question, not only seen Kilian descending, and passing right by them (within feet, or
even inches) but would have seen him ascending via his headlight flashing. Moreover, the
distance from Camp 3 (which sometimes is referred to as 'Camp 4', depending on where the
climbers camped on the way up) to the summit is a relatively short distance. Climbing is
done extremely slowly from Camp 3 to the summit. Kilian stated that he summitted on May
22 at 12:00am. 3-4 hours behind him, on their way up, were the above 4 people (2 climbing
groups of 2 people each). The 4 people were close to the summit, and over 1/2 of the way
between Camp 3 and the summit. With certainty, they, all, would have seen Kilian pass right
by them, and would have seen his flashing headlight countless times. Here is a photo of the
route from Camp 3 to near the summit, with the caption (at the below webpage),
http://www.philippegatta.fr/everest/slides/pg_everest_24.jpg
"The route above camp 3. Picture taken from 8770 m on the way down from the Everest
summit (7am) (© P. Gatta)"
From http://www.philippegatta.fr/everest.htm
A copy of the photo with an arrow showing Camp 3.
https://ibb.co/nBDpcrp
Note:
All climbers between Camp 3 and the summit, going up, and going down, pass right by one
another, and are clipped into fixed-lines, that extend along the one route that all climbers
climb up and down. In John Anderson's email to me, he lists the people who summitted
ahead of he and his cousin. They were the two Indian climbers.
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Update:
In May 2018, a forum user at LetsRun.com, Andy Tavin, responded to a December 2017
presentation of my case against Kilian on LetsRun.com (his first post is the second post
of this forum-discussion). He continues with that username in subsequent posts,
including where he publishes his below linked investigation.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8577576
As is shown in his first post, he learned of the controversy from my investigation. He
then proceeded to do his own investigation in May 2018, which he provides at this
google-drive file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1izzOsKWGdw_vim9-zSpR5QMMw9mOz-Ex/view
His investigation is partly based on his discussions with Kilian and with Kilian's primary
sponsor, Lymbus, info@lymbus.com. Kilian and Lymbus, about 9 months after the
controversy began to be reported and discussed world-wide, sent Andy GoPro GPS files
for both of his Everest climbs. Kilian nor any of his sponsors use the files publicly.
Given the aforementioned abundant proof and evidence that Kilian did not summit on
May 22, it is surely the case that Kilian fabricated the GoPro GPS data as a post-
controversy attempt to persuade others of the legitimacy of his climbs. Andy argues that
the May 22 GoPro GPS data establishes that Kilian was most likely successful in
summiting on May 22. Andy fails to recognize how such data was never used from May
2017 to March 2018 by Kilian nor his sponsors, on any of their multitude of webpages,
and that it was surely fabricated post-controversy as a way to attempt to defend himself.
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Update:
The Himalayan Database (leader Billi Bierling www.billibierling.com/contact/,

billibierling@gmail.com) has stated that the Himalayan Database has not done anything
more than document (or write down) what Kilian has told them. They furthermore stated
that they have not judged Kilian's 2 Everest climbs to be accurate, and that they have not
verified that his climbs are accurate. They furthermore stated that they do not judge,
verify, validate, certify, etc., anyone's Everest climbs to be accurate, verified, legitimate,
etc. They state that they do not do this, nor ever have. They moreover state that no one
else, including the Nepal Government (the Nepal Ministry of Tourism, which is in charge
of Everest climbing) does this either.
Kilian and his sponsors have, a multitude of times, fraudulently stated that the Himilayan
Database has certified, validated, judged, etc., Kilians 2 Everest climbs to be accurate,
verified, legitimate, etc. Two examples are below:
https://www.runners.es/trail-running/articulo/everest-kilian-jornet-todavia-entredicho
"A fact that adds to the constant doubts about the double ascent of Catalan, however,
Himalayan Database validated after the interview they made Jornet himself."
http://athleticsillustrated.com/editorial/kilian-jornets-camp-adamant-that-he-summited-
mount-everest-twice-in-one-go-without-oxygen/
"After Kilian returned from Nepal, he was interviewed by the Himalayan Database, the
expedition archives of Elizabeth Hawley. Kilian’s ascents were validated by this
institution, which is considered the maximum authority to certificate ascents on the
Himalayas."
Billi Beirling has stated that the Himalayan Database has not certified, validated, judged,
etc., either of Kilian's 2 Everest climbs to be accurate, verified, legitimate, etc. They state
that they have simply written down into their files what Kilian has reported to them.
That Kilian has engaged in this additional apparent fraud is consistent with the conduct of
his that is discussed in this report.
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Update:
On May 30, 2017, Kilian published the following photo of himself on his Twitter website.
https://twitter.com/kilianj/status/869574836313407490
As is discussed below, Kilian, in May 2018, and thereafter, which is 1 year after his
Everest climbs, began claiming it is a May 22, 2017 summit-photo of himself that he took
with his GoPro camera,
However, he did not claim that it is a summit-photo at his Twitter website; and he did not
use this photo on any of his other websites and blogs:
www.kilianjornet.cat
www.summitsofmylife.com
www.facebook.com/kilianjornet
www.instagram.com/kilianjornet
www.youtube.com/user/kilianjornet
www.kilianjornet.cat/en/blog
www.blog.summitsofmylife.com
Moreover, he did not send the photo to any media from May 2017 onward, until
September 2018. It is provided in this Spain article by Aitor Tilla on September 2018.
www.cordada.es/subio-kilian-jornet-al-everest/
(Aitor used much of the content of my August 2017 investigation for his report, and did
not credit me as his source). Kilian sent the photo, and other related photos, to the
aforementioned Andy Tavin, in May 2018. It is possible that the above Aitor obtained the
photo from Andy's report, and that Kilian did not send it to him directly.
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Kilian sent the above photo, and related photos, to Andy; and as is shown in Andy's
aforementioned report, Kilian stated that they are of him on May 22 on the summit of
Everest. Kilian has not provided to anyone, nor has for himself, any May 27 claimed
summit-photos.
The following are two photos, with captions done by Andy, that Andy publishes in his
aforementioned report. In the second photo, the in-photo captions were done by Kilian,
and/or his sponsor Salomon. As is evident, the below two photos are additional claimed
summit-photos to the above photo that he published at his Twitter website. In two
photos, he has his sunglasses off; and in one photo he has his sunglasses on. He of course
could have easily exchanged having his sunglasses on and off as he desired.
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Below is the photo that he sent to me, and which is the same at the photo that he
published at his Twitter website.
Kilian stated to me, and to Andy, that the above photos are “extracts” (his word), or
screenshots, from his GoPro Video. However, he apparently did not provide the video to
Tavin; and he did not provide it to me when I requested it. Moreover, the claimed video
has not been published on any of his websites and blogs, nor by any of his sponsors, nor
by any media. Kilian has received thousands of media articles since May 2017 about his
Everest climbs. Update: In a below update in this report, I show that he published the
video on his YouTube account in February 2019, which is almost 2 years after his May
2017 Everest climbs.
In all of the above photos, the tilt of Kilian's body, and head, and his proximity to his
GoPro camera, which he is pointing at himself via a selfie-stick with his left hand, or
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which he is holding in his left hand, are the same as what is found in his above discussed,
and provided, self-taken GoPro video of May 27, which was published on YouTube by
the French news company, Agencia EFE. Below is a screenshot that is taken from that
video, and which was used earlier in my report. In the above dark claimed summit-
photos, Kilian's body, and head, are tilted as they are likely because he, as is the case in
the below screenshot photos of the video, and in the video, is leaning toward his right
onto the rocks that he is sitting on, and has his right arm resting on the rocks.
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EFE's YouTube account,
www.youtube.com/user/efe.
Their company website,
www.efe.com.
This is EFE's publication of Kilian's video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZdG5v6Iuxo
which again was provided and discussed earlier in this report.
The video-segment of Kilian sitting on the rocks, and leaning over to his right onto the
rocks, and taking GoPro video of himself extends from 2:30 to 2:38 in the 3:46 long
video.
Some of the video-montage was clearly taken by Kilian's hired photographer, Sebastien
Montaz, and used as a video-presentation for media. From 0:00 to 0:25, the video begins
with video taken by a drone (Sebastien's drone), and then switches to hand-held video
(held by Sebastien ), and then returns to drone video. At 0:25-0:36, Sebastien is shown
taking video of himself.
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(From 1:34-1:55 and 2:04-2:14, there is video taken by Kilian of himself via a selfie-stick
in his left hand each time, or via holding the camera in his left hand each time).
Sebastien clearly sent this video-montage to various French media in June 2017. This is
Sebastien's website, www.montaz-rosset.com/contact. He is French and as shown in the
above webpage, he lives in Passe, France.
Update: In a below update in this report, a discussion is provide about the likely relation
of the below claimed GoPro summit-video if himself and the above GoPro highpoint
video of himself.
Kilian did not provide the darkened summit-claim photos as evidence nor proof that he
summitted on May 22, 2017 until May 2018 (at which time Andy was sent the photos),
aside from the May 2017 publication of one of the photos on his Twitter website.
To the current date, aside from the above media www.cordada.es, which is run by Aitor
Tilla of Spain, and whose Facebook page is the following,
https://www.facebook.com/Cordada-345008399396860
Kilian has not provided the photographs to any of the dozens of major world-wide media
(newspapers, magazines, television channels, websites, etc) who have covered his Everest
climbs, nor in his multitude of speaking engagements around the world where he
presented his Everest climbs.
As discussed in this report, the above provided and discussed May 27 self-taken GoPro
video demonstrates that he had his GoPro video with him on May 27. Consistent with
what I discussed about that May 27 climb, and as is shown by his video itself, he clearly
turned around at that rocky region of the mountain where he took GoPro video of himself,
after which he takes video of himself descending. Moreover, the video of himself
descending was taken at the exact time-frame of his video when he was sitting on the
rocks, the sunlight in the atmosphere is exactly the same, the wind is exactly the same,
and there are no observable modifications of his clothing nor harness-system on his torso.
That is, the video of him descending was clearly taken within minutes of him having
ascended a few steps, and then having sat down. If the video of him descending was
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taken of him descending after having summitted, the illumination in the atmosphere
would have been substantially different: He claims to have summitted at about 9:30pm
on May 27, and the atmosphere would have been substantially dark in the descent of his
that is shown in his video. Consistent with his Suunto-watch GPS tracking for his May
27 climb, which was provided and discussed earlier in this report, the video was clearly
taken at about 8650 meters, and during the mid-afternoon.
Regarding how Kilian was between 200-350 vertical meters (650-1150 vertical feet) from
the summit (8848 meters), as is shown by this distinguished Everest historian, in his
extensive description of Everest's North Col Route
www.alanarnette.com/everest/everestnorthroutes.php
at the right of the page under 'Elevations and Times Between Camps',
it takes climbers, with oxygen, up to 6 hours to do the distance of 1150 vertical feet. It is
from the First Step to the Summit (First Step: 27890', 8500m, to 8848m). 6 hours with
oxygen. Kilian reports climbing without oxygen. He is also shown in many videos taken
by his photographer, and himself, taking very slow steps, and resting between steps, even
very low on the mountain. He is also shown sitting on May 27 at what is clearly the
highest point he reached on the mountain on May 27. To do the distance of 650 vertical
feet (for his May 27 climb) it would take a multitude of hours as well, even with oxygen.
This would be from about the Second Step to the summit (Second Step 28140', 8577m).
It takes climbers with oxygen about 5 hours to do this. The extremely slow pace, and
frequent prolonged rests by Kilian, demonstrate that his pace ascending would have
entailed a multitude of hours for him to reach the summit from the two high-points of his
that are shown by his Suunto GPS-watch, namely 8593m (May 22), and 8650m (or 8678)
(May 27).
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Kilian replied to me that the above video of him is not from his May 27 Everest climb.
However, he states on his facebook page that the video is for his “Second ascent”, which
was May 27. Below are two listings for his video on google. (The 'Jan 4, 2019' and 'Feb
28, 2019' dates next to the videos refer to the dates that the video was published. He
published the video several times over time). Below the listings are several screenshots of
the video.
www.facebook.com/kilianjornet
www.facebook.com/kilianjornet/videos/304032730226348/
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Below is a screenshot of the above video showing Sebastien Montaz introducing Kilian's
second ascent. (The time-counter of the video runs backward – it starts at 0:46, and
counts down to 0:00). (The format for some of the above screenshots is different because
at times I maximized the video-windows, and at other times I kept the website-address in
the frame. When the video-window was maximized, the in-video-window text appeared,
namely,
“Second ascent
Posted by Kilian Jornet
263,959 Views”)
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Update:
Below are four screen-shots of a Google-Earth 3D (three-dimensional) video of the North

Col Route (also called the Northeast Ridge Route, or North Ridge Route) that was made
by the following Everest climber in December 2011. The climber provides his video
here,
https://youtu.be/gSEEitbGYeY
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Regarding my above discussion about how the 4 climbers who were 3-4 hours below
Kilian when Kilian claimed summitting, and who summitted 3-4 hours after Kilian's
claimed summit: As is shown by all of the below three map-excerpts, the entire route to
the summit can be observed by climbers who are anywhere between slightly above Camp
3 (where the ridge-line begins) and the summit. Climbers follow one single-track, narrow
route that follows along the ridge-line to the summit. Kilian's headlamp would have been
seen by all 4 climbers a multitude of times, when Kilian was ascending, and descending.
Moreover, Kilian would have walked by all 4 climber in his descent. Again, the 4
climbers stated (the 2 US climbers stated to me, and the 2 Indian climbers stated to the
media) that they did not see Kilian nor his headlamp anywhere during their entire ascent
between Camp 3 and the summit and back down to Camp 3. And again, it takes most
climbers 7-10 hours to climb from Camp 3 to the summit, with oxygen. Everest expert
Alan Arnette states this on his website,
and in his Outside Magazine article,
https://www.outsideonline.com/1808431/comparing-routes-everest
In the period of time of 7-10 hours, all 4 climbers, who reached the summit at 3:15am and
4:15am, would have seen Kilian or his headlamp a multitude of times ascending, and
descending; and Kilian would have walked right by all 4 of them (within inches or 1-2
feet of all 4 of them). As is also shown by the below map-excerpts, going off of the route
entails death via falling off of sheer cliffs, or nearly sheer cliffs
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As discussed above, Kilian's highpoint for his 1st climb was 8593 meters, and for his 2nd
climb 8678 meters (or 8650m, as stated on his above Suunto GPS route-map). For his 1st
climb, his highpoint was therefore slightly above the location on the mountain that is
called the “2nd Step” (8580m). As is stated by Alan Arnette at his above webpages
it takes climbers, with oxygen, 4-5 hours to climb from the 2nd Step to the summit. As
was discussed above, Kilian's pace, without oxygen, as shown in his self-taken GoPro
video, and in other videos taken by his photographer Sebastien Montaz even on the lower
half of the mountain, consisted of taking very slow steps, one after the other, and often
pausing before proceeding with another step, and often taking significant rests, including
sitting-rests (sitting on rocks on the mountain).
The location of the 2nd Step is shown in the below two video-excerpts.
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For Kilian's 2nd climb, his highpoint was 8650m, or 8678m, which is slightly before the
location of the 3rd Step (8690m), which is shown in the above video-excerpts. As
discussed by Alan Arnette in the above webpages
it takes most climbers, with oxygen, 3 hours to climb from the 3rd Step to the summit.
Again, Kilian did not use oxygen for either of his climbs; and his pace, as shown by 99%
of all videos of him, showed a commensurate, slow, methodical pace, along with
substantial pauses between steps, and sit-resting on the mountain while high on the
mountain. There is only one video which consists of 1-2 seconds of him engaged in a
running motion up a snowy surface, which was taken by his photographer Sebastien
Montaz on the lower 1/2 of the mountain. His running is shown from 0:30-0:31 in this
video
https://youtu.be/cTb5_B0wSUQ?t=29
Here is a screen-shot from the video,
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Immediately after the above, he is shown between 0:31-0:32 climbing very slowly, and
pausing after one step. Aside, he is not shown running even in any of his descent of the
mountain, in any of the videos that were taken of him, nor by him of himself.
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Update:
The following February 2019 video entitled,

Masterclass about 'Path to Everest' with Kilian Jornet
shows Kilian's February 2019 (14 months post-controversy) claimed summit-video for his
1st climb (May 22). The video shows where the above provided and discussed dark
summit-claim screenshots were obtained. The video is found at Kilian's YouTube
channel,
https://youtu.be/R62iciQJxqQ
The video of him at the claimed summit extends from 21:35-22:20, and begins here,
https://youtu.be/R62iciQJxqQ?t=1292
The video is entirely dark except for the illumination of his face, upper half of his torso,
and faintly his right arm. In the video, he moves his GoPro camera (and light) around,
but never illuminates the surface where he is sitting during the 45 seconds of his videoing
himself. In the video he verbally states,
“I don't know why sometimes is like that, but anyway super happy to be in the summit.”
My discussion continues below.
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The summit of Everest is extremely recognizable because the summit-cone (the highest
place on the summit) has a substantial amount of summit-flags placed on it, along with
stakes of various kinds. The following are several photos of the summit. Kilian made no
effort to illuminate the surface of where he was sitting, nor walk anywhere to illuminate
any nearby surface. He could have, using even 2-3 seconds of his 45 second videoing,
taken thorough video of himself standing around the array of summit-flags, and also
illuminated the snow of the surface, as well as surrounding mountain surfaces. The light
(from one of many light-attachments that are available) of GoPro cameras is extremely
bright and could illuminate more than just his face and upper torso located about 2-3 feet
in front of the camera. GoPro light-attachments are designed to illuminate a substantial
extent of area in front of a person. Moreover, in his gear list he states that he had a
headlamp with him. He could have used that to adequately illuminate the surface of the
summit, and nearby surfaces of the summit. For about 1 second in the video, he moves
his GoPro away from his face, and into a dark void. (The following photos of the summit
and people on the summit are taken from publicly provided webpages).
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In the same above video-montage, Kilian provides claimed summit-video for his 2nd
climb, over 6 seconds from 23:18 to 23:24. Here is the video starting at 23:18,
Here is a screen-shot from the video with his verbal statement,
“Second Everest summit again on the dark.”
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Again, he fails to expend any time to illuminate the surface of the summit. He does not
even use his GoPro light, nor his headlight, for the video. Moreover, for 4 seconds of the
6 second video (from 23:20-23:24)
he directs the GoPro video into a black void, and makes no attempt to use its light, or
direct the light onto the surface of the summit. Again, he could have spent 2-3 seconds,
or the entire 6 seconds of that videoing, and much or all of the 45 seconds of his 1st climb
videoing, to illuminate the actual surface of the mountain.
Proving that one is at the summit of the mountain simply entails showing the surface of
the mountain, and with one on the surface of the mountain. Kilian clearly intentionally
evaded doing this; and this is surely because he was not at the summit for either of the
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above claimed summit-videos.
The following is a screen-shot from the above mentioned 4 seconds of complete

blackness, along with a captioning of Kilian's verbal statement.
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Most importantly, the claimed summit-video for his 1st climb was likely taken by him at
night and in the same location as his above provided May 27 highpoint video in which he
is shown sitting on a rock band.
Here again is his claimed 1st climb summit-video,
In both videos, he is sitting, his head and torso are angled in the same way to his right, he
is using his left arm to video himself, and his right arm is extended, either resting on the
rocks that he is sitting against, or holding a trekking pole to his right. Moreover, the wind
in his 1st climb summit-video can be clearly heard, and is extremely similar to the wind
that can be clearly heard in his 2nd climb highpoint video between 2:30-2:36. Again
It is possible that he took his 1st claimed summit-video at another place on the mountain
below the summit, or in his tent.
Related, Kilian in his above video,

Masterclass about 'Path to Everest' with Kilian Jornet
from 21:30-21:34
states, “... the views from the summit, I will show you, they were amazing.”
However, immediately after his statement (from 21:34 onward) he provides video that
shows a 100% black background, and sideground, and only some illumination of his face
and upper torso, and faintly his right harm. No views from the summit were provided.
Moreover, at 22:03 in the video, as shown below with the caption for his verbal
statement, he states, “views are only black”.
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Related case of USA's Chad Kellogg:
From 1998 onward, as is shown in the below two case-reports of mine, Chad Kellogg
engaged in multifaceted fraud for a multitude of his summit-claims and speed record
claims. Some of his methods of fraud are akin to Kilian's methods. Likely in response to
my case-reports, Chad, for the first time in his climbing career, ensured that he had climb-
verification and time-verification for his 2010 Everest attempt. He used a Spot GPS
tracker, which included a public webpage showing his climbing progress on the
mountain. He reported that he would do his climb on the South Col Route in the purest
way possible out of principle, namely without oxygen, and without food, water, gear, nor
climbing-porter support from anyone. His travel and expedition was fully funded by his
sponsors. He turned back from the summit a multitude of hours from the summit. In
2011 and 2013 he returned to Everest, fully funded by his sponsors; and by 2013, he used
maximal food, water, gear, shelter, and climbing-porter support for his climb, and took
photos and weight-readings of the minimal gear that he carried. He also used the
prescription steroid Dexamethasone, as was reported by, and as he admitted to, Outside
Magazine in 2013:
https://www.outsideonline.com/1914501/climbings-little-helper
https://web.archive.org/web/20140414034236/http://controversyclimbing.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/2003
_denali_fraud_chad_kellogg/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140414045627/http://controversyclimbing.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/summit_claim_controversy_chad_kellogg/
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Updates from page 28 onward

His sponsor Suunto did this article entitled

Here are the 4 photos:

Mingma Sherpa (Rolwaling Excursion), info@rolwalingexcursion.com.np

John Anderson john.r.anderson@uni.edu

Alex Abramov, 7vershin@mail.ru, info@7vershin.ru

Ralf Dujmovits ralf@ralf-dujmovits.de

Gordon Janow gjanow@alpineascents.com

Yannick Graziani, expedition2015@heliantis.fr, jm-bayaut@heliantis.fr

The three people who did not reply to me are

In the above Alpinist article

Boots (prototype with running liner and crampons)

May 23, 1996, Hans Kammerlander, 16 hours 45 minutes

I developed a history of Everest speedclimbing, which was published at the following

Kilian's 1st Everest Climb. May 21-22, 2017.

Kilian's GPS data can be found at his Suunto Movescount page,

4) His total-time in the Graph is also 30h 56m.

7) Also in the route-tracks, his finish-time is listed as 30h 56m.

The following is Kilian's Suunto Movescount GPS tracking.

May 27, 2017. 9:30pm summit arrival claim.

This is his Movescount page.

Kilian's Denali climb. Summit photos:

Kilian's Aconcagua climb. Summit photos:

Kilian's Kilimanjaro climb. Summit video:

Kilian's other climbs.

Additional evidence/proof of no summit on May 27. As discussed above, the following

He states this on his website:

1) 2012, Cross Mont Blanc, Part II, 8 hours, 42 minutes, 57 seconds

Excerpts from his article:

Courmayeur-Val Veni: 40'

2) 2103, Mont Blanc, 4 hours 57 minutes

3) 2013, Matterhorn, 2 hours 52 minutes

4) 2014, Denali, 11 hours 48 minutes

Excerpt from his article:

5) 2014, Aconcagua, 12 hours 49 minutes

“Accumulated route times

Video of post-race interview:

The following is a screen-shot of his article:

The following is a screen-shot of his article:

Desnivel Magazine (Spain)

The Himalayan Database (leader Billi Bierling www.billibierling.com/contact/,

Below are four screen-shots of a Google-Earth 3D (three-dimensional) video of the North

The following February 2019 video entitled,

The following is a screen-shot from the above mentioned 4 seconds of complete

Related, Kilian in his above video,

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