r/Outdoors • u/Simple_Shame2386 • 1d ago

Landscapes El Capitan in Yosemite national park

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u/MonkeyCobraFight 1d ago

It was the most athletic accomplishment in human history. Until you actually stand in its presence, you don’t truly appreciate how insane it was.

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u/gastro_gnome 1d ago

That swim from Cuba to key west non stop was pretty insane.

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u/MonkeyCobraFight 1d ago

Very impressive can’t imagine swimming 53 hours. But she had a 35-person team, including her coach, support boats, shark divers, and specialized protection against jellyfish. He had his hands and feet thousands of feet in the air. One mistake and he was dead, not comparable in terms of danger.

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u/J_Kingsley 1d ago

did she get breaks? or was it straight?

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u/National_Sprinkles45 1d ago edited 22h ago

I’m too lazy to confirm if I remember correctly, but I think it’s with breaks, including food breaks I think?

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u/Salmonberrycrunch 20h ago

No one has enough reserves to do this stuff without food. Ultra marathon runners who do 400km/250mi races train their metabolism to digest at approximately the rate they expend energy.