Chrigel Maurer Climbs and Flys all 4000M Peaks

What’s been in the trail running news these past couple of weeks with Kilian’s effort climbing the 4000M Peaks has been accomplished earlier in the year by Swiss RedBull XAlps Champion Chrigel Maurer:

Chrigel successfully finished his ambitious project XPEAKS with his friend Peter von Känel. In 51 days, including 12 rest days, they were the first to reach the highest mountains in the Alps by foot and paraglider. They covered a total of 565 km and 71,645 metres in altitude on foot and also spent 62 hours in the air with their paragliders. They carried the essential equipment for climbing and flying themselves, with each backpack weighing around 15kg.

Of course there is a website documenting their effort and while Ueli Steck used bikes (and the occasional paraglider) to move between the mountains their self-imposed rules only allowed for foot travel and paragliding.