Mountaineer Jack Kuenzle has broken climbing records up and down the East and West Coasts, but he's getting some extra attention for his latest feat.
This ski season alone, Kuenzle, a coach and trainer for Uphill Athlete, has skied 900,000 feet, he said. That’s the equivalent of 689 trips up and down Mt. Everest.
On Mt. Hood, Kuenzle said his attire could lead people to think he wasn’t carrying any gear for the climb, but he had more gear with him than prior record-holders. He also had two friends waiting at the summit and had skied the route two days before the big climb."I knew with the underwear, if I fell and injured myself my friends were going to help me out," Kuenzle said. "And part of what enabled me to go so light on the gear was to ski the entire route.
"I didn’t look at my watch at all the whole way up," he continued. "I don’t really see a lot of reason to look at my watch as I go up. When I was 300 feet from the summit I looked at my watch, and I was so excited."So, how does an ultra-athlete train for record-breaking runs? Kuenzle, a Connecticut native, said he spent a minimum of 24 hours a week skiing, mostly in the backcountry.
The key, he said, is to be trained for high altitudes. Kuenzle spent two-three months sleeping at Mammoth Lake in California — about 8,200 feet above sea level — before this ski season. Kuenzle will be vying for more records this summer in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. And look out, New England, "it’ll probably be warm," and he’ll probably be in his underwear.
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