Climber shatters Matterhorn speed record

Kilian Jornet on the way up the Matterhorn. Photo courtesy of Seb Montaz/Facebook Some people climb mountains. Kilian Jornet Burgada runs up and down them–and does so faster than anyone else. The Spaniard recently stunned his mountaineering peers by ascending and descending the fabled Matterhorn–in the Alps, on the border of Switzerland and Italy–in less than three hours.