{"id":2486,"date":"2015-08-14T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T09:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyrunning-serbia.com\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2015-08-14T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T09:29:16","slug":"ny-times-o-skyrunningu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skyrunning-serbia.com\/en\/ny-times-o-skyrunningu\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times o skyrunningu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times
\n<\/span>Keli MekMilen
\n<\/span>2. avgust 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

TR\u010cANJEM DO NEBA<\/span><\/p>\n

\u017deneva \u2013 Pred svitanje jednog jutra krajem juna, preko 1.200 trka\u010da se okupilo na ju\u017enoj strani doline \u0160amoni u jugoisto\u010dnoj Francuskoj. To su bili u\u010desnici takmi\u010denja Monblan 80km, naporne planinske trke, u kojoj trka\u010di treba da pre\u0111u 80 kilometara na sopstvenim nogama. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sama du\u017eina staze, zapravo, je samo lak\u0161i deo trke. <\/span><\/p>\n

U\u010desnici su tako\u0111e trebali da na toj stazi savladaju ukupni uspon od preko 6.000 metara, skoknu do \u0160vajcarske, i pre\u0111u preko gle\u010dera pre nego \u0161to \u017eustro protr\u010de ciljnu liniju \u2013 i to sve za 24 sata, koliko je iznosio vremenski limit trke. (Amerikanac Aleks Nikols je pobedio u vremenu 10 \u010dasova i 31 minut.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ovi trka\u010di su deo rastu\u0107eg sporta skajraninga (SkyRunning), ekstremne sportske discipline u kojoj u\u010desnici tr\u010de gore-dole po planinama. U poslednjih deset godina serija trka Monblan, jednog od iskonskih doga\u0111aja ovog sporta, imao je rast u\u010de\u0161\u0107a za 315%, od 1.600 u\u010desnika u 2005. do 6.635 u 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

I dok tr\u010danje po planinskim stazama (trail running) podrazumeva tr\u010danje po postoje\u0107im stazama u bilo kom prirodnom okru\u017eenju, dotle je skajraning kombinacija planinarenja i tr\u010danja i isklju\u010divo se odvija na planinama. Glavna odlika ovog sporta nije prevashodno du\u017eina staze (trke se organizuju na distanacama od 3 do preko 80 kilometara), ve\u0107 pre svega ukupni vertikalni uspon i nadmorska visina na kojoj se trke organizuju, a to je po pravilu skoro uvek preko 2.000 metara nadmorske visine. Skajraneri mogu da tr\u010de i po stazama, ali oni vi\u0161e vole da trasiraju sopstvene putanje preko planinskih livada i kamenih proplanaka, ili uz i preko stenovitih planinskih odseka. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201ePonekad mo\u017ee biti zaista \u010dupavo,\u201c ka\u017ee Endi Sajmonds, trideset\u010detvorogodi\u0161nji profesionalni skajraner iz Velike Britanije, koji je ovogodi\u0161nju trku Monblan zavr\u0161io kao tre\u0107i. \u201eTr\u010di se preko grebena. Ponekad su tu postavljene sajle, merdevine ili via-ferate\u201c \u2013 planinske trase obezbe\u0111ene u\u017earijom, improvizovanim lestvama ili drugim pomo\u0107nim sredstvima. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201ePo meni, trejl tr\u010danje se svodi na tr\u010danje valovitim stazama. Poenta skajraninga je dosti\u0107i vrh planine, sti\u0107i do neba.\u201c <\/span><\/p>\n

Skajraning ima i svoje rizike. Dok su prelomi udova, ogrebotine i nagnje\u010denja naj\u010de\u0161\u0107e vrste povreda, od 1992. godine zabele\u017eeno je i sedam smrtnih slu\u010dajeva na takmi\u010denjima organizovanim pod pokroviteljstvom Me\u0111unarodne Skajraning Federacije (ISF): jedna \u017eena je stradala od posledica povrede glave koju je zadobila prilikom pada sa kamenite staze; druga \u017eena je preminula od posledica smrzavanja; a pet osoba je umrlo zbog sr\u010danih problema. Zbog toga ISF sada preporu\u010duje da se trka\u010di medicinski provere pre trke. <\/span><\/p>\n

Iako ljudi odvajkada tr\u010de po planinama, skajraning kao sport je prvi put formalizovan u Alpima 1992. godine, kada je Marino \u0110akometi, italijanski planinar, predsednik i suosniva\u010d ISF-a, organizovao prvo takmi\u010denje, trku od Kurmajera u Italiji do 4.810 metara visokog vrha Monblana, u kojoj je u\u010destvovalo sedam u\u010desnika. <\/span><\/p>\n

Prema Lauri Van Hauten, suosniva\u010dice i izvr\u0161nog direktora ISF-a, danas se skajraning takmi\u010denja organizuju u 36 zemalja, procene su da u se u svetu ovim sportom bavi oko 600.000 ljudi, uklju\u010duju\u0107i i 75.000 u\u010desnika ovogodi\u0161nje skajraning svetske serije i nacionalnih skajraning liga. Prema u\u010de\u0161\u0107u na takmi\u010denjima pod pokroviteljstvom ISF-a, oko 80 procenata su takmi\u010dari mu\u0161kog pola. Uzrast u\u010desnika je od 18 do 83 godine, mada je ve\u0107ina izme\u0111u 25 i 44 godine, i uglavnom dolaze iz Evrope, Sjedinjenih Ameri\u010dkih Dr\u017eava i Japana. <\/span><\/p>\n

Skajraningu nedostaje masovnost koja je prisutna u drumskim trkama, prema istra\u017eivanju iz 2013. koje je naru\u010dilo ameri\u010dko Udru\u017eenje za sport i fitnes, zabele\u017eeno je preko 29 miliona u\u010desnika na drumskim trkama, ali i pored toga ISF je uspeo da privu\u010de velika sponzorska imena, kao \u0161to je, na primer, poznati proizvo\u0111a\u010d sportske opreme Salomon. <\/span><\/p>\n

Van Hauten pripisuje rast skajraninga dru\u0161tvenim mre\u017eama, ali i trendu me\u0111u sportistima da tra\u017ee neobi\u010dne izazove. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eLjudi napu\u0161taju drumsko tr\u010danje, jer je ono na neki na\u010din postalo dosadno. Oni tra\u017ee nove izazove i zbog toga se odlu\u010duju za sve du\u017ee distance, tako da im \u010dak ni maraton vi\u0161e nije dovoljan. Oni \u017eele trke od preko 150 kilometara, ali i \u017eele da tih 150 kilometara budu sa puno uspona i na ve\u0107oj nadmorskoj visini. \u0160to je ve\u0107i izazov, to se vi\u0161e ljudi uklju\u010duje\u201c kaze Van Hautenova. <\/span><\/p>\n

To \u0161to u ovom sportu ne postoji previ\u0161e tenzija, to \u0161to je relativno dostupan i \u0161to pru\u017ea prilike za istra\u017eivanje, tako\u0111e je klju\u010d njegovoj popularnosti. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eZaista je jednostavno \u2013 sve \u0161to ti treba su patike, mo\u017eda nesto hrane i pi\u0107a i to je sve,\u201c ka\u017ee Tor Ludvigsen, dvadeset\u0161estogodi\u0161nji skajraner iz Norve\u0161ke, \u201ePostoji toliko opcija, toliko staza i vrhova na koje mo\u017ee\u0161 oti\u0107i.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

Drugi nagla\u0161avaju ne\u0161to drugo kao razlog razvoja ovog sporta, ne\u0161to \u0161to je znatno te\u017ee izmeriti. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eMislim da skajranning postaje sve popularniji jer \u017eivimo u dru\u0161tvu koje je sve vi\u0161e upu\u0107eno na velike gradove. Manje se kre\u0107emo. Sve vi\u0161e sedimo, a po\u0161to smo ljudi, mi smo i \u017eivotinje. Potrebno nam je kretanje,\u201c ka\u017ee Kilijan \u017dornet, dvadesetsedmogodi\u0161njak, pobednik skajraning svetske serije 2014. i najpoznatiji skajraner na svetu. \u201eMi \u017eelimo da boravimo napolju i da idemo u prirodu. Ovaj sport povezuje obe stvari.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

\u017dornet je odigrao glavnu ulogu u popularizaciji skajraninga. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Ro\u0111en u Sabadelu u \u0160paniji, \u017dornet je po\u010deo da se bavi skajraningom jo\u0161 kao de\u010dak. Njegov otac je bio staratelj planinskog doma u Pirinejima, a \u017dornet je proveo detinjstvo u istra\u017eivanju planinskih vrhova. Sa trinaest godine je u\u010detvovao u prvoj planinskoj trci, trci izme\u0111u sedam planinskih domova. \u0160est godina kasnije, osvojio je svetsku skajraning ligu, i postao najmla\u0111a osoba ikad kojoj je to po\u0161lo za rukom. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tokom poslednjih deset godina, \u017dornet, koji sad \u017eivi u \u0160amoniju, pobedio je na preko 80 trka i vlasnik je nekoliko rekorda. U julu je postavio novi rekord staze na Mont Maraton trci u Sevardu na Aljasci. Pet dana nakon toga, postavlja novi rekord na trci Hardrok 100 u Silverstonu, Kolorado, trci na 160 kilometara sa preko 10.000 metara ukupne visinske razlike. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eOn je fenomen, otelotvorenje savr\u0161enog skajranera,\u201c ka\u017ee Van Hojtenova.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u017dornet ipak nije nepobediv. Na Monblan vertikalnom kilometru, napornoj trci u kojoj u\u010desnici savladavaju oko 1000 metara vertikalnog uspona na stazi du\u017eine od oko 3,8 kilometara, koja je organizovana na ju\u017enoj strani doline \u0160amoni, \u017dornet je bio pobe\u0111en od strane Saul Antonio Padua iz Kolumbije, koji je pobedio u vremenu od 34 minuta i 34 sekunde i oborio \u017dornetov rekord staze iz 2012. za dva minuta. <\/span><\/p>\n

Slede\u0107e godine \u017dornet planira da postavi brzinski rekord u usponu na Mont Everest. On \u0107e se penjati iz Tibeta, napadaju\u0107i severnu stranu planine. Namerava da to u\u010dini potpuno sam, iz jednog poku\u0161aja, bez pomo\u0107i dodatnog kiseonika ili fiksirane u\u017eadi. Nosi\u0107e sa sobom par stvari pored cepina, trideset metarskog u\u017eeta, hrane, jakne i dereza. Dok je ve\u0107ini amatera penja\u010da potrebno ne\u0161to vi\u0161e od mesec dana da se popnu na najvi\u0161u planinu na svetu, \u017dornet planira da to u\u010dini za izme\u0111u 24 i 48 sati. <\/span><\/p>\n

Za mnoge, skajraning zvu\u010di prili\u010dno pakleno, ali za \u017dorneta i njemu sli\u010dne lepota je u kretanju.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eBiti stalno u pokretu je zaista predivan ose\u0107aj, tako mislim.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

izvor: The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

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The New York Times
\nKeli MekMilen
\nAugust 2, 2015<\/p>\n

GENEVA \u2014 One morning in late June, 1,200 runners snaked up the south side of the Chamonix Valley before dawn in southeastern France. They were participating in the Mont Blanc 80 KM, a grueling running race in which participants would cover 50 miles on foot.<\/p>\n

The distance, though, might have been the easy part.<\/p>\n

They would also climb a total of 20,000 feet in ascents over the terrain, dip into Switzerland and cross a glacier before dashing across the finish line \u2014 all in less than 24 hours, the race\u2019s time cap. (Alex Nichols of the United States went on to win the race in 10 hours, 31 minutes.)<\/p>\n

The racers are part of the growing sport of skyrunning, an extreme discipline in which runners speed up and down mountains. Over the past 10 years, the Mont Blanc race series, one of the sport\u2019s most iconic events, has seen a 315 percent increase in participants, from 1,600 racers in 2005 to 6,635 in 2015.<\/p>\n

Whereas trail running includes running on trails in any natural setting, skyrunning combines mountaineering and running, and takes place exclusively in the mountains. It is distinguished not so much by its distance (races range from 2 to over 50 miles), but instead by vertical gain and the altitude at which the discipline takes place, almost always at or above 6,500 feet. Skyrunners might run on trails, but they often forge their own routes across meadows and rock fields, or up and over rock faces.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be really hairy,\u201d said Andy Symonds, a 34-year-old professional skyrunner from Britain who finished third in the Mont Blanc race. \u201cYou\u2019re on ridges. There can be chains and ladders and via ferratas,\u201d mountain routes preset with cables, bridges and other aids.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, trail running is about undulating paths. Skyrunning is about getting to the top of mountains, getting to the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skyrunning does not come without its risks. While broken limbs, abrasions and contusions are the most common injuries, there have been seven fatalities in events affiliated with the International Skyrunning Federation since 1992: one woman suffered a head injury after falling down a rocky slope; another woman died from hypothermia; and five people have died of heart failure. The federation now recommends that racers are prescreened for any health issues.<\/p>\n

While people have long run in the world\u2019s mountains, skyrunning as a sport was first formalized in the Alps in 1992 when Marino Giacometti, an Italian mountaineer and president and co-founder of the I.S.F, organized the first competition, a race from Courmayeur, Italy, to the summit of 15,780-foot Mont Blanc that featured seven participants.<\/p>\n

Today, races take place in 36 countries, and there are approximately 600,000 skyrunners worldwide, including 75,000 entrants in the 2015 Skyrunner World Series and Skyrunner National Series, according to Lauri van Houten, I.S.F. co-founder and executive director. Based on participation in the I.S.F.\u2019s events, most skyrunners \u2014 80 percent \u2014 are male. Participants range in age from 18 to 83, though the majority tend to be 25 to 44 years of age and come from Europe, the United States and Japan.<\/p>\n

Skyrunning lacks the mass reach of road running, which has over 29 million regular participants in the United States alone, according to the 2013 Sports and Fitness Industry Association survey, but nonetheless the I.S.F. has managed to attract big-name sponsors, such as the sporting goods manufacturer Salomon.<\/p>\n

Van Houten attributes skyrunning\u2019s growth to social media and to a trend of athletes seeking out novel challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are going away from road running because it\u2019s kind of boring. They\u2019re looking for new challenges; therefore they\u2019re doing longer distances and it\u2019s not enough anymore to do a marathon, so people want to do the 100 miler and then they want to do 100 miles going uphill with altitude,\u201d she said. \u201cThe bigger the challenge, the more people are starting to do it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sport\u2019s no-fuss, pared-down accessibility and opportunity for exploration are also key to its popularity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really easy \u2014 all you need is your shoes, maybe some food and drink, and you go,\u201d said Thor Ludvigsen, a 26-year-old skyrunner from Norway. \u201cThere\u2019s so many options, so many trails, so many summits you can go to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others point to something harder to quantify behind the sport\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think skyrunning is getting more popular because we live in a society in which we live more and more in the cities. We move less. We are sedentary and, as humans, we are animals. We need to move,\u201d said Kilian Jornet, 27, the 2014 skyrunning world champion and the sport\u2019s most high-profile personality. \u201cWe want to go out and go to nature. This sport combines both things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jornet has played a major part in bringing skyrunning out of obscurity.<\/p>\n

Born in Sabadell, Spain, Jornet started skyrunning as a boy. His father was the guardian of a mountain hut in the Pyrenees, and Jornet grew up exploring the peaks. At 13, he took part in his first trail running competition, a race between seven mountain huts. Six years later, he won the Skyrunning World Series, becoming the youngest person ever to do so.<\/p>\n

Over the past 10 years, Jornet, who now lives in Chamonix, has won more than 80 races and holds several race records. In July, he set a course record at the Mount Marathon race in Seward, Alaska. Five days later, he notched another course record at the Hardrock 100 in Silverton, Colo., a 100-mile competition with 33,992 feet of total elevation gain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a phenom, the embodiment of the perfect skyrunner,\u201d van Houten said.<\/p>\n

Jornet is not, however, unbeatable. At the Mont Blanc Vertical KM, a punishing race in which participants ascend 3,281 feet over 2.36 miles up the south side of the Chamonix Valley, Jornet was bested by Sa\u00fal Antonio Padua of Colombia, who won with a time of 34 minutes, 34 seconds, beating Jornet\u2019s 2012 course record by two minutes.<\/p>\n

Next year, Jornet will attempt the speed record on Mount Everest. He will climb from Tibet, tackling the mountain\u2019s north face. He will do it alone, in one push, and without the help of oxygen or fixed ropes. He will carry little more than an ice ax, a 30-meter rope, food, a jacket, and crampons. Whereas it takes most amateur climbers more than a month to climb the world\u2019s tallest mountain, Jornet estimates it will take him between 24 and 48 hours.<\/p>\n

For many, skyrunning sounds hellish; but for Jornet and others like him, there is beauty in motion.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo keep always moving is a really beautiful feeling, I think.\u201d<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

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