Kilian Jornet: National Geographic People’s Choice Adventurer Of The Year

Kilian Jornet is named the 2014 National Geographic People’s Choice Adventurer Of The Year.

By on February 12, 2014 | Comments

Congratulations to Kilian Jornet who was named the 2014 National Geographic People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year.

National Geographic has been honoring Adventurers of the Year for nine years. For 2014, National Geographic chose 13 individuals as their Adventurers of the Year, including alpinists, community builders, a long-distance swimmer, a snowboarder, educators, and Kilian Jornet. National Geographic’s description of Kilian highlighted him as a ‘skyrunner’ who uses skill sets from multiple sports–such as trail running and mountaineering–to push the boundaries of human ability. National Geographic cites Kilian’s record ‘run’ from Chamonix, France to the top of Mont Blanc and return and his record ‘run’ of the Matterhorn summit from Breuil-Cervinia in Italy, which both occurred in 2013 as examples of Kilian’s use of diverse skills to get the ‘job’ done.

After choosing the 13 individuals for consideration, National Geographic opened up voting for the 2014 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year. The public, thus, chose Kilian for this award with over 75,000 votes.

Matterhorn - Kilian Jornet

Kilian running in front of the Matterhorn. Photo: Droz-photo.com

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If you’d like to learn more about Kilian Jornet, we’ve interviewed and written about him many times over the past five years. Here are the highlights, with our earliest interviews and information first and our most recent articles last:

2013 UROC 100k - Dakota Jones - Kilian Jornet

Dakota Jones and Kilian Jornet descending into Frisco at UROC 2013. Photo: Rob Timko

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Call for Comments

  • Kilian is the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year! Did you vote for him? Why do you think he was chosen by the voting majority for this award?
  • Do you agree with National Geographic’s analysis of Kilian’s ability to mish-mash skills from many sports to do things others aren’t doing?
Meghan Hicks

Meghan Hicks is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. She’s been running since she was 13 years old, and writing and editing about the sport for around 15 years. She served as iRunFar’s Managing Editor from 2013 through mid-2023, when she stepped into the role of Editor-in-Chief. Aside from iRunFar, Meghan has worked in communications and education in several of America’s national parks, was a contributing editor for Trail Runner magazine, and served as a columnist at Marathon & Beyond. She’s the co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running with Bryon Powell. She won the 2013 Marathon des Sables, finished on the podium of the Hardrock 100 Mile in 2021, and has previously set fastest known times on the Nolan’s 14 mountain running route in 2016 and 2020. Based part-time in Moab, Utah and Silverton, Colorado, Meghan also enjoys reading, biking, backpacking, and watching sunsets.