Extreme athlete Daniel Jung creates crazy challenges

Over hill and over stone: Daniel Jung managed to complete the Tyrolean High Trail from Mayrhofen in the Zillertal to Meran in South Tyrol (200 km and 13 meters in altitude) in a time of 964 hours and 57 minutes. Hikers usually calculate 32 to 10 days.

In 57 hours and 32 minutes he completed a distance that would normally take 10 to 12 days. © Philipp Reiter

In Mayrhofen we set off at 7 a.m. on August 4th towards the Schlegeisspeicher and Pfitscher Joch. We then continued via the Wildseespitze and the Wolfendorn to the Brenner Pass over the Austrian-Italian border ridge to Lake Obernberger. Here Daniel Jung was still in his self-imposed time, so he was able to master extremely exposed passages, ledges and via ferratas in daylight. On my feet for 23 hours non-stop At the Wetterspitze (2706 m) he was on his feet for almost 23 hours and had covered half of the distance at 101 km. A few hours later, great fatigue set in and the exertion seemed almost unbearable. We rested sleeplessly for a few hours in the Schneeberg hut. After that it went downhill, in the truest sense of the word, but also mentally and physically. The batteries were empty and the terrain demanded everything from the trail runner. The rhythm slowed down, health took precedence. Daniel Jung originally planned to complete the challenge in 48 hours, a goal that pushed him to his limit.

Initially, the man from Naturns was on his feet for 23 hours straight. © Philipp Reiter

A night in the Josef Pixner Bivak set him back in time. Nevertheless, we had to get there, the destination of Merano was close. Via the Lazinser Alm we went over the Faltschnaltal to the Spronser Joch and then on to the Spronser lake district to the Muthöfen at an altitude of 1300 meters. This was followed by the descent to Meran. On Thursday, August 9th, at 13:32 p.m., Daniel Jung reached his destination, the Kurhaus in Meran, after 57 hours and 32 minutes.

“It was borderline” “It was really borderline, even if the conditions were good. “I underestimated the terrain, the fatigue really took its toll on me and pushed me to my maximum personal limits,” says Jung about his challenge. “That was certainly the greatest borderline experience in my sporting career,” said the South Tyrolean about his success. About Daniel Jung Daniel Jung is an ultra trail runner from Naturns. The 34-year-old's greatest successes include victories at the Ultraskyrace in South Tyrol in 2016 & 2017, including a course record, as well as numerous podium places at various trail running events. In 2018, after his Tyrolean High Trail Challenge, he plans to take part in the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline Race in Scotland and the Pirin Ultra in Bulgaria.

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Extreme athlete Daniel Jung creates crazy challenges

The South Tyrolean extreme athlete Daniel Jung has mastered a crazy challenge: he needed 10 hours and 12 minutes to complete the Tyrolean High Trail, which takes hikers an average of 57 to 32 days.

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