CMU outdoor recreation student Carter Burnham gives back while pushing past his perceived limits
加菲尔德山, 大峡谷的标志, 上涨2,000 feet from the valley floor and the standard route of ascent covers that elevation gain in only two miles. For years athletes have tested themselves on the trail and the fastest recorded ascents are currently held by Joseph DeMoor, 23分50秒, 还有金·多布森, 27分23秒. 今年早些时候，ag亚游集团创造了一项新纪录 户外康乐产业研究 学生卡特·伯纳姆 24小时内往返15次. 24小时挑战在超跑界一直很流行, 但这是第一次在加菲尔德山上记录24小时的努力. 这一壮举需要伯纳姆走50多英里，爬上28多英里,在他已知的最快时间(FKT)内，他爬升了1000英尺。. 下一个? 伯纳姆将于10月9日参加他的第一次100英里比赛——峡谷地100英里比赛. 28.
伯纳姆很快指出他不是一个跑步者. 他会告诉你他身体不太好. He just loves spending time in the mountains and trying to do things that at first glance appear impossible.
“在开始做大事之前，我总是超级紧张. 这可能吗? 这真的是我吗? 然后在旅程结束时，你回头看，总是像这样，我做到了! 像你这么小的一个人能理解这是一种难以置信的感觉, 你为自己做了一件大事,伯纳姆说。.
要了解伯纳姆是如何走到这一步的, where signing up for a 100-mile race feels perfectly poised on the edge of what he believes is possible, you have to travel back a few years to his struggles in high school and his introduction to mountaineering.
“也许在某个地方，有一个版本的我从未进入过山里, 从来没有发现如何从任何事情中找到快乐. I just would have continued going through life with a pretty crappy attitude and being sad all the time. 当我发现山脉, I found so much more and I just became obsessed with going places I’d never been both physically and mentally — it’s just the most beautiful thing,伯纳姆说。.
飞蝇钓, 从小开始, 一直是伯纳姆最喜欢的消遣方式, and in eighth grade he met a friend while attending a 鳟鱼无限 summer camp during which he scaled his first 14,000英尺高峰, 他的第一部《ag亚游集团》, 在科罗拉多州.
“这一切都始于我第一次14岁的时候，在Uncompaghre峰，我看到了日出. 这是一次改变人生的经历. I mean it completely changed my entire outlook and after that hike I was like, I want to do this. 我需要这么做. My friend was starting to climb all 58 of the Fourteeners 在科罗拉多州 and after that experience, 这是我唯一想做的. 每个周末我都可以, 我出去爬了一座山峰，但我真的不适合, 我一点都不健康,伯纳姆说。.
伯纳姆在两年后完成了攀登58座14级山峰的任务, he heard about the Highest 100 challenge of climbing all the 100 highest peaks 在科罗拉多州 and immediately started to scale classic peaks like Vestal in the San Juans along with much more obscure peaks that eschew official names. 他目前正在攀登200周年纪念山峰, 科罗拉多最高的200座山峰, 但他并不急于通过.
灵感来自他在山上发现的自由, Burnham started dreaming of climbing some of the biggest and most iconic peaks in the country. 德纳里，美国的最高峰在他的名单上名列前茅. 作为德纳里训练计划的一部分，他开始每周跑步两次, but the financial burden of putting together an expedition to Alaska kept him from making Denali a reality. 同时, 他的一个朋友提到他们要在犹他州举办死马超级赛, 尽管他当时不喜欢跑步, 伯纳姆决定报名参加50英里的比赛.
他在网上找到了一个基本的训练计划, 最后是31英里的跑步训练, 为了这个会议，伯纳姆从他的家乡帕利塞德跑到弗鲁塔, 在热番茄餐厅大吃一顿披萨结束一天的工作.
在他的第一次超级马拉松比赛中，死马50英里, 伯纳姆顺利通过了前35英里，然后遇到了一个巨大的低洼地带. 他解释说他觉得自己快死了, 但后来他坚持了下来，感觉他已经去了别的地方.
“我到达了这个地方，我觉得我甚至都不在这里了, 我觉得我好像去了别的地方. 精神上, 就好像我还能看到我面前的一切, 但不知何故, 我就像在看宇宙, 我知道这听起来很荒谬. 我们用头脑所能做的事情真的很美. 我们能走的距离和我们能做的事情似乎是不可能的，”伯纳姆说.
在完成他的第一次超跑几天后, 当痛苦和折磨的记忆开始消退, he heard about the Triple Crown that involves running three 50 milers in the span of only a couple of months on different courses in Utah. 伯纳姆渴望继续超越自己的极限，于是他签约了. 当系列赛中的一场比赛被取消时, he decided to complete a solo 50-mile run from Palisade to the Utah state line and when the third race arrived, 尽管他极度疲劳, he courageously lined up and worked his way through the beautiful desert landscape one mile at a time to complete another ‘impossible’ objective.
在春季恢复期间，伯纳姆开始思考下一步可能会发生什么. Having grown up in Palisade and training frequently on 加菲尔德山 as he was preparing for his Denali attempt, 他开始把注意力集中在24小时的加菲尔德山主道上.
“我真的不觉得我有任何责任做加菲猫FKT, 但我也觉得自己没有必要再做以前做过的那些事了, 所以感觉更好. 我喜欢坐在那个位置上, feeling like I don’t have any business doing something and then just going and doing exactly what I don’t think I can,伯纳姆说。.
5月6日早间, 2023, 伯纳姆摆放了一个装满蠕虫软糖的塑料箱, some cookies and some water by the fence that marks the beginning of the trail and started his first ascent. 他的目标是在40-50分钟内登顶，然后慢跑下山. He had never climbed 加菲尔德山 more than twice in a row before but had a goal of ‘Everesting’, 攀登海拔相当于珠穆朗玛峰的高度(29),032英尺)，看看他能在24小时内登顶多少次.
“最糟糕的是? I made myself run all the way back to the fence because I wanted it to be legit and then walking back towards 加菲尔德山 on the flat section, 再抬头看一遍，你就不想再做一次了,伯纳姆说。.
When he reached his ninth climb some friends came out to support and as the temperatures started to cool off at sunset, 伯纳姆与CMU户外娱乐产业研究讲师一起参加了会议 亚当Bavier.
“第九和第十次攀登是最艰难的, 然后就在早上之前, 我开始产生幻觉，所有的小块草地都是螃蟹和小龙虾. 这是我大学期间第一次开夜车. 在我完成第15次训练后，我想继续完成我的目标, but it’s kind of like the mountain had chosen to only give me 24 hours because as soon as I started up again it started pouring, 泥泞的时候你就没法演加菲猫了,伯纳姆说。.
To give back to the organization that played such a pivotal role in shaping the course of his life, 伯纳姆在网上为 鳟鱼无限, 第一次让他接触到登山乐趣的团队, 他鼓励人们每跑完一圈就捐几美元. 最后, 他从朋友那里为该组织筹集了700多美元, 家庭和他在CMU的社区.
在考虑去哪里上大学的时候, Burnham explained that he did look at other schools but after taking a couple of classes as a concurrent student and learning about everything offered on campus, 他觉得没有理由离开大峡谷. 最重要的是, 他喜欢CMU靠近世界一流的户外娱乐场所, 强大的户外娱乐项目和热情的教师和同学.
“I mean, basically every outdoor activity and every hobby that you could want to do is right here. 我们离斯奈菲尔山步道起点只有几个小时的路程, so you can go climb a Fourteener or we’re just over an hour from Moab where you can go rock climbing and canyoneering. 这里有激流, 山地自行车, trail running…there are endless opportunities for different things to do just within a few hours from here. CMU是做我喜欢的事情的完美地方, 教职员工和其他学生都很棒,伯纳姆解释道。.
几个月后回想起他的FKT, Burnham realizes that maybe doing 15 repeats on 加菲尔德山 is a questionable activity for a lot of people, 但他这样做并不是为了名声或影响力. 为他, it’s about finding something that brings him joy and finding a community of support while doing it. 致每一个读这篇文章的人，以及他在户外遇到的每一个人, 他希望他们能找到对他们个人具有挑战性的东西, that spreads positivity throughout their own life and the lives of those they are surrounded by, 然后去争取.
“Everybody can find something for themselves that’s going to be an incredible experience outdoors, 而且它不需要很贵! 这就是我想在户外世界传播的信息. 走出去，在自己的世界里挑战自己的极限. 从中找到自己的快乐，享受生活. 不要再拿自己和Strava上的每个人比较了. 我只是在外面, 锻炼, 试着保持健康, 努力保持健康，这样你才能活得长久, 幸福的生活——保持健康,伯纳姆说。.
为峡谷地100大赛做准备, Burnham has increased his training load substantially and has incorporated attempts on some of the oldest and most notorious FKT routes 在科罗拉多州 into his training. 在夏末, Burnham attempted Nolan’s 14 which involves climbing 14 Fourteeners in under 60 hours with extensive off-trail travel in the Sawatch mountain range as well as the rugged Mosquito-Tenmile Traverse outside of Breckenridge. Burnham did not complete either of the FKT routes but succeeded in exploring his limits while developing both his physical and mental fitness.
鼓舞人心的登山冒险的照片和视频可以在Burnham 's找到 Instagram 峡谷地100的信息和即将公布的结果可以在 UltraSignup.