Spectrum: Some collect panini pictures, others collect Ü-egg figures, while Guido Kunze from Thuringia has entries in the Guinness Book of Records. After setting the world record for climbing 60.000 steps and climbing the world's highest volcano in Chile, it was time for a new world record. In just 14 days, the extreme athlete climbed 70.000 meters - uphill, of course!
Under the project name "Centomila", the Thuringian started his tour through the Maritime Alps, Savoyard, Piedmontese High Alps, Valais, Graubünden, Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino Dolomites and Veneter Dolomites on August 10th. The start was at Mont Ventoux in Provence, the finish was marked after 14 days in Obereggen in the Eggental. The program included classic racing bike passes of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.
However, Guido Kunze was not able to reach the goal of 100.000 meters in altitude that he had set himself, because unfortunately not everything went according to plan with this project. Not only were the external conditions extremely bad at times, the Thuringian also suffered from health problems. Despite temperatures below 10 degrees in places, diarrhea and a cold, the extreme athlete was able to set a world record of 70.000 meters in altitude on official mountain passes. In total, Guido Kunze conquered 14 mountain passes in the 66 days, that's an average of almost five mountain passes a day with almost 1100 meters of altitude difference - per pass!