Kilian Jornet Instagram – A research article.
Narrated by Kilian Jornet. It was poetry in motion. But who reads without being heard? Who runs without gaining distance? Bringing a treadmill to the mountains — to Kilian’s mountains — he told us, gave him a new perspective on the paths he’d run a trillion times. It made him feel the wind, look at the ridges and the valleys — all these familiar views — in a new light. Made him discover all that he usually overlooks. Blinkered by the status quo, we all overlook alternatives. Daring to be bold and to challenge acceptance of established practice is the essence of innovation. Only when you step back and see the wider landscape do you give yourself space to ask questions. Solutions are harder to see when you’re close to the problem. Even in places where many feet have already walked, it’s possible to find a new path — to do things differently and reveal new potential. This is a new perspective on familiar.