THRD MAN
Challenging the limits of human performance in pursuit of a deeper human experience.
- 40days
Run
3,100 miles around one block.
In the summer of 2015, Ashprihanal Aalto ran lap after lap of a single city block in Queens, New York. He finished in 40 days and 9 hours, averaging more than 76 miles a day. It was his eighth win in the race.
- 54:10hrs
Swim
Four crossings, no stops.
Just after midnight on 15 September 2019, Sarah Thomas left Dover and swam the Channel four times without stopping. The tides stretched 80 miles into roughly 130. She came back to the same beach 54 hours later.
- 4,100m
Climb
The biggest wall, two people.
In September 2005, Steve House and Vince Anderson climbed a new line up the 4,100-metre Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat, carrying 16 kilograms each. They took no fixed ropes and set up no camps: six days up, two days down.
- 86,573mi
Cycle
One loop, one year.
From May 2016 to May 2017, Amanda Coker rode the same seven-mile loop in a Tampa park every day. She covered 86,573 miles, an average of 237 a day, which is more than anyone has ridden in a single year.
- 209days
Row
The Pacific, by oar.
In June 2015, John Beeden left San Francisco alone in a six-metre rowing boat and didn’t stop until Australia. He rowed about 15 hours a day and reached Cairns 209 days later.
- 64days
Nordic ski
Across Antarctica, alone.
Børge Ousland left Berkner Island in November 1996 with a 178-kilogram sled and no resupply. He crossed the continent on skis, using a sail when the wind allowed, and reached Scott Base 64 days later: the first solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica.
Know when to push. Know when to turn back.