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American Katie Bono Gets a Denali Speed Record

American climber and skier Katie Bono recently spent 26 days on a glacier in Alaska, her longest time to date in the Denali area.

In a fast round-trip climb of 21 hours and six minutes, she set the women’s speed record for North America’s highest mountain.

Bono grew up in Minneapolis and started ski racing at a young age. She learned early how to suffer for extended periods of time in cold weather.

She went on to race for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and found climbing. She left racing in 2011 and started guiding, eventually guiding clients up Denali.

Bono has become a leading mixed climber with sends up to M13. In 2015, she climbed Nophobia M10 in the Ghost River Valley in Alberta. Watch their send here.

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