My Toughest Challenge Yet: Hiking 100 Km In One Go | Axel On The Edge

[@dweuromaxx]

What was the toughest challenge you ever had?

[@TimothySielbeck]

Basic training, US Army. I wasn't in very good shape when I started but I had a very good Drill Sargent who pushed me to my limits and beyond. I didn't give up and kept on striving and he was there every step of the way pushing me to do better. And so I did. Thankyou DS Cobb!

[@faresime1]

Camino de Santiago 800 km in 31 days.

[@XEinstein]

83h adventure race this last september

[@blacktree27]

Work for the air force in my country for 21 years, Now i'm captain retired

[@JJONNYREPP]

My Toughest Challenge Yet: Hiking 100 Km In One Go | Axel On The Edge 1646pm 14.1.22 i enjoy his pain at his own faux strenuousness. though i think it works out at around walking 62 miles in one day. i think i managed 30 odd mile in 8 hours or so - over the roads of rochdale, oldham and delph to milnrow etc etc.. so i think it possible... i would try this but i dont have the scenery... and i'm sick of old farts.

[@AdaraFukuchi]

i didnt know that changing ur socks helped avoid blisters! huh! learned something today!

[@axelprimavesi]

Always a pleasure!

[@XEinstein]

I have some experience with ultra events. And for sure your most important objective is to keep your feet happy. So cleaning them, using cream and indeed changing socks helps a lot with preventing foot issues.

[@salilbhatnagar]

Axel is a legend! First walking up 4444 narrow steps now this?!

[@axelprimavesi]

Thank you very much! I appreciate!

[@stillerbinichnicht]

What kind of guy! No hair, no sleep, no limits!

[@SoCalFreelance]

I'm exhausted after 10 miles of walking, 62 would definitely be a challenge.

[@sivaarun9234]

Yes!!!. Really Inspiring.

[@runningeliana4557]

Hi Axel, this is a really cool and very tough challenge, you should take great pride in accomplishing it! i walked the Camino in Spain which is 800 km but takes many days to complete. The longest I have walked was 30 km one day and it felt very tough on the legs, so I know how you must have felt throughout those 24 hours! congratulations to you! and keep posting more challenges like this one!

[@charlesmnadeau]

Inspiring...and I'm impressed. Well done.

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sirbobfritez13]

Congratualtions, I really enjoyed watching your journey. 2 days ago I completed my first challenge of 52km with 4000ft elevation - now the 100km is in my sights for next year.

[@MaMi-ep1sm]

Respekt und alle Achtung. 👏

[@Trampelschrat]

How weird to see on DW that there were tons of people hiking 100km and passing my house just a few hundred meters. Also recognising the bridge where you met the guys from the first stop again is at Oeffingen, where I grew up.

[@TimothySielbeck]

Good job, sir! 👍👍👍 I wouldn't mind doing it but I have a lot of weight to lose first.

[@dweuromaxx]

You can do it!

[@axelprimavesi]

@@dweuromaxx yes, I agree! You can do it!

[@flomussraus]

Klasse Video! Endlich ein Video vom Stuttgarter MM und dann noch so ein hochwertiges! Ich bin auch mitgelaufen, es war für mich auch Premiere. Habe 21 Std gebraucht und konnte die Schmerzen im Video gut nachvollziehen... tatsächlich habe ich auch mit den Tränen gekämpft, als ich kurz vor dem Ziel wusste, dass ich es schaffe. In dem Moment ist die Anspannung abgefallen, die sich durch das ständige Ankämpfen gegen die Schmerzen und sich selbst aufgebaut hatte. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Falls du doch noch mal laufen solltest, bitte bescheid geben 😄

[@jillwheeler6207]

The mind and spirit are remarkable; danke for including your struggles and victories. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu deiner Leistung!! 💯🥇 🥐☕🍕

[@axelprimavesi]

Vielen Dank!

[@soniadowney7427]

Toughest challenge was watching you ..i cried! BRAVO

[@ahaxx]

Klasse Video und schöne Bilder aus der Heimat.. das waren auch meine ersten 100km und ich werde wohl zum Widerholungstäter..

[@axelprimavesi]

Dann weiter viel Erfolg!

[@blacktree27]

Great great great job Axel, You are inspirational, of course i want do 100 km in your beautiful country, greetings from Nayarit, México

[@will_adamborn]

Wow that was amazing

[@jeremyrwidner]

You should come do the MR340 here in the US

[@noracherry4814]

Axel you are the best!

[@t.robinson4774]

Do Euromaxx Producers hate Herr. Primavesi? An idea for next episode; Alex does Oktoberfest. Chill man- life’s too short.

[@dweuromaxx]

Quite the opposite. That's why his team stayed up almost the whole time he was walking, to make sure he's alright 😉

[@axelprimavesi]

I’m from northern Germany. Oktoberfest would kill me!

[@t.robinson4774]

You say that now@@axelprimavesi but with the right training and equipment, we could get you Volksfest ready! Man there’s so many parallels with what your ‘friendly’ Producers put you through here. There’s no need to regularly change socks but definitely pizza in the small hours, supporting poles to hold you up and at some point a reunion with students who you met once earlier but you’ll all suddenly consider each other long lost life long friends! Be aware that your team will need to once again follow and record your progress. For in my experience together with such friends, you can come up with "fabulous" ideas that the next day aren’t quite so clear to any of you. Odd how that can keep happening... Last tip? Water’s good, oh and so is pacing yourself. See, it’s not so different from the elite endurance experience you’ve achieved here. In all seriousness, well done Axel- you should be proud of yourself. Prost! 🍻

[@axelprimavesi]

@@t.robinson4774 thank you very much! Had a good laugh reading your comment.

[@t.robinson4774]

Sláinte! Cheers! Prost!@@axelprimavesi ;-)

[@enigmapro5683]

Easy And Why I Say Easy Is Because I've Done 33km, Done 44km, Done 50Km, Done 84Km, Done 90Km In 21hrs Insaying All This I Have A Very Unique Story About Me And A Backround Of Pain And Suffering That Helps Me Over Come These Obstacles. Good Graduatelations Bro For Completing 100km In 24Hrs.

[@ananths8828]

I would like to try. Great job, well done. I have done 20 kms in 3 hours in Mumbai. But I was exhausted after that. Maybe some training will help. Let's c

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

neat content DW Euromaxx. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Keep up the exceptional work.

[@dweuromaxx]

Much appreciated. Thank you!

[@stephanmanthey]

"Genug Lebenserfahrung" ... Was man sich für Sprüche anhören muss. 🤣 Wie dem auch sei, Glückwunsch zum Finish. 💪 Leider habe ich nicht herausgenört, in welchem Umfang Du Dich vorbereitet hast. (Nachtrag: Habe beim zweiten Anschauen gehört, dass Du auch vorher schon einen 70er auf der Uhr hattest.) Fitness ist m.E. zweitrangig. Der Bewegungsapparat und der Kopf müssen es aushalten und etwas Glück gehört auch dazu. Ich habe selbst etliche 100er bei Events und auch solo absolviert und kann die Ups &D owns und die Emotionen im Ziel gut nachvollziehen. LGs

[@regineh.8820]

hörte ich da ein never ever?? Die Gedanken kommen mir jedes mal auf den letzten 10, 5, 1 km, beim Durchreiten des Zielbogen dann aber : hm vielleicht ja doch und am Tag danach, kann ich mich fürs kommende Jahr schon anmelden??

[@aeortiz2004]

I'll hope that someday can do it!

[@aleksandaruzunov8749]

Hello from China ;-), these are the results from my latest walking challenge. I will also share this information on other KZbin channels and try to motivate people as much as possible! Date: 11 May 2024 (starting time 04:24) Place: Beijing, China Weather conditions: Perfect Distance: 100.28 km Total time: 19 hours 01 min Walking time: 18 hours 39 min Breaks: 1 (at 54 km) Food: 1 kg oranges, 7 L water, 1 burger Health challenges/problems: Non-serious (some blisters) Training: 40 days x ca. 15 km walking

[@typxxilps]

that's the way a relative described his march back then with that goal he did not have known in the beginning, but pushed him to march on to the channel, that big one on the shore just 81 years ago.

[@coloradomountain]

I would like to try a 100 km hike, but I am not sure if I can make it in 24 hrs. The longest distance day hike I have done so far was only 40 Km and it took me 10 hrs. I hiked across the Grand Canyon last week, the distance was 38 Km and elevation change around 1500 m and it took me 12 hrs, but none of this can compare to Axel's 100 km challenge.

[@dweuromaxx]

@Clement Chan Wow, you should definitely give it a try Clement!

[@WoodsmanocD86]

Well done mate - great achievement - I’m planning the same challenge myself in July- 🙏🏽🤞🏾

[@dweuromaxx]

@Woddsman ocD86 Good luck!

[@julienlarochelle3287]

A 124 km race in 22 h on pavement at 33 degree celcius. It was brutal. The blisters and the shaffing was very painful.

[@erwinheinz3206]

awesome

[@thedecisionsnavigator9807]

Thank you.

[@andreystoyanov9934]

Didn't he really sleep at all and walking the whole night, No way!!! Alien !!

[@swalkner]

"I will never go that again" - I'm just starting my challenges journey and would LOVE to do a mega Marsch - let me know if you changed your mind in the meantime 😉

[@TuticorinBillboard]

I did my 25 km in 5 hours yesterday Before that 37km in 9hours Now focusing on 50km in 10 hours...

[@ardiris2715]

I remember the day when I walked 30 miles in 6 hours to visit a college friend. No biggee. (:

[@bumbwit]

stop using the discord sound!

[@dweuromaxx]

Why :O

[@bumbwit]

@@dweuromaxx it messed with my head 😡

[@frostfox1208]

What is the name of this challenge? Perhaps I will attempt it. Alan

[@mariobecker5396]

Came here to see the group of 10 beer drinking guys the camera men met twice - left disappointed

[@MJ-uk6lu]

wtf was that thumbnail?

[@48Volts]

I do this regularly unfortunately 😊

[@endlichdrin]

Komische Organisation! Sinnvoller ist es, am frühen Abend zu starten. Dann läuft man die schwere Hälfte bei Tageslicht. Bei der 7-Seen-Wanderung in Leipzig und bei der Horizontalen in Jena funktioniert das sehr gut.

[@dweuromaxx]

Das konnte sich Axel in dem Fall leider nicht aussuchen 😉

[@constanze8404]

Ich denke, dass es einen Teil der Herausforderung darstellen soll. 🤷‍♀️

[@endlichdrin]

@@constanze8404 Die Herausforderung für den Veranstalter, dass sich die Teilnehmer nachts nicht verlaufen und sich im schlimmsten Falle verletzten? Hmm.

[@constanze8404]

@@endlichdrin 🤷‍♀️ ich bin in Hamburg dabei. Muss jeder für sich selbst entscheiden.

[@mathiassteinert9437]

Wenn man aber am frühen Abend startet,müssen die Teilnehmer ja noch länger wach bleiben. Und es gab auf dieser Strecke auch keinen leichten oder schweren Teil, man musste ja auch alles mind. doppelt laufen. Bis jetzt bin ich auch immer um diese Zeit gestartet,lief eigentlich immer ganz gut.

[@timshields8720]

Using walking sticks is cheating