Five Guides, One Spare Leg, 44 Hours
Julien Veysseyre became the first amputee to finish the UTMB, in 44:16:04.
The 39-year-old Frenchman crossed in Chamonix on Sunday in 44:16:04, 1,475th overall, and first in a category that did not exist until he finished it.
Five guides relayed a second prosthesis around the Mont Blanc loop behind him, in case the first one failed.
That is the detail that stays with you. Not the time, not the placing, but the logistics of carrying a spare leg over 171 kilometers of mountain so that one man never had to stop.