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During these days, the worldwide mountain running community, thanks to the evolution of digital technology, has lived up closely the successful attempt of breaking the record of the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) in Nepal, by the South African athletes Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel. Ryan and Ryno, a strong, homogeneous and determined couple of athletes, managed to overcome all the obstacles they found in the Himalayas – obstacles that were many and sometimes very big - and return to their homeland with a new GHT record performance (25 days, 04 hours and 24 min). Their epic adventure has positively revived the debate on FKTs and their prospects for the future. Advendure contacted Ryno and Ryan to try to shed more light on their effort, but also to listen to their own perspective about their experience in Nepal and their viewpoint about FKTs.