the Chartreuse Terminorum, this ultimate ultra-trail that no one has ever finished

The Chartreuse Terminorum ultra-trail in 2018. Candidates discover the route, which is different each year, shortly before the start. Cyrille Quintard

Special envoy to Saint-Pierre de Chartreuse

If an ultratrailer has the idea of ​​one day throwing himself into the Chartreuse adventure, his curiosity will inevitably lead him to the event’s website. Or rather the only web page dedicated to it since the content is reduced to its bare minimum. Here, no video with a bombastic tone, nor photos highlighting the forest of the Chartreuse mif (Isère) where the event is held, no route either, and even less a registration form. Nothing of the sort. On the photo of a river in the background, a few lines briefly describe the contours of the race and how to apply. At the bottom of the page, a Latin quote from Cicero: “Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit” (There is no one who loves suffering for its own sake, neither seeks it nor wants it for what it is…) appears under a series of results from past editions