Brazilian ultrarunner Fernanda Maciel completed a stunning mountaineering double in the Alps in a single day, setting a new female Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Gran Paradiso, and climbing the Matterhorn. After suffering frozen eyes in an accident on the Matterhorn three years ago and losing her flatmate in an accident there last year, Fernanda overcame her fears to complete the feat just one day before a landslide trapped 25 climbers on the mountain. "I was super scared, but these mountains represent a physical, emotional, and spiritual challenge for me." Climbing without a rope in solo style, Maciel reached the 4,061 m summit of Gran Paradiso in just two hours and 40 minutes, completing the round route in just four hours and three minutes to better her own previous FKT. She then transferred to Cervinia, in Italy, and climbed the 4,478 m Matterhorn summit on a difficulty IV-rated route. The former lawyer, Ultra Trail Vice World Champion, and jiu-jitsu champion has set her sights on the fastest known times on some of the world's biggest mountains. She was the first woman to run up and down Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, and also holds the female FKT on Kilimanjaro.