{"id":356,"date":"2024-11-14T19:19:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ride.mathieuplessis.com\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:04:09","slug":"accueil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mathieuplessis.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#000000″ scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default” content_layout=”default”][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” font_style=”h1″ content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”From Resilience to Performance” font_size=”5em” font_line_height=”1.1″ text_direction=”default” font_size_tablet=”4em” font_size_phone=”3em”][\/split_line_heading][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” font_style=”h6″ content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”\u2014 My path toward the peaks of ultra-distance, to inspire and push the limits of what seems possible.” font_line_height=”1.6em” text_direction=”default”][\/split_line_heading][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”” text_direction=”default”]In September 2023, everything shifted. Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome, near-total paralysis, no legs, no voice, no control. A body shutting down, a mind absorbing the shock, and weeks spent relearning movements we never pay attention to: swallowing, articulating, putting one foot in front of the other.
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Hard, demanding races where I understood that the engine was still there, different, but determined.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” content_layout=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”” text_direction=”default”]At 45, with a body that will never fit the standards of a razor-thin climber, there\u2019s another challenge: feeling legitimate. 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