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SideshowBob-
Sure. There's clearly genetics involved but ultimately these superhuman feats are basically mostly incredible determination, single mindedness and tolerance of discomfort.
Was chatting about this with a mountain guide (with a 38BPM RHR) last week. He reckoned genetics are the deal breaker but most of it is a person's willingness to suffer for an objective.
In his case he personally believes his insane endurance capabilities are because when his school friends were playing Nintendo, his Grandad was making him carry the deer he shot down from the mountains.
Stonehedge
Fuck me...I know its silly to compare yourself to elite athletes but I've just done ~30,000m vertical metres in a month including rest days (mostly walked/hiked rather than run) and I'm in pieces. Imagine doing 36k in six days!
Edit: And I misread...thats 36k up. So let me correct myself. I've just done about ~18km of ascent in 30 days including rest days and I'm in pieces. Imagine doing 36k in 6 days!