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The climber's code: If you're not cold, you brought too many clothes If your not hungry, you have too much food If you're not thirsty, you are carrying too much water If your reached the summit, the climb was probably not that hard to begin with... Read More
I've started tapering my workouts. Only 9 days left before I leave for Mexico to climb two of it's best- La Malinche (14,000+ ft) and the prize, Pico De Orizaba. It means "mountain of the stars". At 19,000 ft it's one of the highest in the western hemisphere. I've assembled a good team, but none of us has been over 15,000 ft so we don't know how well we'll all do with the altitude. It stands to reason that at least one person will not make it. That will mean that another person, and maybe t... Read More
I did that 5.6 and made it. It was a completely different route than the white one. I had to climb over ledges. Very cool. I tried the route named after one of my climbing partners and only made it half-way. It was a 5.8 on that early overhang wall I did months ago. I had a nice fall, too. Instead of the across-the-doorway climb at the front of the gym, I did the one in the back, and nailed it. Today was a good day at the climbing gym.... Read More
In addtion to my new running shoes, my new crampons came today. Grivel Air Tech's. Sweet. They have a much easier binding system than my old crampons. They also have an extra set of points that help bite while traversing glacial ice. I'm getting psyched about Pico De Orizaba (18,000 footer in Mexico) for January. ... Read More
I have 5 more weeks before leaving for Mount Rainier. For the last 2-3 weeks I have cut back on my usual cardio workouts and have been concentrating on my legs and carrying 60 lbs in my pack. I used to burn 1100-1200 calories in a workout but am only doing about half tha now. So I have gained 2 lbs. I don't know if it's muscle, or fat. I certainly don't want to carry an additional few pounds of fat up the mountain. ... Read More
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