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. ...
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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.
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