21-15-9
- Barbell Thruster @ 95#
- Pullup - no kipping
Time: 8:10
Hike with Kilo at Wooster Memorial Park
- 5.65 miles
- 33.5# pack, everything but the rope and rack for Longs Peak.
- Barbell Thruster @ 95#
- Pullup - no kipping
Time: 8:10
Hike with Kilo at Wooster Memorial Park
- 5.65 miles
- 33.5# pack, everything but the rope and rack for Longs Peak.
- 1 hour 43 minutes
6 comments:
If we use my ropes, rack and slings:
One rope = not quite 6# - 11+ for the pair
Rack = approximately 10#
Slings etc = 9 to 10# - maybe not quite this much
So roughly add 16# to what you had. I'm assuming your gear would weight about the same as mine?
I had all my slings with me, just not the rack or rope. I'll add one of my 60m x 9.1 ropes to the hike this week. Physical conditioning is feeling solid for Longs. I'm interested to see what 12-14,000' elevation does to my work capacity. I know it will have an effect, just wondering how much?
You need to be strong like Sherpa :). The plan is for you to carry everything and me just hike along taking pictures :). Nah.
Altitude effect is hard to figure - I have had it hit me really hard and other times almost no effect under seemingly the same conditions starting out. Being strong and in good shape always helps but only to a point. I've never been to the point I couldn't keep going - I was just much more tired than I would have been down low. Other times I was fine as could be. Stay hydrated and fueled - I always figure I need to do everything I would do to perform well down low - but do it more perfectly up higher.
I'd rather be over-prepared than go in thinking its a cake-walk. The hills have a way of smacking you back to reality.
I have reached the point in my life where there are no more mountain cake walks - I'm looking at it like I'm going to the Himalayas. Teresa and I were talking the other day and think this will be the first trip we have ever taken where we feel we are the weaker link on the trip. Which tells me something about the people we're going with - because I don't feel exactly weak yet. :)
You are still the mentor we all look up to for advice and wisdom. You have guided and taught us well through the years. Happy to be your sherpa
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