I had been training to hike Mt Whitney for months. Mainly I was just distance running with some longer hikes thrown in. I felt like I was in okay condition to hike the twenty two miles of Mt Whitney, but I definitely could have trained harder if I had more time. For weeks every one told …
A friend asked me today if I had ever had shin splits with all the running I do. No but I’ve had Shin Shits! Haaahhaaahaaa! Oh wait, is that only funny to me? I guess it’s funny now, because I’m wearing clean pants. It was not funny when I was twenty two years old, …
The best way to prevent altitude sickness when mountaineering over 10,000 feet is to drink lots of water so as not to get dehydrated and to hike slowly, letting your body adjust to the high elevation. I drank more water in one day on Thursday than I have ever consumed before in one day …