Officially this was week 1 of training for my big climb. Whoops, it did not go too well! I was all set for 5 training sessions. But 2 were cancelled in favour of wine and good company and then I missed two because I picked up the germs and went home sick. As small an effort as it is, I managed to finally get 2 gym sessions in – even on a lazy Sunday, that’s my token dedication.
As I was putting myself thru the pain of the Stairmaster (boy do I need to find some love for that machine), I was wondering just how many metres I will have to climb. I honestly thought I had a reasonable level of fitness till I started using the Stairmaster. I would rather run over 6 miles than walk on that thing for 20 minutes and even after that I have not climbed very far. So I double checked the vital statistics of that mountain and they are as follows:
It’s higher than I guessed: 5895m (19,335ft)
Lovely starting temperature on the plains: 30◦C
Colder than cold at the top: MINUS 25-30◦C
Hmmm seeing as I am moaning it’s rather chilly in London right now . . . . and lets be honest London is probably one of the warmest cities on this January weekend, me thinks the blonde well and truly needs to toughen up!!
As I was putting myself thru the pain of the Stairmaster (boy do I need to find some love for that machine), I was wondering just how many metres I will have to climb. I honestly thought I had a reasonable level of fitness till I started using the Stairmaster. I would rather run over 6 miles than walk on that thing for 20 minutes and even after that I have not climbed very far. So I double checked the vital statistics of that mountain and they are as follows:
It’s higher than I guessed: 5895m (19,335ft)
Lovely starting temperature on the plains: 30◦C
Colder than cold at the top: MINUS 25-30◦C
Hmmm seeing as I am moaning it’s rather chilly in London right now . . . . and lets be honest London is probably one of the warmest cities on this January weekend, me thinks the blonde well and truly needs to toughen up!!
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