Fitness Update!

I appreciate this is rather personal; but, I suppose I should also share my progress on physical conditioning. My Whitney climb was quite a wake-up call, and just the thing to motivate me to kick the physical conditioning portion of my preparation into high gear. For those who aren't aware, I climbed Whitney with an old college roomate, who I hadn't seen for over a decade. Needless to say, Josh was in great shape and is currently training for a marathon (go Josh!). Anyways, climbing with Josh was humbling ... as he had lungs-to-spare. I entered our high-camp @ 13,000 ft gasping for air and swearing I'd take the physical conditioning portion of this goal more seriously for the next few months. Fumbling like that in front of an old friend you haven't seen forever was a bummer! :-)

In response to that experience, I increased my workout schedule to include an hour of aerobic exercise 5 times per week. I've even started running ... which has always been something that I've disliked. Today (May 27th) is exactly 8 weeks until Summit Day! The last two months of physical preparation will determine my level of enjoyment on this climb.

Thanks again to everyone for all their support!