I like to think that I'm in good shape but spent the last month or so on a fishing boat in Alaska and that completely took away my mountain legs. So give me your one month hard training for big mountains. 8,000m big. Have access to the Cascades, Squamish & Sierra.

Trail running 60-80 miles with ~30,000 ft elevation gain plus a hard three day alpine climb per week.

cragging in Squamish doesn't do it huh?

kevin trieu wrote:cragging in Squamish doesn't do it huh?

That would be a lot more fun. Maye run laps on the trail up the Chief?

kevin trieu wrote:cragging in Squamish doesn't do it huh?

Squamish is extremely good exercise.

Training for Orizaba. I leave in a month and just started training. (More for moderate altitude). I run potato mountain 5x a week, weights 3x a week, 15 mile + weekend hikes with about 10k + gain. Just started camping at altitude on the weekends (45 lb pack). Whitney MR or Palisades 3 day trip 1/18 - 1/20 (up and down up and down up and down from established "base camp") 60lb pack. 1 week off before trip. That's it!

I don't really train. I run a little here and there... do some pullups.

But you know what? I bet I can climb any 8k peak as strong as you can. I bet it. I've got $50 says it's so.

Who's gonna take me on?

BTW I don't have any money, so you'll need to buy my permit and gear. And airfare. n food n booze.

Ben Beckerich wrote:I don't really train. I run a little here and there... do some pullups.

But you know what? I bet I can climb any 8k peak as strong as you can. I bet it. I've got $50 says it's so.

Who's gonna take me on?

BTW I don't have any money, so you'll need to buy my permit and gear. And airfare. n food n booze.

8k ft.....yeah, he's stronger than anyone at that altitude.

Oh no.. this con is for 8,000 METER peaks.

Yer gonna die!

Here's what I did...

I was a competitive swimmer from age 5 to age 21 and developed an aerobic capacity that will carry me through the rest of my life so I never have to train

Matt Lemke wrote:Here's what I did...

I was a competitive swimmer from age 5 to age 21 and developed an aerobic capacity that will carry me through the rest of my life so I never have to train

Lol! I thought that once.....back when I was in my early 20's. At the age of 19 I ran the 2 mile in 10:05.....my SpecOps buddy was the only one in the company that beat me. Fast forward 17 years later after family and business cut into climbing time, and training is a MUST when actual climbing doesn't happen nearly as much.

One of the great Himalayan climbers, Don Whillans, is said to have trained on "cigarettes, cheap booze, and daily injections of Jerry Lee Lewis"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CTK2h ... dded#at=33

Didn't Joe Tasker/Peter Boardman train for K2 by sleeping in wall hammocks inside a meat locker?
Then again, there's always...
http://www.gymjones.com/

Jim Bridwell attributed his performance at altitude to chain smoking. There are pics of the man at 5,000 meters with a cig in his mouth.