Monday, 10 September 2018

Pre Morocco 1 - How to begin

Preparations have begun.
I'm a little bit nervous about the upcoming trip. France was good (pic from there), but we never did get higher than about 2700 m. We had planned on going to Aguille du Midi (3800 m), but right then the cable car was not in use due to some issue with the cable.

The plan is to reach 4167 m in Morocco. I'm actually going there for a wilderness course, but the summit is the highlight of the whole trip.
A few years back I was in Chamonix and I remember getting out of breath at 2 km altitude and got reeeally heavy in my head at 3800. This year I didn't really notice any difference above or below that 2km line, but I still don't know how well I can handle close to 4 km.
Well, nothing to do but keep on working on my fitness.

For those of you who think that all these activities require marathons and such - I'm nothing of the like. I am a chubby, heavy person. Not at all as light as a climber should be ;)

Well. Training consists of a lot of cardio. Due to a knee injury no running, though. So a lot of walking uphill on a treadmill, walking up stairs and just doing half long hikes in my boots. Also focused muscle strengthening around the knees, ankles and other general stuff.
Even if I end up not reaching the summit I'll be in a hell of a shape :D

Aside from the training I'm working on my pack list. Write about that next...