Carol and Duffy Russell traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 8-11 to make a dress rehearsal with their new equipment. Looking at all the possibilities, the best test for the Everest Base Camp trek was to cash in some frequent flyer miles and head for America’s Mountain – Pike’s Peak. Pioneers made Pike’s Peak the symbol of the 1859 Gold Rush to Colorado with the slogan “Pike’s Peak or Bust.” Read the rest of this entry »
Well, I have been in Vancouver just over a week and am managing to continue with my training. Jan Rea, Andy, Mary and I (Razzu knows all of us from the Annapurna trek) hiked up to Black Mountain above Cypress Bowl on Tuesday and today I got up early and did a steeper trail up Grouse Mountain with a friend. It is quite steep and Jan feels that it is steeper than anything we did in the Annapurnas. The elevation gain is 690 meters and we did it today in 1 hour 50 minutes. I had on my heart monitor and had to stop occasionally as my heart rate got above 165 which seems to be a default as it beeps then. My average was 156, probably close to the top of my range. We took the gondola down and the view was amazing. It is a beautiful day here and I am glad we did it early as it is now 33C. Mary and I have gone to yoga almost daily, including today and I have also done a couple of power walks with Jan in the university endowment land trails. We are so lucky here in Vancouver to have so many options. I suspect I will be at the back of the group but do feel confident that I can hang in there on our Everest trek. Now we are off to the beach to hang out and play some Bocce.
I look forward to a blog entry from the Russell’s’ recent hike in Colorado. Razzu, I think Dick was hoping that you would post his “tongue in cheek” email from a few days ago when he sent out his fictitious but funny summit trainer exercise routine. Let’s get blogging!
Namaste,
Marian
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Having a great time, traveled by tica bus from costa rica to nicaragua today. looked very forward to a day of just sitting on the bus and relaxing our muscles.
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Group members are coming and going but I know some of you are heading out soon for a summer repat. Ian Wissemann who some of you know, will very likely be joining us and we will know by the end of the month. Scott Eberle is thinking about it so I am copying him. Much of this will be repetitive but important and even though our trek is three months away, time is flying by. I am sure you all have individual training plans in progress. The new women’s center has 2 machines I had not seen before and they are perfect for those of us not going to hilly areas this summer. They are called “summit trainers” and really get the heart going. I am also using the cross trainer and treadmill as well as swimming and yoga. I did a lifeguard course last week and that included CPR and first aid. Hopefully some of you will also be up-to-date with first aid and possibly CPR thanks to Aramco. Dick is still running and he tried out the summit trainer yesterday at the 3rd street gym. Read the rest of this entry »
Dick Leighton
Marian Leighton
John & Nina Sabin
Mike & Dounia
Duffy & Carol Russell
Razzu Tuladhar
Shyam Karky
Sirdar
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