Me and my hunting partner both agree this isn’t a fat man’s game ha. He is in really good shape. I’m just average. I’ve gotten back into running, this has been great motivation. We plan on spending a few weeks prior running up and down some steep hills here with our packs on with 60 lbs in them. We figure if we can do that without stopping for 2 miles without having heart attacks then we should be ok slow hiking. I know we can’t simulate the conditions, but we are cognizant that we (I) need to up my cardio game.