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sounds like she's going to make it one way or another

8 miles on the trails with Tiny Elvis; we should have hit the trails about three hours earlier!

Yeah.... just hope she hasn't been limping on it the last month. That's a great way to screw up your knees and hips at our advanced age <g>. She does have trekking poles to help keep her walking mechanics true.

Well.... she was obsessed. Yvonne Choinard has a great quote about how to become an elite mountaineer: you've got to get obsessed, and stay obsessed.

30 mile road ride

strict Cindy

20 minutes as many rounds as possible of
5 pullups
10 pushups
15 air squats

well I was able to go 10 rounds unbroken and probably about 8 minutes, I had visions of getting 20 rounds-maybe more!

the vision became blurry and then blurrier yet, oh well- 17 solid rounds

Just picked Cyn up at Cascade Locks! Boom! 456 trail miles plus a lot of extra miles to/from resupplies etc.

give her my congratulations on job well done!

went out this afternoon with Tiny Elvis for our weekly hill workout- 4 miles, 1400' gain in the first 2 miles

That is a great performance! Well done.

danke- wee bit sore this am

Monday and Tuesday- 4 & 4 miles with Tiny E

too hot for the trails today, so hit the gym

deadlifts 5/3/1+/1- @ 75/85/95/70% of 1RM
overhead press 5/3/1+/10 @ 75/85/95/70% of 1RM
lunges 3x30 yds
chin-ups 3x12
core

does 12 hours on a plane count for anything? Headed back to Work today. A week before Archery Elk season,

8 miles on the trails with Tiny E- two good climbs @ ~ 500' in a half mile

10-mile mountain bike ride with my buddy. Got my full attention. Nothing technical, but a lot of steep climbing. He had a route planned out on logging roads basically. It was only my third ride on the bike I bought like 6 months ago so I'm still figuring the dang thing out. A 29'er with suspension is a really different bike than a carbon road bike running ultegra. I love the traction and disc brakes on downhills; it reminds me of the dirt bikes I had growing up. Uphills are getting better. The problem is, can't stand up to pedal in steep dirt; the rear wheel loses traction and there's only so far you can shift your weight back.... I was able to coordinate my [bleep] enough to foresee the slightly flatter spots in climbs where I COULD upshift 4-5 gears and stand up for a while, then, downshift those same 4-5 gears as I was sitting down because it was getting too steep again, without losing momentum or spinning out. Being able to stand up even briefly really helps me in a long hard climb so this is good.

Have a good weekend guys.

Hit the gym today for cardio. A little more tha two weeks until elk season.

Trail 5k Saturday morning.

Haven't done a trail race since April so I'm excited

-Jake

^ good luck!

Latest workout........

60lb pack
Day1.....14 mile hike into buck lake in the cabinet wilderness mountains
Day2.....Cross country to Wanless lake(no trail between buck and Wanless) with a lite day pack and fishing pole! 6 miles total including hiking up the Wanless lake trail for a good spell before returning to buck lake
Day3.....Made huckleberry pancakes and eggs than packed up camp and made an 11 mile hike to upper Geiger Lake to camp out for the night.
Day4....Fished around the lake in the morning than made the trip out for another 4 miles

With hunting season just around the corner I'm ready though I will be switching from the Kelty pack to the Eberlestock F1 mainframe with batwings


Trystan

^ we've got a big trip tentatively planned in the Cabinets for September

10 miles on the trails for Tiny E and I, nice morning (but not so in the afternoon-f&cking hot!)

Ive been to almost every lake in the cabinets on the hyw 2 side this year so if you have any questions concerning that side feel free to PM me

Sounds good-thanks Our plan is a full traverse of the Cabinets from north to south, appears roughly a 1/4 of it on trail, 3/4+ off trail; the guy I'm supposed to go with has been working on this route for a couple of years. I'm sure it will be similar to our traverse of the Chinese Wall- plenty of surprises!

Sounds like it will be a super cool trip 😎 You know there's gold in those mountains so hopefully you guys will find out exactly where its all coming from 😁 Best wishes to you on your trip.