123 Hours and Counting....
Just four more days of training. I've been taking it pretty easy this past week. The closer the departure date, the more concerned I become about last-minute injuries. I ran up sixty-three flights of stairs this afternoon. Not fun, but not really a complete workout.
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Today the Scarpa high altitude boot liners arrived. I was a bit skeptical. Were they really that much warmer? And I don't know if the material is better, or if my existing liners are simply beaten to death (which they are), but the new liners are _much_ warmer. I can look forward to more sock-drying every evening.
The last of the supplies are supposed to arrive tomorrow and then I should be able to start packing.
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I'm supplementing my food with Muscle Milk, which has a lot of fat and protein. It alone will give me two-thirds of my daily protein intake with just one serving each morning and evening. Additionally, I'll try to eat one candy bar and two energy bars (power bars, clif bars, luna bars, etc.) each day; three ounces of nuts/seeds (almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, trail mix); a little bit of cheese and crackers along with some smoked salmon or salami; and a bagel or tortilla every other day or so. And there'll be some extra candy (oreos, chocolate covered pretzels) and dried fruit (cranberries, mangoes) to relieve what I hope won't eventually become a monotonous menu.
Corey is shipping a box of food out to the hotel in Alaska so that they don't have to lug it through the airport.
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With all of the gear present and accounted for, I did some weight estimating. 15 pack & duffle
40 personal food
15 group food (3oz / breakfast; 8.5oz / dinner)
13 fuel (2 x 1 gallon @ 6.3 pounds / gallon)
10 clothes (parka, puffy pants/jacket, gloves)
7 electronics
5 extras (books, journal, med stuff, toiletries)
3 cooking gear (stove, fuel bottle)
10 climbing gear
15 snowshoes, crampons, boots
6 water (3 liters @ 2 lbs / liter)
5 sleeping bag
Which comes to a very daunting 144 pounds. Apparently I don't travel light.