climbing

I don't want to give away too many details yet, since I intend to blog about the trip when it's complete. I spent all yesterday flying haphazardly around the country (LGA -> ATL -> SLC -> ANC) and spent the night at a

The majority of my possessions (by mass) in New York that are neither furniture nor computers are now stuffed in two large duffle bags, ready for tomorrow's departure. I leave my apartment at 9am and around midnight I'll be checking out the exciting night-life in Anchorage.

I did 48 flights of stairs this time with 77 pounds. I decided to not skip steps on the way down because that seems to be really hard on my knees with this much weight. And it took precisely one Rage Against The Machine album to do this.

I slacked off a bit this week because I'm working on an interesting little side project, and this project, combined with company parties, have kept me up way too late the last several evenings. I'll post about the project after I've got it done.

I added another 10 pounds to the pack this morning, amounting to 43 pounds now. I did the 60 flights of stairs in 40 minutes, once again. However, I used the trekking poles from the 24th floor on up. Next time I'll try to get farther up before

I skipped a day. I felt guilty for it too. The rest is probably good for my legs, however. Same weight (33 pounds) as last time, but I did all 60 floors in 39 minutes (one minute faster), and I didn't use the trekking poles at all on

I added ten pounds of weight to the pack for a total of 33 pounds. I did the 60 floors in 40 minutes. My legs weren't going to get me all the way to the top, so around half-way up I started using the trekking poles to assist.