Each one of the aforementioned places was beyond amazing and blew each one of us away; however, now I want to do a big one. I want to be on top of that actual mountain and know the feeling of looking down at the world, perhaps getting to see things as God sees them. (As much as He allows us humans to see through His looking-glass) Dylan has always been offering to take me up; I just never wanted to accept the challenge until about 6 months ago. Once my courage and determination were set, Dylan picked the mountains. The first 2 weeks of August 2012 we will be hiking The Matterhorn (slightly under 14,000 ft) and Sunshine (slightly above 14,000 ft) near the city of Ouray, Colorado.
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| The Matterhorn |
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| Matterhorn scramble |
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| Sunshine |
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| Matterhorn |
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Sunshine scramble
Each one of these mountains presents a challenge in their own right, so to get ready for them, we are training as much as possible. Training includes lots of squats and lunges and learning to use your own body weight to handle obstacles. Training also includes drinking more water than normal, eating more red meat for better oxygen blood count and filling your body up with healthy foods to give you strong, lean muscles. More training can come from any aerobic activity. Once that is on its' way, you start to hike with the backpack and boots you will be wearing, which is what we do as often as possible, frequenting places like Eisenhower and Freidrich Parks in SA, making sure we take the hardest paths, usually doing them more than once. Dylan is a strict trainer. :) We have a little over a month to make this happen and have full confidence in both of our skills that we will succeed in respecting the mountain for what it physically is by making it to the top, fully understanding that we will be giving a small... or in my case large piece of ourselves up in the process. :)
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