I would try build up some experience (and stamina) on my own before even venturing close to that kind of altitude. It is brutal. The fact that your friend is experienced will not help you much. It’s like marathon running, I can get all the advice and tips from an experienced marathon runner, but still won’t be able to run one without training up for it.
FWIW, I find that above 2000m the enjoyment / grit ratio just starts dropping to a level I personally dislike. For me a hike should be “how can I enjoy the scenery and take memorable photos while also exercising”, not “how can I keep this human body alive in harsh conditions”.
The planet is full of beautiful places that are much more accessible, but still challenging.
Trail mix and modified gorp can have all these foods in one convenient package. @hatsnp Apples could be the dehydrated variety if water weight is an issue.
Could be me poking fun in a thread that is all about fun. It could also have to do with my food having to be gluten free. Usually, I stay away from granola and oats.
Thru hiking the AT and PCT is something that I have wanted to do for some time. At roughly 6mo hike time, its not going to happen until retirement. Since I will be in my 90’s when I can retire, this story gives me hope!
Point Noted Sir!
I AM trying to build up my stamina. It is part of the reasons I don’t leave so soon for a dreamland in the clouds but I did use to play badminton a lot so if I can just get back to the same fit self I think I can do basic stuff fine. Friend is the motivation, having friends helps keeps the pace high. Him being experienced and having a trekking startup just helps with the planning for an inexperienced guy like me.
I have never been to anything that high so I would need to expose myself to truly understand how much of it do I like and am I gonna be a hiker or a trekker if that makes sense. I definitely don’t mind me some lazy views and a lot more focus on photography than survival.
There was a recent video on the fabulous YouTube channel Tasting History about the D Ration, a “chocolate bar” made from oat flower and cocoa powder that was not entirely unlike chocolate, but safe for hot climates:
Personally, I like nuts and fruit/nut bars (“Fruchtriegel”, the European kind with smoothly ground filling between two sheets of wafer paper stuff. Picture a fine granola bar, but substitute fruit for most of the granola, with a soft consistency, and not too sweet. What would you call that in English?).
Something I’ve learned today: The Canon Pixma Pro200 supposedly gets 50+ A3 prints per set of cartridges, but I wasn’t reaching anywhere close to that. I noticed that every time I turned on the printer, it ran a rather long cleaning cycle.
Turns out having your printer connected to an outlet that cuts power every night is bad, it loses its sense of time due to unpowered clock and every time you turn it on it does a deep clean of its nozzles… So keep your printers powered on folks
No. I use home assistant with an IKEA Zigbee smart outlet. This outlet controls my office in the living room, which has connected to it some always on electronics (speakers, mixer, laptop and other minor things) which I’d rather power down after leaving the desk.
We had one like that in Cheyenne Mountain. Workstation would just lose power every afternoon, and be back up the next morning. Traced the power cord to a strip under the floor, which in turn was fished up into the next office and plugged into that person’s desk power strip. Every afternoon, they’d dutifully shut down and power off…,
I use this silly power bar under my desk that has eight outlets where only two of them are always on. The others stay on for 15 minutes; I do not remember the exact duration. Imagine how annoying it would be to have the desk lamp or charger go out every 15 minutes! Supposedly, I could control it using an app; I will never know. I am only using it because I got it for free from a government-approved save-energy retrofitter. Another power bar connects to it. Ha ha.
