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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Training for Mt. Whitney It’s
been awhile since I have updated my blog, in regards to training for Mt. Whitney. Everything is on schedule.
I found a hiking partner, from one of my hiking groups. He has climbed high altitude before and
is excited about our one-day push on Whitney.
My training so far, in the last two months has consisted of climbing Camelback, doing various
trails in South Mountain. Yes, even in this crazy heat I am out there, with plenty of water.
My elliptical has come in handy, during the intense heat of AZ. It’s been in the triple digits
for weeks now, and even hitting 116 at times. Remind me, again, why I moved to AZ.
However, Humphrey’s Peak is my biggest training mountain. It’s
the tallest mountain in AZ, standing at an amazing 12,633 feet. I first climbed Humphrey’s in October
2008 with my hiking partner, Mikey. It took us 4.5 hours, since he has never hiked high altitude and it
was over 1.5 years since my “Mt. Shasta” trip. My
goal is to climb Humphrey’s 6 x’s before Whitney. So far, I have climbed Humphrey’s,
and how long it took me to get to the summit:
June
19th: 4 hours / 10 Minutes
July 14th: 5
hours (I had my niece, Beth, with me. She has never hiked high altitude before, even though she has lived
in Flagstaff for 5 years)
July 21st:
3 Hours – I started @ 5:15 am (Flagstaff had a horrible storm last night), so it was so cool and crisp on the
mountain. I was the lone hiker for almost two hours, when this male hiker just whizzed past me @ 7 am.
We became friends, at the summit.
I plan on climbing Humphrey’s on July 28th
(the day after my birthday), as well as August 13th and August 24th. I will be taking
my Wilderness First Responder course in Flagstaff, from August 14th thru the 23rd. This
is going to be awesome, for two reasons.
Number 1: I will be living in the wilderness
for 10 days and in Flagstaff for 14, at high altitude. We will be performing mock rescues, including two
evenings of learning how to bring down victims from the mountain, in total darkness.
2.
When I return on the 25th, I will only be down off the mountain four days before we head to the High Sierra’s,
where we will camp @ Lone Pine Saturday afternoon (29th). We will hang around Whitney Portal,
and the smaller trails on Sunday.
We will begin our accent on Whitney @ 3 am on the 31st.
I have been dreaming about climbing Whitney for over 6 years now, and it’s finally here.
We have two other friends that are hiking Whitney, @ the same time as well. However, they will be
climbing together and trying to attempt to climb Whitney @ midnight and trying to summit by sunrise. What
an awesome site.
I am hoping in 2011 that I can do the winter accent
on the “Mountaineer Trail” on Whitney. You know, with the ice axe, crampons, rope, etc.
Basically, it’s an actual mountaineer trip.
Mt. Whitney here I come 
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Teri Ann holds Certification and Course Completion in
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Pet CPR & First Aid * CPR Adult/Child/Infant
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