I always like totake rice in..easy to prepare and takes up no room...easy to cook at base and bag it for a quick meal...I am looking forward to this year for sure. I can feel the difference and with the potential of a sheep hunt in a few years, I have taken my diet much more serious and still learning.I, like you, have had little if any time to do my workouts, so I just decided to get up earlier...no calls on my cell at 5:30am
...the only bad thing is my wife wakes up to the theme song of Primo's and an occassional bugle every now and then
With being in New Mexico I was thinking I would be wondering what was happenin' at ole faithful...well I will know since I have a friend headin' there.
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Okay, a little clarifying here....
Howler,
I have a GPS, and I already have pre-plotted areas marked out on it that I will used a landmarks, and I'm familiar with it's use, what I was saying is that I'm not solely going to rely on it for navigations.
Rob,
I also pack what I call mountain bars which are a concoction cookie with oatmeal, raisins, chocolate chips, peanuts, peanut butter and coconut, so I'll have carbs covered on that front. And I understand the Oxygen demand thing, that's part of why I'm putting 30 minute workouts on the stepper. In all honesty, I'm not sure where I'd find the time for a full 50-60minute workout as I'm pinched to get my short 30minute ones in. I know the last time out, the first two days were TOUGH, but after that I was relatively ok. I also planned on packing in some stuff like Ramien Noodles and such that is light and relatively easy to do.
Sent you a return PM on the access...
Brad,
I hear what you're saying about RUNNING, but at 235-240, and having spent many years running when I was young and 10-15# lighter, my knees just won't take it. Running 7 minute miles for 6-7miles was good when I was a bit younger, and had some hot women's college cross-country runner ahead of me, but my knees are none the better for it (when you look around and no one else in the group your running with weighs over 185# and your 220#, you realize you're in the WRONG GROUP, that'll teach me to listen to a buddy at Officer's Basic, then he wanted to fall out!!!![:@] ). It's not that I can't run, it's that it just tears the knees up. Heavy hiking don't bother me a bit, running ain't good for these knees. I worked in construction for years as well, and back in the day used to carry 2 bundles of shingles rather than one because it got the job done faster, now I'm a little older and wiser, one bundle at a time is perfectly fine.