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KUIU Mountain Academy 2019 - Allen Bolen: The Secret to Hiking All Day
Keep your heart rate below your max. For an average person it’s usually around 170
For extreme inclines and altitudes a heart rate monitor is not a bad idea if you haven’t spent a lot of time in the steep and high.
People may think your silly watching a heart rate monitor while climbing.
But while they are sucking wind you’ll will be cruising on by.
And by day 5 they will be spent
Save it for when it’s time to $h!+ and git.
Thanks again for starting this thread.
In the flatter stuff, its very easy. It's when you're carrying weight and going straight up that you really need to pace yourself. Your baseline cardiac function has a ton to do with this and is why I devote all my exercise to cardiopulmonary health and almost zero to muscle bulk creation, which just adds more weight to carry which burns you out that much quicker (although I am going to build up my quads a bit more this year to aid me in those times when I need to make quick descents in a stalking situation.
I've said this before and always get scorn from the body builders who want to justify their cosmetic exercise.
—Jim
charge up 200 yards stop, suck wind. And repeat.
Sometimes it’s unavoidable to head off an animal.
But when just Climbing, force yourself to “pressure breath”. And slow down. It will pay off in a few days.
I was just impressed how Bolen&Lewis really push the technique. And some say they know what their doing.
I’ve been up quite a few over 14k 3 Peaks over 20,000 ft, And 1 peak over 25,000 ft.
Beware the guide that thinks He’s impressing people running a hunter up the hill many times showing how good of shape HE the guide is in.
What is impressive is a guide that knows how to get his hunter to the top day in and day out. Without killing him.