How do you prepare for the rigorous physical requirements of high elevation adventure? Strength and endurance are key, but are only part of a more complex equation. How do you prepare for changes in altitude, exposure, diet, etc.? How do you mentally prepare? Learn from others and share what you know about training in advance for outdoor adventures.
Wandering Daisy wrote:As for those "fitness tests", over the years, I have flunked every one of them. Flunked PE tests in High School, flunked treadmill tests at heath fairs, etc.
We used to joke that when my sister tried the pull up bars (the old Presidential Physical Fitness test!), she just basically hung there until she finally dropped. Zero pull ups.