Training Update

We have continued our training on the hills at Pond Creek with added weight in our backpacks.  Most recently we hiked 9 miles with 36 pounds for him and 26 pounds for me.  Not bad, we made it fine. We are doing this hike once a week for 5 weeks now.

Two days a week we are continuing our laps around the soccer field and up and down the bleachers.  -The most we have done is 1250 step-ups on the bleachers and 5 laps around the field. A total of 7.28 miles.  22 to 24 miles a week.

We are now backing down on our bleacher work since our packs are getting heavier.  We are up to 42/31 pounds now.  Almost trail weight.  We will get to 45/35 a couple of times on the field and at least one long hike before we hit the trail.

The weather is getting warmer than we thought at this time, so we are thinking about going earlier to NC to begin our hike. We are now maybe a couple of weeks away.  We will not do any training hikes the week before we go to give ourselves some recoup time before the real thing. 

We now have to begin to get our food and other supplies together and pack them up for the trip.  We will be using a Katadyn Hiker Pro water filter this time instead of the iodine tablets.  Maybe we won't have to carry so much water on our back.