February Meeting

Hello everyone:

For the February meeting, Bill, Rick, Denise, and Jakub met at our house (Nate sat in on the first half hour absorbing everything for future climbs ;-). We decided to focus on training assessment and to go practice pusiking, C and Z pulleys, and crevasse rescue next time. Since we’re not getting a lot of snow, we’d also like to hit a ski area to practice the snow anchor placement, boot belays, etc.

We assessed each person’s % chance of doing the climb, went over our workouts, and subjectively assessed what % we’re ready to do the climb based on those workouts. Then we went out and did a little VO2 max step test to see if we can objectively compare our subjective readiness. http://www.brianmac.co.uk/stepvo2max.htm

Bill: 5% chance of climbing but staying is shape with 3x/wk aerobic workouts to >80% max HR around 30 minutes (by the book). “70% ready to do the climb”. VO2 max 56 ml/kg/min.

Jakub: 95% chance of doing the climb with workout schedule of biking 16 miles per day to work 3x/wk which is around 70 minutes per ride but only 20 minutes HR>80% max. Weight lifting on and off. Eliptical 30 min per week with 50lb pack HR>80% max. Pretty Boy once a month. “50% ready to do the climb”. VO2 max 54 ml/kg/min.

Rick: 95% chance of doing the climb with daily walk up 10 flights of steps, Elliptical 40 min per week with 35lb pack HR>80% max. Pretty Boy once a month. VO2 max 49 ml/kg/min. “40% ready to do the climb”.

Denise: 95% chance of climbing to Muir Base Camp with Nate, but is planning to train as if climbing to the top. Elliptical machine for 30min, 2 times per week, HR at 160. Climb Pretty Boy steps once per month. Yoga several times per week. VO2 max 39 ml/kg/min. "50% ready to climb to Camp Muir."

Seems another group of friends are also blogging about training, equipment, courses, etc. Take a look at-

climbrainier.blogspot.com