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Posted by: Jake Beren, Leon Davis, Zeb Blais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 13,800'
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Posted by: Nikki Champion, Taylor Bickford, Emma Lyddan
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mt. McKinley
Elevation: 11,200'
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 6:08 pm PT
First full rest day in the books! We spent the morning sleeping in, and having a leisurely breakfast of bagels, cream cheese, and bacon. The rest of the day was filled with napping, reading, and recovering.
Tomorrow, we plan to make the move to 14,000’ camp. So we've got to tidy up, and cache any trash, extra gear, and dirty socks we don't want to bring higher up the mountain.
RMI Guide Nikki Champion and Team
So glad to hear you all and your special cargo are making your way up that spectacular mountain. Eat well, rest well and climb safely.
For the sports fans of the group, Celtics came back to beat the Warriors in game 1 last night; Nadal made it to the semis of the French Open, and the Avs are up 2-0 over the Oilers.
Posted by: T, B, H and G on 6/3/2022 at 5:36 am
Posted by: Geoff Schellens
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Guide News Everest
Congratulations to you, Jake, and to the entire team!
Posted by: Hal H on 10/17/2011 at 11:20 am
Great news…congratulations to the whole team. When you get back on this side of the planet post some pics for us low landers…
Posted by: John on 10/17/2011 at 10:22 am
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Henry Coppolillo, Seth Burns, Jess Wedel
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 11,000'
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RMI Guide Mike Haugen and the Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz team have returned from the mountain. The team spent three nights on the mountain and were able to do a lot of great training. The reached 11,000' before deciding to turn around due to poor route conditions and high avalanche danger. The team descended to Paradise and is back at Rainier BaseCamp to celebrate their accomplishment and close down their program.
On The Map
Merry Christmas Kim! It’s really warm here and feels more like fall than winter. Have a great day, even if your just sitting a tent ;)
Posted by: Shaun on 12/25/2011 at 9:31 am
Hi Geoff
May your days be merry and bright.
Always thinking of you,
love Stephanie
Posted by: Stephanie Hampton on 12/25/2011 at 9:30 am
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Awe inspiring pictures Dave! Do y’all take altitude pills or does everyone just have great lungs?
Posted by: Mary on 4/6/2013 at 4:08 pm
Is this the James Fitch team?
Posted by: John Mack on 4/6/2013 at 1:54 pm
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Categories: Mountaineering Fitness & Training
As you design a training plan to prepare for your next climb, data about your training and level of fitness is a really useful tool. One of the best ways to get an objective idea of your current level of fitness and to measure your gains is by tracking your heart rate with a heart rate monitor.
There are two main types of heart rate monitors available: watches that use an infrared sensor to your heart rate at your wrist and monitors that use a chest strap with two electrodes to record the electrical pulses from your heart. The infrared sensors on watches measure the change in the size of veins to record your heart beat, and can give a good rough idea of your heart rate trends. Movement of the watch on your wrist can interfere with the accuracy of the sensor however, so the normal movement that comes with training activities can mean that it doesn’t record your workout very effectively. The electrodes on a chest strap pick up the electrical signals from your heart very effectively despite any movement, and therefore and the best way to get a good picture of your workouts, and what we recommend.
Heart rate monitors are effective for a couple of different purposes. First and foremost, a heart rate monitor gives you the ability to track your training more accurately. Heart rate monitors use versions of the 5 training zones that most athletes utilize, so you can begin to build an accurate picture of how much time you spend in each zone and how effective a given period, week, or workout might have been for you.
A heart rate monitor also helps you to hit your target intensity zone for a given workout. This works in both directions; it can help you to tone it down on your long level 2 endurance training if you start to push a little hard, or it can let you know that you need to push even harder to make it to your target L4 zone on a set of intervals. One of the most helpful is setting an upper heart rate threshold alarm during your aerobic building workouts to warn you when you go too hard, which happens to most!
Tracking your heart rate over a period of time can also give you a picture of your overall fitness. As your training pays off, your resting heart rate should drop, and you will find yourself covering more ground and going faster, but at the same intensity. Conversely, a sudden spike in your resting heart rate may indicate that your training load is adding up and that you need to focus a bit more on recovery.
As an added bonus, most of the better heart rate monitors also have the ability to track your workout with GPS, so you can keep track of your training routes. A heart rate monitor won’t make you fitter, but it gives you invaluable information that allows you to create a more informed training plan.
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There are so many choices with heart rate monitors. Can you make a few recommendations? Thank you.
Posted by: Mike on 10/8/2023 at 9:17 pm
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Jenny Konway, Grayson Swingle
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Mount Rainier
Elevation: 14,000'
Great job team! Proud of you Meghan, ever the motivator in your words and actions!
Posted by: Jerry O'Quinn on 6/28/2019 at 12:04 am
You’re all a bunch of badasses!!
Posted by: Shannon Henn on 6/27/2019 at 10:33 pm
CV & TP, merry christmas and good luck (don’t look down)... our thoughts are with you the whole lavado family…
Posted by: Lavado's on 12/26/2012 at 7:26 am
Kim and Scata families wish Dawn and the entire team an exciting climb. Keep warm and happy heart! —Mom—
Posted by: Hye Kim on 12/25/2012 at 5:00 pm
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