Hiking Trek

It has been awhile once again. I am still set to head to Philmont this June. So I been in full swing on getting in shape for that trip. Along with getting all my gear set for the trek.

These past two months I have been working out at a fitness center along with my normal walking the dog exercises. At my age it is somewhat easy to get the muscles back in shape, the thing that is tough is getting the lungs built up for a trek that will start out a mile above sea level and take up to over 12,000 feet. The challenging part is the fact i am training in the northwest part of Ohio which is only 900 feet above sea level, and is very flat in this area. Just like in 2007 I just had to work just that must more to ensure that I was in shape for the trek.

This past Saturday it was a nice day considering it is in the middle of January. So I decided to go for a small hike along the Sandusky River. It was great to be outside, got to chase some deer all the way to the local park. Then slowly I worked my way back to the house. It is so much nicer to be outside hiking. Small treks like that continue to remind me why I like hiking so much.

I figured I hiked about 3 miles that day.

Hiking

It should be noted that I will be heading to Philmont in 2011. When I went in 2007 I realized I should have keep better notes of my hiking trips and how I planned my gear. Since I had this blog spot already created for trials I am hoping to use this site to do just that. We will see how well I do this.

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Well Saturday I finally got to head out and go skiing. Saturdays weather was perfect for skiing and the place I traveled to had a very nice Snow base to ski on. Since plans didn't work out and I landed up going by myself. Which it would have been more fun to have a few friends there. But it was still fun, most of the time I worked on my technic. Also not having to wait for someone, and short lift lines, I was able to ski at my pace. So while I wasn't there for a long time I did managed to get alot of skiing in. Maybe next time some of my friends can make it so there will be crazy skiing stories.

Until next time.

First Blog

Well this is my first Blog here it Blogspot. I have been blogging at other sites for awhile now. I don't pretend to have good grammar nor can I say any of my blogs will make sense. Mainly I use this manor of communication to Touch in a area I don't typically do very well in. So for those to attempt to follow my blogs good luck to you all.