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Intro to Training for Mountaineering

Training for mountaineering is tough and there is no way around it.  It takes a lot of time and there is no half-ass-ing it, period, end of story.  When speed is safety and one tired misstep can have catastrophic results, it pays to be in shape.

I like to mix it up between free weights, running, cycling and stairs with a backpack.  It is cliché but the best training for doing something is actually doing it.  I am lucky in that regard because I can go out and rock climb with some gnarly approaches every weekend now that I live in North Carolina.  Prior to that though, I lived in Florida and before that I lived in Kansas and those are some of the flattest states out there.

Now I am not going to write one huge article on how I train because my cocky SOB level isn’t running that high right now.  Seriously, to think that I know the best way to train is ridiculous.  Actually, if anybody tells you that you should give them the big one finger salute while calling them a no talent ass clown.

If you are just starting to get into climbing or aggressive hiking it pays to take it slow.  I am now going to do what every no talent writer does send you to another site to read the collective wisdom of a forum.  Read it, check out some other stuff on SummitPost but come back to On The Sharp End.

Intro to Training for Mountaineering

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