Vikas and I (Carmen) attempted to train by hiking up Mt. Shasta. Unfortunately, we did not have the right gear…haphazardly, we went up to 7600 feet only where Vikas ended up with a shoe full of ice cold water; I was at least smart enough to bring my Sorels :) - no offense to you Vikas. We snow camped…sorta slept (a sign of what it’ll be like for 7 days?)…woke up with snowshoes, the right gear this time, and went up to 8600 ft. Not exactly a triumphant, I must say but nonetheless, a taste of a long long journey…
Next training session: 10 miler two days in row at Big Basin http://bigbasin.org/trailsberrycreekfalls.html, no snow this time, but we shall see what happens
