Distance: 1,352 miles
Elevation Gain: 60,048 feet
Elevation Loss: 57,259 feet
Elevation Max: 12,183 feet
I suspect all the Gain/Loss numbers are a little conservative (Elevation Max. comes from Rocky Mountain National Park website) because of Google Earth only taking samples at one mile intervals. Regardless, we'll be climbing from base camp to the summit of Mount Everest five times, Mount Rainier seven times and--sticking with Rainier--riding our bikes just shy of the top of Disappointment Cleaver on the dog route (though still way short of Everest bc).
--ph
Grand Depart: 90 Days!
Daunting: summit of Everest five times? Rainier seven?
Day by day. That's how I figure I'll approach it, assure myself every morning. I can do it... 30, 40, 60 miles a day, sure. No matter how steep and no matter how much weight. Plug along, plod along, push along, I'll get there. Might be slow. Might be reminiscent of coming out of the Grand Canyon sick sick sick and "just let me go my pace, Paul..." but I'll do it.
Just don't leave me to fend off the bears by myself!
And, bam, another Everest? Hard to believe.
Less than one month now!
Day by day. That's how I figure I'll approach it, assure myself every morning. I can do it... 30, 40, 60 miles a day, sure. No matter how steep and no matter how much weight. Plug along, plod along, push along, I'll get there. Might be slow. Might be reminiscent of coming out of the Grand Canyon sick sick sick and "just let me go my pace, Paul..." but I'll do it.
Just don't leave me to fend off the bears by myself!
And, bam, another Everest? Hard to believe.
Less than one month now!
--Alaine
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