In training for Everest...
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:30
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Lone Wolf
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well ...... maybe
Mount Beadell! So, I've just bought yet ANOTHER camera backpack, something about backpacks, & stoves..........
Lowepro Photo Trekker AW. Got all my camera kit in it, & compass, GPS, & 2 1 litre water bottles.
Weight = 12 kg.
I started a weight loss regime on the first of January, and have lost 8 kg. I am now beginning to feel fit enough to start walking with the backpack on for three mornings a week. Where I live, it's REALLY hilly ( ask Brew 69), so this should be good training/
For my three weeks away, I am skimping on clothes etc., but am taking all my extended camera kit. After all, it's the reason I'm going. My camera backpack is LARGER than all my clothes & personal things!
So, looks like this Wolf's gonna be doin' some serious huffin' & puffin'!!!
Wolfie
Reply By: Willem - Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 13:16
Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 13:16
So sorry to spoil your expectations Wolfie, but
Mount Beadell is a 5 minute stroll to the top. Remember Australia is a plurry flat bit of country. Just a bit of a
hill and a bump here and there.
Good to hear of the weight loss. I am not faring so
well but am trying all the same.
The days should be nice out in
the desert but the nights can be a tad cool. Take some long undies or the like to wear underneath. There is also a shampoo you can use so that you dont have to wash your hair(what hair? hahahaha). Jude used that when we did the big offroad thingy across the Simspon
CYA
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 16:18
Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 16:18
Willem you lose weight ????!!!!!.
Sorry I don't mean to be rude but your wife is one of the best
home cooks I have come across, so you don't have a hope in hell of losing any weight. LOL.
Unless you leave her at
home and go bush for 6 months by yourself, Nah that won't work either she would have loaded you up with all that good stuff to last the distance anyway.
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Follow Up By: Lone Wolf - Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 19:29
Thursday, Feb 24, 2005 at 19:29
Willem, the weight is coming off gradually.
Potatoes & Bread are my killers.
I have cut back on Bourbon as
well.
It all takes time, but I am giving myself about a year to go from 100 kg down to 80 kg.
Cheers
Wasting Wolf
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