hiking

A Day at Yosemite

by asithi on May 3, 2010 · 4 comments

in Exercise & Injuries

I spent last Friday biking and hiking at Yosemite.  It was beautiful and invigorating to move my body.  But because I spent all day moving on Friday, both my husband and I spent Saturday sluggishly moving around the house.  Our excuse?  We moved all day Friday, so we do not need to move on Saturday [...]

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Photo by: Buck.

Reading Cranky Fitness’s post on Advice for the Out of Shape Hiker, reminds me of my painful hiking stories. Actually these are mostly my husband’s stories.

Hiking story #1

Our first backpacking trip was a 6 hour hike in with a 2000 ft change in elevation. When we initially signed up for the weekend trip, I thought it would be a nice camping trip. I did not know that I had to walk about 12 miles with 30 pounds strap to my back until two days before the trip. I could not even lifted the pack and strap it on myself. My husband had to do that for me……….

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