I spent yesterday on Mt Rainier, weather varied from OK poor to miserable, but could have been blizzardy, anyway we had a great time. We stopped about an hour short of Camp Muir, between me being a little slow and starting an hour later than we intended. Very few groups summited, the weather was just too bad (its gets worse the higher you go). My weightlifting/HIIT actually put me in pretty good shape for a climb. My legs and hips never got sore, then or now. We will do it again sometime next month, and I will work at going faster. At the rate I was going it would have taken us 6 hours, and you need to do it in 4 hours with a light pack (15-20 lb). When you summit you will be carrying a 50 pound pack. I probably will do easy MagMob and sauna today. Also I checked blood glucose three times to see what kind of nutrition I need. I had to kind of force myself to eat, and only ate about 1000 calories, according to charts used up several thousand.
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