Day Thirty Six: 15/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 75bpm Blood Saturation: 92 Long, slow and hard. Excruciating pain in my heels. New boots. I have a heel condition called; Hagland’s Syndrome. It’s a very mysterious but common condition also know a Hagland’s deformity and/or Pump Bump. It’s an abnormality of the bone and soft tissue around […]
Day Twenty Eight: 07/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 83bpm Blood Saturation: 93 500m up and 500m down. Lots of stopping to chat to people. 10:48am: Snow Hike Distance: 3.81km Elapsed Time: 2hr14 Total Ascent: 536m Total Descent: 530m Average HR: 140bpm Max HR: 170bpm Calories: 741 cal Day Twenty Nine: 08/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 67bpm Blood […]
Day Twenty Seven: 06/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 80bpm Blood Saturation: 92 Long day today, 1000m elevation and 1000m descent. This is probably the closest I’ve been to simulating summit day. Obviously, I’ll have all the elements to battle up there, residual fatigue, lack of sleep, headaches, lack of recovery, losing energy to the freezing temperatures, […]
Day Twenty Six: 05/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 80bpm Blood Saturation: 90 A tough day getting moving again. I just didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. I got up and put my base layers on and jumped back into bed. An hour later I got up and put my outer layers on – […]
Day Twenty Five: 04/03/23 Resting Heart Rate: 80bpm Blood Saturation: 90 Complete Rest Day. I got myself a bit reorganised today, ready for my last big climbing block before attempting to summit Everest.
