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Breathing is overrated anyway.
I went to get my shots for Nepal. As it turns out, I only needed one: a third and final dose of Hepatitis A/B. Oh, and these lovely Typhoid pills I get to store in my fridge. Yum!! In addition to the shots, I was able to secure a script for Diamox, a medication prescribed for altitude sickness. It’s one I’m still having an internal debate about. You see, altitude sickness is, one of the most common ailments a hiker will encounter along the trek to Everest Base Camp. It’s actually the question I get most from people who find out I’m doing the Everest Marathon. “Can you even breathe at…
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Altitude training
Well, that was interesting. First let me explain what you’re looking at. This is no random room with a bunch of treadmills. Rather, it’s the altitude room at Chicago’s Well-Fit training center in the city’s West Town neighborhood. What’s that you ask? One of only a handful like it in the United States, the room is essentially a chamber, where they suck the oxygen out in an attempt to simulate what it’s like to train at different levels of elevation. The room is filled with treadmills and bikes, and is used for people like me, who live at sea level, but are training for an event that takes place high…
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The Everest Marathon
So of course the first question I’m sure you’re asking, is ‘Wait, there is a marathon at Mount Everest?’ A close second “Who the heck is crazy enough to do this?” That’s exactly what I thought the first time I read about it. It was a year ago February. I was sitting in my office, with no story assignment, waiting for new software training. Poking around on my computer on Sports Tours International, who I would traveling with to the Tour de France that Summer, I came upon a tab that read “Adventure Marathons.” Of course I clicked through. Within half a second I knew this was something I had…
