Mountain Fitness

31 July, 2014

In my professional world I deal with all sorts of numbers, trends, statistics, and percentages. I transfer these skills to my passions, and using my planning and Excel skills I build pack lists and organize my excursions. This skill set has evolved since moving to Alaska, and my overall field success ratio (%) is lower than I would like it to be. Analyzing this trend led to me several conclusions. Dad & I My L48 pursuits were far less complex, and

11 July, 2014

Mountain Fitness
Mountain Fitness

Tags: Alaska, Fitness, Mountain Fitness, Pull Ups, Rock Climbing, Sheep Hunting|

As we look around the hunting community it is easy to be discouraged by the hard core fitness guys. They are running marathons, squatting Clydesdales, and curling Volkswagens. These specimens of manhood bound up hills with ease and don’t even bother to quarter their elk before packing the bugger out whole. Perhaps I exaggerate a bit, but in our sedentary world it’s hard for a lot of us to put in the time to emulate the fitness gurus. However, our