<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I did the first option. It's bogus! I went up to Olympic yesterday and it rained on me. I've been trying to find someplace close that's good for training (the lake crescent area of olympic national park that I use now is about two hours) but the only part of the park I'm familiar with is the north and northwest sections. I figured the rainshadow would be a good location but I don't actually know any hikes that way.<br><br>If anyone in Seattle is doing training hikes and wants some company, let me know.<br><br><br>On Feb 11, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Eric Lee (GAMES) wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Joel wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Out of curiosity, what do the fellow flatlanders do for training?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Um . . . move to Seattle? <grin><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If you're anywhere close to an office building or something that's four or five stories high, you can go walk up and down their stairwells (assuming you don't get thrown out by security). Elliptical trainers machines are good and help tone your upper body if you're going to use poles. Stairmaster-type machines would work, too.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Probably the best thing you can do is just walk, though. Even if it's just flat, training your body to handle big miles is the most important part. If you've got that taken care of then the extra conditioning to handle mountains shouldn't be a huge problem.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Eric<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pct-l mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Pct-l@backcountry.net">Pct-l@backcountry.net</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l</a><br></blockquote><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div></body></html>