In two weeks, I will board a plane for Peru (with Larry and about 15 other people) to hike the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu.
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The journey will take four days on foot, and we will be camping for three nights - that's right, four days sweating our faces off with no showers, no electricity, no HVAC. Just us a few llamas and some Peruvian porters to help carry our tents.
I take an ill-advised journey such as this one two times a year. The last one was spring 2007 to Morocco to hike the dunes in the Sahara desert. And before that, I hiked Thorsmork in Iceland.*
Before all such trips, I do what Lola calls The Crazy. The Crazy is a fourteen day "get your ass back in shape - IMMEDIATELY" program that um, gets my ass back in shape immediately. It involves a two hour workout in the morning, a one hour work out in the afternoon, gallons of water and the a severely restricted diet that includes insane amounts of arugula. Thank heavens I like... arugula.
You might be wondering why I would bother to do this, seeing as I measure appropriately every day. Most my friends are better hikers (and also better climbers) than I am. If I don't do the crazy, I can't keep up with them. Simple as that. And so for the next fourteen days, I will be doing The Crazy and reporting (in somewhat truncated fashion, I admit) my progress here, at the close of each post. If you don't care (good Lord, I don't even care THAT much) you can skip it.
All set then?
Day One: I drank black coffee (ie, no milk in it, gahhh) to get myself in the spirit of things. Other than that, I have done nothing to achieve The Crazy. HOWEVER. The day isn't over yet. I will post again when all modules are complete.
UPDATE: I am failing. I did really quite well up until the point I realized that my balance ball will not inflate properly. And I need the ball to complete the second workout. That pissed me off so bad that I had to have a drink. So as you can see, it's going rather poorly. More tomorrow.
*You are correct: I cannot afford these trips. I teach extra classes to pay for them. Yet another reason I never work on my dissertation...
4 comments:
I am so jealous. That's on my list.
Sounds like a wonderful trip - have a great time!
Um, I need The Crazy SO BADLY RIGHT NOW.
You have a lot more willpower than I do.
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