Training: snowtravel at -20°C, Mt. Rohr(2,423m)
88 days to Day 1
Training for the Denali Summit Day
We had waited for the annual arctic cold front but it seemed it would never come. Yet we needed to test our expedition clothes at least at -20°C cold. November and December came and passed, all warm. January 2019 was the same warm. We almost gave up on that idea, when the cold suddenly arrived! Environment Canada issued "Extreme Cold Warning" in BC - it was very good news.
Off we went to Mt. Rohr.
Lesson learned: DO NOT overheat!
We wanted -20°C and got it. At the parking it was -22°C, exciting!
Vera was wearing just windproof, at -20°C and was super comfortable.
I was wearing a lot of layers, forgetting that once I climbed Rohr is just shorts and base layer (-20°C). Naturally, I overheated, from head to toes, got wet and then got very cold. Such was the lesson: too much warm clothes will make you very cold!
Our California Climbers' Salute at the summit of Mt. Rohr, at -20°C.
I was glad to hear Vera said "My feet are the most comfortable part - warm and dry!"
Five years ago I was wearing just shorts and a thin windproof..
It was cold too..
Training for the Denali Summit Day
Distance one way, km
|
Elevation gain, m
|
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Rohr
|
8.3
|
1,156
|
Denali
|
3.7
|
931
|
We had waited for the annual arctic cold front but it seemed it would never come. Yet we needed to test our expedition clothes at least at -20°C cold. November and December came and passed, all warm. January 2019 was the same warm. We almost gave up on that idea, when the cold suddenly arrived! Environment Canada issued "Extreme Cold Warning" in BC - it was very good news.
Off we went to Mt. Rohr.
Lesson learned: DO NOT overheat!
We wanted -20°C and got it. At the parking it was -22°C, exciting!
Vera was wearing just windproof, at -20°C and was super comfortable.
I was wearing a lot of layers, forgetting that once I climbed Rohr is just shorts and base layer (-20°C). Naturally, I overheated, from head to toes, got wet and then got very cold. Such was the lesson: too much warm clothes will make you very cold!
Our California Climbers' Salute at the summit of Mt. Rohr, at -20°C.
I was glad to hear Vera said "My feet are the most comfortable part - warm and dry!"
Five years ago I was wearing just shorts and a thin windproof..
It was cold too..
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