Denali 2019

164 days to Day 1 (1st attempt) Preparing for the expedition produced yet another positive impact on my life style: balancing daily diet. Today, Vera causally said, "On the Internet, people say that an expedition diet must be high on carbohydrates". Really?! So I checked - yes, really indeed. It just made sense. Now I see the reason why all food labels show carbs content. Then I opened my spreadsheet and checked carbs content in our already put together Denali food - it was  only 40% of the required amount! Same if not even worse was with my daily diet (I do monitor what I eat). Wow - that casual remark made me to revamp my entire approach to food - Denali's and daily.

247 days to Day 1 (1st attempt) Denali expedition even before commencing, produced a few rather substantial positive impacts on us. One of them was on our fitness. This day became a major turning point in my lifestyle: visit to downstairs gym became my everyday's habit. No single day was missed! Also, to my dismay, I realized how much out of shape I was! This footage was shot 412 days after the "first" day, when I could do zero chin-ups.