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Posted by FMD on April 19, 2007 at 9:21:05 am EDT
In reply to Re: Heavy packs, climbing and long-term injuries posted by Bill S on April 5, 2007 at 11:49:42 am EDT

Another thing to keep in mind is that backpacking, climbing and mountioneering are sports. As in any sports, as Bill stated, conditioning is very important. To get the most out of your condtioning is to have a base line and to benchmark yourself from your base line. If you dont benchmark yourself, you could plateau with little gains or you could "over train" and open yourself to injuries that includes lost of sleep and depression. I find that the athelete that trains at altitudes perform somewhat better due to their VO2's. This is true in backpacking also. If you live in a mountainess area, walk those steps to prepare yourself for those inclines and downclimbs. There are some interesting studies that are being done about obeseity. Genetics does come into play, but the predepostions can add up also. If you smoke and drink, those vises comes into play on your conditioning levels and the amount of gains to be made. So if you are just a weekend backpacker and live a relative seditary life style through out the week, you could very well have some injuries.

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