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Bertha Peak – One of Seven

Monday March 31, 2008

Bertha's PeakThis Saturday was the first in a series of seven hikes that were organized by Ted and Heather from Power My Health/Big Bear Outdoor Adventures.

 

Compared to last years hike along the PCT this boasted a much larger group of roughly 40 people. Because I'm more of a lone wolf when it comes to hiking and biking, I have to say initially it was such an odd feeling to hike with a large cartel. But as I motored along I found myself having interesting conversational vignettes during my ascent. Ultimately, I had the chance to meet new people and re-meet people I've had little opportunity to talk to in the past. 

 

Beyond the conversation I was astonished by the pace most of the group kept. Because most of us live in Big Bear, we were all acclimatized to the altitude and ready to kick ass – which, invariably, we all did. Seven miles of ass kicking, I might add.

 

I am looking forward to the next hike and getting to know the people as these hikes unfold. Alternately, If anyone wants to meet up for mountain bike rides on the weekends – send me an email and let's make it happen. Untll we all meet again...

 

Over and out!

 

Photo Courtesty of Heather at Power My Health 

In Bloom

Friday March 28, 2008

HyacynthThe flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and we are emerging from the snowmelt invigorated and recharged. This weekend is the first of seven big hikes this year. Come join us for the Seven Summits of Big Bear! I know you may be wondering what else we do in Big Bear and we do stuff like this.

 

There's still plenty of snow on the mountain to play in too. Considering they'll probably close both Snow Summit and Bear Mtn within a couple weeks, it's wise to get your skiing or boarding in while you can.

 

A couple weeks ago while reading either Popular Science or Popular Mechanics, I stumbled upon an article about self experimentation. There was a guy named Seth Roberts who underwent lots of different self experimentation and one of them was about diet. The result of the self experimentation is the Shangri-La diet. It deals with how the human diet has evolved over thousands of years – from the hunter gather ingrained into our DNA to the fast food culture of today. Not being a big fan of crazy diets, I decided to open myself to this information. I highly recommend keeping an open mind and checking out the info for yourself. There are lots of MP3 interviews on the Seth Roberts website you can listen to just in case you don't have time to reasearch. SunriseI've been waiting for my book to arrive so I can read up on the the specifics of this regimen even though I've been following the basics of the diet at the beginning this week. Taking in calories without flavor and resetting your appetite back to zero is a fascinating concept to me. Basically, you fool your body into feeling full without having to consume lots of calories. I'm curious to see if this, combined with excersise, will accelerate the development of lean tissue and fat loss. I'll let you know how it goes... 

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