Weighted Hikes | Mountaineering Training

In this video, I share a bit more about my current state of shape and the few issues I'm working through while preparing to climb Mt. Baker this May! Training is what makes all the difference. Being prepared is most important! I'm excited and ready to go :)
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[@driver3899]

Great video, I enjoy your enthusiasm for the mountains!
I never knew about body glide, that's and interesting one. Your pack set up looks great from here IDK what people are saying but you seem to have it adjusted quite well
The weight you are carrying is no joke, great job, you are looking very fit. I can imagine what its like to set up for recording while dealing with a heavy pack, that would probably be good training in itself lol
The area looks real pretty, I am in Australia and I mostly go on desert hikes, I have never been anywhere like that. You are right it does look like its out of a movie
I bet you have plenty of people online telling you what to do lol but I have some tips for blisters, maybe you know them already and if not then just more tools in the hiking toolbox
First is elasterplast tape, just that skin coloured sticky bandaid like tape, I roll off a few meters and wrap it around a nalgene or a piece of thin plastic card and keep it in my pocket. It has a lot of uses (fix large rips in tents and jackets, soak with glue and use it to patch a thermarest hole of nearly any size, strap up a knee, use instead of bandaids ect) but it works well to put on hotspots on your feet where you can feel a blister might be starting to form
Next trick is whenever you stop to eat or take off your pack or whatever, take off your boots and socks and give them a wash with a wet wipe or a cloth, let them dry out if you can or use a cloth to dry them well and put the boots back on. A little check up or a wash every couple of hours can really stop a lot of problems before they get started. Its a trick I learned doing a 300km unsupported hike (so the pack was quite heavy) along a desert mountain range, I had to make the end by a certain date to get picked up via car so foot problems were not an option. It seems like moisture and tiny bits of dirt on high friction spots are what wear away at the skin, so giving toes a clean though out the day really helped stop any blisters forming. Of course it helps I had hot desert air to dry them in, totally different to rain forest
Anyway just thought I would share, you know what you are doing already
Oh I was going to say some things about pack training too but this is already super long lol

[@TaylorVStrong]

Thanks so much for all the info! Really appreciate it! I summited the mountain with NO BLISTERS! Yay! Stay tuned for that video. Australia sounds awesome. I’ve always wanted to go there!