Post by tedwelser on May 23, 2015 17:09:40 GMT -7
I started a blog post on climbing during my current trip to Slovenia, but the post is not done because the trip is still happening. In the inital version of the post I mention how I found my ARC training helpful on this alpine route. Basically, sometimes when I ARC I treat it like a moving meditation where I practice maintaining my attention on exactly how I place each foot, each hand, and how I transition my weight.
Part way through this climb I noticed that I was maintaining the same type of focus for long stretches of time, and that process felt familiar because of my ARC training. Anyways, I want to point out that besides the physical impacts, ARC training can be valuable because it can be used to practice sustained mental focus.
The route is a hiking / via ferrata climb to the summit of Velika Baba, a peak of about 2000 meters. I put a few more details about the route in the blog post if you are curious about it.
I did not originally have "big alpine via ferrata in the Alps" as a goal for this year, but I am totally writing it in now, post hoc. And, i can say that my training, and ARC-ing in particular, paid off by turning something that might have felt daunting into something enjoyable and familiar.
