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Polepole : a training guide for Kilimanjaro and other long-distance mountain treks

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  • Contributor: Sevigny Adachi, Erinne
    Edition: First edition
    Summary:

    “Polepole” (po-lay-po-lay) — a Swahili term meaning “slowly, slowly” — is what porters on Kilimanjaro say as you climb the mountain. It’s also how you train for other long-distance mountain treks.Of the estimated 35,000 people that attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania every year, about half do not make it to the top. There are several reasons for this, but one of the primary blocks is people arriving to the mountain physically unprepared for what their bodies are about to endure. Polepole is a comprehensive long-distance mountain trek training manual for anyone looking to engage in one of the more defining moments of their life. As you make your way through gradually intensifying workouts designed by fitness trainer Angela deJong to strengthen your body and increase your endurance, Erinne Sevigny Adachi offers her own Kilimanjaro story. Her journey starts not on the day her feet land on African soil but months earlier when they don sneakers and land on Angela’s treadmill for the first time. Her narrative offers insights into what it’s truly like to go from wheezing on a light jog to the best condition of her life in preparation for the most rewarding physical challenge she’s attempted yet.

    Contents:
    • UGALI: Advanced Workout SevenMy toes took it especially hard.; ACACIA: Advanced Workout Eight; I wondered why I had yet to feel like I'd accomplished anything gr
    • Gah!; It's so much sweeter that they do it for themselves.; Those boots took her father to the top of Kilimanjaro.; THE WORKOUTS; Acknowledgements; Appendix A Crisis averted, it was time to get back to the business of training to climb a huge mountain. CHAGGA: Advanced Workout One; Porters put our bags into large waterproof sacs and hurled them up onto their shoulders.; MAASAI: Advanced Workout Two; It's the coffee. I promise.; KITENGE: Advanced Workout Three; Erinne, pushing polepole to the extreme!; SHUKA: Advanced Workout Four; Two natural stone pillars mark the entrance.; MBEGE: Advanced Workout Five; His body gave it away despite himself.; CHAPATI: Advanced Workout Six; Before we were ready, it was time to move again. I might have had one more round in me. (Definitely not ten.)UMBWE: Intermediate Workout Two; Then we took some time to appreciate the view.; MARANGU: Intermediate Workout Three; Yes, somewhere there was a bear.; SHIRA: Intermediate Workout Four; Time to Start Packing!; My husband and I are going to attempt to climb Kilimanjaro.; RONGAI: Intermediate Workout Five; You wait until after the climb to try Tanzanian food.; LEMOSHO: Intermediate Workout Six; I wondered what predictions the rest of the team made for us.; ADVANCED TRAINING PHASE Intro; Contents; If I wasn't going to make it, it would be for some other reason.; Introducing Your Trainer: Angela DeJong; How to Use this Program; BEGINNER TRAINING PHASE; 1889: Beginner Workout One; Africa? Yes. Let's go.; 4:56: Beginner Workout Two; With every workout, my body changed.; 7/88: Beginner Workout Three; Fuel Your Body: A Note on Nutrition; I absorbed nutrition habits as if through osmosis.; 5895: Beginner Workout Four; Hiking at High Altitude; We can always just stop if we need to.; INTERMEDIATE TRAINING PHASE; MACHAME: Intermediate Workout One
    Original Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia], Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Read Alberta Ebooks