First update on the August challenge

It’s Sunday the 10th, the first full week of August is about to end, which means it’s time to check in on my totally arbitrary hiking challenge. As a reminder, the goal is to log at least 4810 meters of total ascent while hiking up the mountains, with two extra stretch goals set at 6961 and 8848 meters.

After 10 days (including a few rainy ones), I am sitting at 1804 meters (and also 42.8km walked), so I’m on pace for around 5500 meters, which is easily over the goal. Having said that, I am typing this at 7:40 in the morning, and I’m currently debating if I should go for another hike today.

The issue with this plan is that the hike I want to do has more than 1000 meters of ascent, and the forecast is saying temperatures can go up to 39°. The combination of these two things is not very appealing at the moment. But I am an idiot, and I’ve done things just as stupid in my life, so I might go for it anyway. I guess we’ll see.