You're quite welcome. Glad you found it useful. Perhaps as we get a little closer to the most active part of the Whitney hiking "season" that others with cardiac issues will share their stories.
Fortunately not heart problems, but I got into hiking because I was grossly overweight and probably heading to nowhere.
Decided I had to do something, so got into walking around my condo complex.
Which led to walks along some of the bay area trails.
Which led to longer walks around California.
Which led me to realizing I could also climb in altitude during my hikes (it was getting hard to find flat trails
).
Somewhere along the line I hit the top of Whitney and was 85 pounds lighter than when I started my short walks.
Not planning on stopping anytime soon.
Just have to go further to find higher challenges.
(unfortunately, I've got some winter weight right now that I have to walk off to get down to my 'Whitney' weight.)
