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![]() I'm getting a little older and so I wanna I can't just bounce back as I did when I was in my young 20s right and so I wanna make sure that my body is ready and prepared for those- for the hiking that I do here today and the possible extended hikes in my future. It's so heavy so it's nice to be able to have that balance and have that support for your body They just are such an assist with hiking uphill and downhill to save your knees, you know, and to have a little bit extra stability especially if you have a backpacking pack on, you know. After I did a long distance hike in 2015, I have realized that I can't leave home without my extra set of arms. Have completely changed how I want, you know, how I want to train for things like this in the future. You know, making sure you know your gear is helpful because that's gonna be on your back and you don't want to carry too much.Īnd what happened with me personally when I was on that hike is, I injured myself because my pack was too heavy and I probably didn't train correctly. How do you prepare yourself for a hike? What questions do you ask yourself before stepping onto that trail? Here’s Anna Marini, Grand Canyon PSAR Lead, with her approach:Ī: Before my hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, I was definitely training and doing training hikes with my backpack on. And this was just practice! So that kinda blew my mind in that moment. But at the time, I couldn’t help but think… the StairMaster is hard enough as it is! Like, without however many pounds of gear were loaded up on his back. And he had this massive hiking pack that he – I assume – had fully stocked with whatever he would take on a potential trip and he was just going up the StairMaster.Īnd now that I think about it, that was probably an excellent workout for whatever this person was training for, I assume some extreme mountainous trek. ![]() There was someone using a machine in the row ahead of me, this individual on the StairMaster. But this time, something caught my attention. And usually when I’m on the treadmill, I get this kind of tunnel-vision and don’t really notice the world around me. I remember sometime in the past year, I was at the gym back home, just on the treadmill. Yeah, I thought that would work out my calves out a lot – oh, and I also packed a pack so I had, like, 20 pounds on my back. And I live near the beach in LA, so, I took- I just walked in the dry sand for like 2 1/2 miles after surfing every day.ī: Is it hard to get, like, the elevation? And then I was doing, like, body weight exercises, trying to prep for this hike out. So, like, seven of our friends all live in Portland and we, uh, we've been running up and down stairs at one of the parks. And how did you guys – so, I know you said you trained a little bit – but how did you guys prepare for this hike otherwise? But I ended up doing a pretty good job, I mean, I’m in decent shape.ī: Nice. ![]() and, uh… well, we trained to go from the bottom to the top not both ways. I personally am, like, not a huge hiker but I trained a little bit for this The weight of that is starting to grow on me as we come back up. You’re listening to Canyon Kinetics, a Behind the Scenery Canyon Cut. While my last episode focused on how to best address your dietary needs as a summertime hiker in Grand Canyon National Park, this episode will explore the “ups” and “downs” of canyon country hiking – and how you can best prepare your body physically before descending below the Rim. In today’s Canyon Cut, I’m chatting again with rangers from Preventive Search And Rescue here, A.K.A. In my last podcast episode, What to Eat in the Heat, I chatted with all manner of canyon folk in my search for the perfect Grand Canyon snack. ![]() My name is Leslie and I’m an intern here at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. L: Welcome to Canyon Kinetics, a Behind the Scenery Canyon Cut. L: Wait, did I hear that right? That hike was ‘just 400 miles’? I think Anna and I might have different definitions of the word “just”. A: I won't consider myself a through-hiker just 'cause it was just 400 miles but I have done a 400-mile hike of the PCT. It simulates combat between large spaceships. ![]() G iven t he Tau f leet’ s perfo rmanc e, thei r num ber s ma y in cre ase as t he Kor ’va ttr a of o the r Sep ts see k to ado pt t he n ew cla sse s. Battlefleet Gothic is a miniature wargame that was produced by Games Workshop from 1999 to 2013. The arrival of these new ships in substantial numbers (up to this time they had been nothing more than ano malie s), took Fleet A dmiral Kotto by surp rise. It seems that the T’au Sept used the border war as a testing ground. These vessels were first encountered in large numbers (as opposed to individual vessels) during the Taros Campaign. Follow ing the Il’Po rrui, the Ea rth Ca ste o f the T’au Sept w ere also soon t esting Kir’sh asvre, Ki r’ la, Or ’e s E l’ le at h an d f in al ly th e La r’ shi ’v re ve ss el s. T he si ng le ve ss el wa s eventually destroyed, but the new class of ship was noted amongst the Emperor’s Admirals. T he I mpe riu m fi rst ide nti fie d an Il’ Por rui (co dif yin g it as t he ‘ Em is sa ry ’ cl as s), d ur in g f ig ht in g in th e Do lu ma r sy st em. The first of these new shi ps to be encounte red was the Il’Por rui, and it see ms it was quick ly ado pte d by the T’a u Sep t’s Wat er C ast e. The pro ject was tit led the Kor’o r’vesh, and it resulted in a new wave of Tau ship designs. It is thought that the very best Earth Caste scientists of the T’au Sept were given whatever they needed to create a new ‘experimental’ fleet, incorporating all the lessons they had learnt into new clas ses of ship. To thi s end, the Ether eals, Air C aste and Earth Caste urgently re-thought t heir policies for the future developme nt of the Kor’vattra. ![]() It se ems th ey too k swif t acti on to correc t it. The pro blem w asn’t yet a crisis, but the Ether eals and Ai r Cast e saw its pot ential to de velop into on e. The Tau are coming to Battlefleet Gothic: Armada official site, the real-time adaptation of Games Workshops Warhammer 40K spaceship battle boardgame, serving the Greater Good.Those blue fellas will be paid DLC but, in the sharing spirit, from tomorrow theyll be free for Battlefleet players to try in beta for a bit. C ombine d wit h th is s etback the Kor’v attra also made its f irst conta ct w ith a nother thr eat, outr ide rs of the T yra nid hi ve fle ets, and the Kor ’va ttr a’s per for man ce an d tact ics against a new enemy were again called into question. Some o f the Kor’va ttra’s ships a nd crews had perf ormed well an d did inf licted losse s on t he ene my, bu t it w as now obvio us that the Gue’l a’s ships presen ted a ser iou s obs tac le to t he Tau ’s pla ns fo r con tin ued e xpa nsi on – an o bst acl e tha t mus t be m et an d overco me. Air Caste crews reported being outgunned, out-manoeuvred, and out-thought by tactics they we re unpre pared to c ounte r. The heavy loss of ships and lives probably sent shockwaves through the High Command. The Kor’va ttra’ s first m ajor f leet en gageme nts aga inst th e Empero r’s shi ps, es pecial ly th e def eat i n the Hydas s system, wer e rec eived as som ething of a disaster on T’au. Intelligence sources report that the Tau fleet’s experience during the Damocles Crusade is respon sible fo r much of the ur gency. S ince th e Tau’s first contac t with the Imperium, this process has continued at an ever-greater pace. Ov er th e pas t 1,000 yea rs the Tau, as a race, ha ve made rema rkable pr ogres s in all areas of sp ace trav el, developing the necessary gravitic technologies, advanced metal alloys, weaponry etc to allow them to span i nterst ellar dista nces an d colon ise wo rlds. ![]() ![]() The Tau’s leader s know that withou t a str ong Kor’v attra the ma nifest destin y of th e Tau cannot be re alise d. Si nce the dawn of th e Tau Empire th e develop ment of the fle et has be en given t he high est pri ority b y the Ethe real Ca ste. Custodes venatari 3d print.It is believ ed that rece nt rapid exp ansion of th e Tau Empire has place d massive ly incre ased pressu re on the Tau fleet the Kor’va ttra. ![]() Way back in the day I used Microsoft Money. 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