Adventure on the horizon

A few months back my girlfriend, Anna, and I were chatting about our goals and all the things we wanted to do both individually and together. The conversation started to move toward traveling and how much we both enjoy it and want to do more of it together. Then one of her bucket list items came up…backpacking through the Lost Coast.

My initial reaction…Were is that and will we be coming back? Sounds totally prehistoric to me! Initially the red flags were up.

I saw her face light up because she had a reason to show and tell and give me all the reasons she wanted to visit this place. She took me through numerous websites and hiking guides and I was sold on the idea. You can read about it here but it’s one of the last untouched areas of coastline in California. The experiences we’ve read about and the images we’ve seen are truly breathtaking.

This chat was late last year and we made a pact that this trip will happen in 2012 and that we’d pull it off together. Well, last week was a bit of a milestone toward our goal…we’ve set the date, made a list of ‘things’ we need and we’ve started a mild training program. Sticking to that program is another discussion and I’m hoping that putting this out there to the world will help us whip ourselves into shape so we can enjoy this experience to its fullest.

But to share a little detail about what we’re doing…the plan is to drive to the trail head which is 4hrs north of San Fransisco…then hike a day and a half north through the lost coast with only ourselves and what we can carry on our backs. Then we’ll hike a day and half back. So, that’s 3 days exploring, walking, climbing, swimming…whatever comes our way. Just saying this out loud makes it more of a reality!

We’ve been hitting the Yoga classes since the first of the year to strengthen our core and we’ve been running for 45minuites at a time to build some endurance. We’ve also started eating better…more organic ingredients and cooking at home as much as we can.

There’s a lot more we need to be doing but, hey…it’s a start!

From time to time I’ll be updating the blog on how we’re coming along and how we’re feeling about this whole adventure…in the meantime, here’s an image taken just after one of our training runs. On the beach of course…it’s a rough life, isn’t it!

Until next time,

Bryan