Exercising before Ski Touring Improves Enjoyment and Prevents Injuries
Annually it is the unvaried story. Despite jogging to work, and an irregular weekend hike, each skiing season begins on those torturing 1st few routes during which I am left in the route of younger and abler snowboarding buddies.
If you are out of shape whilst touring it is unenjoyable, and can be downright risky. To ski down you require some spare capability. A tired boarder is more likely to suffer injuries and fatigue could be a contributory factor to incidents, for example falls and rock falls.
There must be a better way to kickoff the ski season, and a newly published 301 page report from Patty Compton, who previously wrote Chamonix Travel, looks to extend an answer. While targeted at climbers the data is largely applicable to touring, with its energetic climbs in addition to other games.
Running, training for best results is adequately detailed and easily read. It is a good all round book which assembles a lot of detail. You can develop a unique exercise program or improve your existing regime. Given that it is aimed at mountaineers, so a little of the report maybe unsuitable for touring, it is unquestionably a guide to buy if you want to do a few of the big day or multiple day classic alpine routes.
