Final preperation

Well here we are, after a year and a half of planning, failing, learning, and planning some more, the first set of climbs are here. I will be taking off next Friday, April 11 in the morning. On this first trip, I will be highpointing Indiana, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.

This trip will take me eight full days and I will cover just over 3,000 miles getting it done. Along the way, I plan to either sleep in the back of my Jeep (real classy, I know) or pitch a tent at night. I will be on the move most quite a bit, and as I pass through larger cities along my way, I have been setting up media appearances to help get the word out on what we are doing. So basically I will be a climber/ PR guy for a little over a week.

Now a lot of different people have been asking me what kind of training I have been doing, and how big these mountains are going to be. I would love to sound like a tough guy and claim that I am doing 5 mile runs up hills and 1,000 push-ups every morning. But...this is not the case. Sure, I do run, I do bike and work to stay in shape, but nothing too extreme yet. My first set of climbs are all pretty easy, actually the hardest peak I will climb is Clingman's Dome in Tennessee and that is only a 2 mile walk total.

Anyhow, the flags will be starting to fly soon, and the pictures will start to roll in. I am really looking forward to getting started, and I wanted to say thanks for the support so far.