As for clothing, we both went the convertible route so we can zip off the legs to shorts if need be. The weather can be really warm during the day with the sun beating down and drop drastically at night. We figure the more versitile our clothing, the better. We've stocked up on silk sock liners and wool top socks to help keep clear of blistering but have our handy 2nd Skin just in case. You think with all the gear plugs we'd get some kind of discount!
We picked up a couple of LED headlamps courtesy of Petzl and their Tikka series. Those suckers are bright. I really wish we had these bad boys a couple months back when the daylight started escaping us from the summer time. We had been so used to hiking up and down Kennesaw Mountain with daylight to spare but with the change in time and helping out some out of towners by taking family photos of them with the changing colors we got to the top of Little Kennesaw as it was starting to dusk. On our descent it got steadily darker and Chris pulled out his cheapy stocking stuffer headlamp I got him in '07. It put out such a pitiful little glow that we vowed to kick it up a notch. Now I feel like I'm emitting 1.21 gigawatts!
It's been fun gathering and testing out everything as we've gone along. It's been a blast getting out on the trails and breaking it all in. I'm sure nothing can truly prepare us for the altitude but Chris and I are pretty determined and stubborn Capricorns!
We have had our personal trainer below working with us. We can't let her down!
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