I’ve always thought that Antarctica will be the most physically difficult expedition of all our 7 10DL expeditions. Until now I never had a structured way of thinking about how to measure “difficulty”. From a energy expenditure perspective, Antarctica will be the hardest. Here’s how I performed my calculations. 
1. The first step is to breakdown [...]

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It’s only natural that people should ask why we train. We consistantly do stuff that others avoid, and for hours every day. It is only natural that people should ask. My answer to their question breaks down into 5 reasons.
5 Reasons to Train

Test of my body and mind.
Feeling of tangible accomplishment.
Body feels better when I [...]

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