Climbing up a 7,000-metre-high mountain is not a piece of cake. Body and mind need to acclimate.That´s what experts in climbing call it. Acclimating is telling your body and your mind that they are going to suffer because there will be less oxygen each metre you climb up and it will be exhausting. They are also going to suffer as temperature will fall down several degrees below zero every day and that will hurt. Acclimating means knowing climbing up a mountain is a painful challenge, a commitment with Nature and the human ability of surpassing oneself. Barquero is not alone in this climb. His Sherpa and three more climbers are with him. They are an international team driven by a common passion: the mountains.
Breathing at 7,000 metres high
We are starting to acclimate our body to altitude. No problem so far. In the last months, I have tried to focus my body and my mind on this objective, taken part in races, done climbs, trained with the Viva Sport Hotels technical team, changed my diet and had good times with my family and friends. I think I am ready for my passion to guide my feet. My lungs are also prepared to breath at 7,000 metres high.
The Internet is gone. Technology is somehow incidental in this part of the world. Even electricity is rare here. We hold on to the Sherpa’s extremely expensive satellite phone and we hope these lines will reach you little by little.
Thanks Hotels VIVA, Foracorda, Alcudia Mar, Ola del Mar. Thanks for being there.
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Jose Manuel Barquero