It’s Happening Again

2023 continues to be the Year of Travel. This time I’m off to Morocco. The biggest item on the to-do list is a tall order: climbing Mt. Toubkal. It’s a nontechnical peak (i.e. we don’t need ropes and harnesses) but it is 13,670’ tall, so I really ought to train for it.

You know, like I should have trained for the Tasmanian Trail or the Tour Aotearoa.

True to form, in preparation for this climb I’ve diligently stuck to my patented daily Steve Bein Cardio Fitness Program: go on about your day and hope for the best. The most important tool in the program is low expectations. If you want to be able to run a four-hour marathon, you’ve already lost the race. But if you don’t mind being winded after climbing two flights of stairs, hey, look at you! You’ve already met your fitness goal.

Anyway, here’s looking forward to two weeks in a land of monarchy and medinas, tile work and trekking, camels and casbahs, spices and spiky desert plants.