Despite all of this, I think everyone can agree that training involves effort.  Zoom out and look at what humans are physically capable of and it's really amazing what sustained effort in any direction leads to.  Ballet dancers, endurance athletes, baseball players, F1 drivers - just a few of the many testaments to sustained effort over time.  While most of us aren’t trying to be the next Ohtani or Verstappen, we can take one lesson with us - consistent effort drives outcomes.  

Mountain hunting is a lot of things. It’s an adventure and for many hunters it’s a rite of passage. It’s a challenge of skill, a test of will, and, oftentimes, an experience that at least borders the spiritual. It is also an endeavor that requires a huge amount of muscular endurance. It’s tough to build your uphill muscular endurance to the right levels without knowing where you currently stand and what kind of training will move the needle for you. So, let’s learn you up on how to test your uphill muscle endurance for mountain hunting.

“It’s truly an expedition. I’d even say it’s the purest hunt on earth.” This wasn’t the first time Trey Sperring and I had talked about hunting blue sheep in Nepal. It wasn’t even the second. The first was during our mutual friend and client, John Mark Prewitt’s, California Big Horn hunt in November 2024. Since then, we’ve texted about it, mentioned it on phone calls, and even discussed it during episode 74 of the Packmule Podcast. It is a conversational thread running through our friendship.