UPDATE: We did succeed on our objectives on Pingora (NE face route) and the Wolf’s Head East ridge this past weekend. That said, I had the stuffing kicked out of me keeping up with my genetic freak buddy (on the pack-in and on approaches with gear) who is also a new dad like me. He trains hard by sitting his ass down in his yard watching song birds and eating chips and garden-grown veggies… mostly kidding – he has a ton of AeT volume he’s built from his ski the 14ers project and other crazy MTB goals. Learned some hard lessons on not ramping up weights adequately per anticipated pack weights on my strength workouts and will adjust the mindset/plan for my winter goals.