by Jim Davidson | Nov 18, 2014 | Everest 2015, Resilience, Training, Uncategorized
Sliding the climbing rope into my pack, I carefully stacked the coils above four other ropes. When I nestled four water bottles atop the pile, the gallon of water topped off the load. A grunt escaped from my mouth as I hefted the backpack up onto one knee and guessed...
by Jim Davidson | Nov 11, 2014 | Lessons, Partnership, Resilience, Training, Uncategorized
In this blog, I recently shared some lessons about “Handling More” from my Uncle Bob, a long-time marathon runner (see blog of 9/29/14 below). Although I couldn’t even jog a mile in high school, Bob Carr inspired me to start running and he coached me to finish a...
by Jim Davidson | Oct 28, 2014 | Everest 2015, Resilience, Training, Uncategorized
To reach big goals, you must train yourself to face adversity. By actively putting yourself in difficult and unpleasant circumstances, you increase your resilience for overcoming even more difficult situations later. Building resilience through adversity training will...
by Jim Davidson | Sep 29, 2014 | Resilience, Training, Uncategorized
In physical conditioning, there is a concept called “progressive overload”. The idea is that you gradually add more and more of whatever exercise you want to do. By increasing the load you expect your body to handle, it adapts and becomes stronger and more capable. ...
by Jim Davidson | Sep 22, 2014 | Resilience, Training, Uncategorized
Life is uncomfortable at 24,000 feet. I could barely eat or sleep. I couldn’t sit up without getting a headache. Sprawled out across my smelly sleeping bag, my pulse throbbed angrily at 100 beats per minute. My blood, thick with an excess of newly forged red...
