Mountain Fit: The Four Gremlins of Durability

  By Raven Aäe   You are a mountain athlete with a purpose, and I am a durability advisor on a mission. My work over the last decade has been to support my clients – alpinists, special forces, polar explorers, pregnant athletes, ultra-runners and big game hunters – as they move beyond pre-existing constructs of the possible, through the mountains into themselves. Let’s back up and, first, allow me to describe what execution of an endurance practice requires. There are three main elements: ...