Bicksler 7 and Trainhardfitness.org

Training for the 7 Summits!

Not only do we spend countless hours on the mountains climbing and freezing, it is important for us to spend time in the Gym developing our bodies and pushing ourselves to the limit!

We at Bicksler 7 have Teamed up with the wonderful Miss Kacie  over at Trainhardfitness.org!

Insane push-ups

10 sec much needed break between the next workout

Box jumps on a stack of weights

Thanks Kacie for pushing me to the limit!


Training in the gym with a trainer is a great way to push your body further than ever before and developing the needed strength to get you up those mountains!

Kacie / Trainhardfitness.org is about to attempt to break 5 world records Rollerblading across America.
Bicksler 7 stands behind you 100% and cant wait to see you break them all!

Bicksler 7 Mountaineers Route Training

   What a perfect weekend to train hard on the Mountaineers Route of Whitney!

We set out to meet and organize gear at the Road closed sign 4 or so miles from the portal

         At this point it was a matter of dividing up the gear and making sure we were not doubling up on anything.

We then sett off to see how far we could drive up towards the Portal for Camp 1. We decided that Adams Two man MSR tent weighing in at under 6LBS was better suited for two tall guys rather than the mini NorthFace, Here its is pitched on the side of the road at the Portal. Very easy to pack up and sets up in minutes!

6am start on Saturday Morning and we weighed our packs and headed up the snowy trail toward UBSL for a quick Ice Climb shortcut to Iceberg lake! Packs with climbing gear weighed in around 46lbs!

Snow Shoes strapped on our feet , Packs on our back and we are off for a tuff deep snowy trek up the Mountaineers Route of Mt Whitney!

We have come to the frozen Falls just below UBSL and its time to strap on the Climbing gear and head straight up the Falls.

What an Epic Climb. After playing around for several hours on the Ice we determined our route was not safe to attempt with full packs and we were running out of time. We quickly repelled down and headed for camp 2 at UBSL. it was getting Dark, Cold, and we were Hungry!

Set up camp, at some food and hit the sack! we needed to head out early if we wanted to Make the Summit and back down to the Portal in one day.
5am start on Sunday for an Amazing Sunrise hike too Iceberg, and then up the Chute to the Notch.

Finally at the Notch and on our way up the Final 400.. Quick lunch at the Summit and head back to camp.

Awsome Climb and the view was amazing at the top of Whitney.

2012 Training

Another Mountaineers Route Summit of Whitney is near and this will be great training for Mt Rainier and Kilimanjaro. Today Was a quick hike up Baldy in one last prep for Whitney. We are so lucky to have Mt Baldy in our back yard.. Perfect local training spot.

Baldy Bowl with No Snow in late Jan..

Fav Boots La Sportiva Nepals

View from the Hut!

My Fav Day Pack, By Black Diamond

Clouds rolling in

Back at the Truck making Coffee

The New MSR Reactor

Coffee in the Nalgene and the MSR Reactor


Awsome day on Baldy training in Jan. Wish there was more snow !