Good Jake

A bit stiff last night after the full gear workout.  Today was a long slow workout on the stationary bike.

45 minutes on the stationary bike, hill climb, level 10.  target rpm 70/min.

As a follow up from the hard workout Thursday today went well.

Today I also received an email confirming that Brian and I were on the list to borrow an SCBA at the
event.  That was the good news because now we will not have to ship SCBAs to Seattle..  The bad news is that the model of SCBA that we will be using is not one that Brian, Tom or I are familiar with.  It has a completely different bottle connection system that we know.  This will be quite a challenge for the team.  The function checks and operation will also be different than our current SCBAs.   We will not be able to pick up the SCBAs until an hour before we climb so we will not have time to practice the bottle change process.  While this is an issue we hope this will not derail our climb.

One week to go until we depart for Seattle.  My plan is to continue to train hard and get at least one more full gear run before we fly.  I might even try to get two in.

Fire Fighter slang for today

Jake: New England slang for a firefighter. A fire fighter who works hard and supports his brothers on the job is known as a "Good Jake".

See you at the Top!

John